page_title: Type C videotape
section_title: Hitachi, Ltd. – Shibaden models
hierarchical_section_title: Type C videotape / Hitachi, Ltd. – Shibaden models
caption_attribution_description: HITACHI 1 Zoll-C-Maschine
context_page_description: 1 inch Type C is a professional reel-to-reel analog recording helical scan videotape format co-developed and introduced by Ampex and Sony in 1976. It became the replacement in the professional video and broadcast television industries for the then-incumbent 2 inch quadruplex videotape open-reel format. Additionally, it replaced unsuccessful type A format, also invented by Ampex, and, primarily in mainland Europe, it supplemented type B format, invented by Fernseh division of Bosch, but it was replaced by type C format also here.
context_section_description: Models include:
  HR-200 Studio model
  HR-230 2 and 3 hour Record/Play Studio model
  HR-100 portable model, 42 pounds
caption: 1976 Hitachi portable VTR, for Sony 1" type C
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