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EVR from the Inside Out, Cassette TV: How soon can it start helping your students learn?, others

Author
CBS Electronic Video Recording
Publisher
CBS
Place
New York, NY
Type
Product Sales Literature
ETC archive
ETC1444

Abstract

Various sales related articles to the abandoned Electronic Video Recording System which vied with Sony and Panasonic Tape Formats. It was believed by the motion picture industry that this would defeat piracy. There is a small strip of film included in the folder. Color, illustrations.
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CBS Electronic Video Recording. EVR from the Inside Out, Cassette TV: How soon can it start helping your students learn?, others. CBS. 1970-1971.

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ETC1444

Various sales related articles to the abandoned Electronic Video Recording System which vied with Sony and Panasonic Tape Formats. It was believed by the motion picture industry that this would defeat piracy. There is a small strip of film included in the folder. Color, illustrations.

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