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Charles P. Ginsburg

Video Tape Recorder

  • Born July 27, 1920 - Died April 9, 1992
  • Ginsburg invented broadband magnetic tape systems and method
  • Patent No. 2,956,114, Inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in1990.
  • Charles Ginsburg led the research team at Ampex Corporation in developing the first practical videotape recorder (VTR).
  • Without him, there would be no VCRs!
 

 
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