AMPEX Data Systems history

Ampex developed a tape recorder for Bing Crosby and the ABC radio network in 1948.

1954 Ampex introduces the first multi-track audio recorder derived from multi-track data recording technology.

It took place in a number of locations at the exhibition but primarily in the kitchen of a suburban model house, cut in half so it could be viewed easily. It was the first high-level meeting between Soviet and United States leaders since the Geneva Summit in 1955.

Ampex introduced the VR-1000 videotape recorder for professional broadcasting in 1956, used by NBC on Nov.

The Kitchen Debate was a series of impromptu exchanges (through interpreters) between then United States Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.

In 1963 Ampex introduced the industry-standard EDITEC electronic video editor allowing frame-by-frame recording control.

Ampex developed the “instant replay” videodisc recorder at the request of ABC in 1966 for the “Wide World of Sports” program.

In March, 1967, the Ampex HS-100 color video magnetic disc recorder was used for rapid playback in normal, slow, or stop action, for the “World Series of Skiing” program from the United States Ski Championships in Vail, Colorado, marking the beginning of instant replay on commercial television.

John Poole at Ampex was the project manager, having developed the metal disc for the Videofile Information System at Ampex that would be commercially introduced in 1968.

Ampex wins an Emmy for its VR-2000 color Video Tape Recorder.

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In 2014, Delta Information Systems, Inc. acquired Ampex, combining Ampex technology with the power of the Delta family of companies including Delta Digital Video, GDP Space Systems, and Acroamatics, Inc.