Why "Victor"? The JVC Story

If you know one thing about JVC it’s that they invented VHS, probably because they won’t stop banging on about it! But JVC has a long history that goes back to the start of the 20th century, and it doesn’t begin in Japan, but New Jersey. What’s with the “Victor” name in the Japan Victor Company, how did a Japanese company with American roots fair during the Second World War, and why haven’t we seen much innovation from them lately? To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me from just $1 or 80p a month at https://www.patreon.com/bigcar Link to my other channel - Big Car: https://https://www.youtube.com/bigcar2 Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Orthophonic_Victrola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA http://pro.jvc.com/prof/aboutus/history.jsp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkyo https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Videorekorder-Ein-Bild-von-einem-Band-6011251.html http://labguysworld.com/Cat_JVC001.htm http://labguysworld.com/Cat_Dage.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010306153322/http://www.jvc.ca/en/pro/newproducts/pressrelease/pr-apr02.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatible_Discrete_4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_tape_recorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVCKenwood_Victor_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_(videocassette_format) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS https://www.musicradar.com/news/blast-from-the-past-alesis-adat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_CD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVCKenwood https://www.jvckenwood.com/en/corporate/history.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W-VHS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVCKenwood_Victor_Entertainment #littlecar