Reel to Reel Tape Recorders From The Netherlands

1891– Anton and Gerard Philips established Philips & Co. in the Netherlands to make carbon-filament lamps 1918– Philips introduced a medical X-ray tube 1920s– Philips developed an optical sound track recording technology for movies. Photographic film stock was exposed to light modulated by the signal to be recorded. 1927– Philips began producing radios 1939– Philips launched its first electric shaver 1936– Philips released the Miller optical recorder for adding sound to film scores optically 1950’s– Philips released many models of reel to reel recorders and dicta-phones including portable ones 1960’s– Philips released hi-fi reel to reel recorders including vertical models Read More

1891– Anton and Gerard Philips established Philips & Co. in the Netherlands to make carbon-filament lamps
1918– Philips introduced a medical X-ray tube
1920s– Philips developed an optical sound track recording technology for movies. Photographic film stock was exposed to light modulated by the signal to be recorded.
1927– Philips began producing radios
1939– Philips launched its first electric shaver
1936– Philips released the Miller optical recorder for adding sound to film scores optically
1950’s– Philips released many models of reel to reel recorders and dicta-phones including portable ones
1960’s– Philips released hi-fi reel to reel recorders including vertical models including the Pro 12, Pro 36, 4520, and the 7300
1963– Philips introduced the first Compact Audio Cassette and released the Norelco Continental 101 portable reel to reel tape recorder. Philips could not use their brand in North America after legal action by Philco, so they used the Norelco brand
1964– The Philips released the EL 3586 portable reel to reel video recorder. It was the same as the Norelco Continental but marketed for the European market, Norelco introduced the Philips Compact Cassette portable tape player/recorder in the United States
1970– Philips release the stereo 4500 reel to reel multi track recorder
1972– In a joint partnership with Siemens, they started PolyGram which would become a very successful recording label. Philips had 60%, Siemens 40% ownership.

1972– Philips launched the world’s first home video cassette recorder

1974 – Philips buys Magnavox in Fort Wayne Indiana with the intention of breaking into the higher end audio market and will eventually sell in the US under Philips high fidelity laboratories name
1983– Philips produced their first Compact Disc model

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