JVC
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JVC | ||
Native name | 日本ビクター株式会社 | |
Romanized name | Nihon Bikutā kabushiki gaisha | |
Company type | Subsidiary | |
Industry | Parent |
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Website | www | |
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JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood. Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (日本ビクター株式会社, Nihon Bikutā kabushiki gaisha), the company was best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for developing the Video Home System (VHS) video recorder.
From 1953 to 2008, the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. was the majority stockholder in JVC. In 2008, JVC merged with Kenwood Corporation to create JVCKenwood. JVC sold their electronic products in their home market of Japan under the "Victor" name with the His Master's Voice logo but used the name JVC or Nivico in the past for export due to differing ownership of the His Master's Voice logo and the ownership of the "Victor" name from successors of the Victor Talking Machine Company. In 2011, the Victor brand for electronics in Japan was replaced by the global JVC brand. However, the previous "Victor" name and logo are retained by JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, and are used as JVCKenwood's luxury HiFi marque.
History
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1927 creation to World War II
JVC was founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan, Limited, a subsidiary of the United States' leading
Post-war
In 1953, JVC became majority-owned by the
In the 1960s, JVC established the Nivico (Nippon Victor Corporation) brand for Delmonico's line of console televisions and stereos.
In 1970, JVC marketed the
In 1971, JVC introduced the first discrete system for four channel
In 1973, the JVC Cutting Center opened (in the USA) to provide mastering for CD-4 discs. The Mark II 1/2 speed system was used until mid-1975 when it was replaced with the Mark III 1/2 speed system. In 1978, Mobile Fidelity began using the JVC Cutting Center to 1/2 speed master Stereo/Mono discs.
In 1975, JVC introduced the first combined portable battery-operated radio with inbuilt TV, as the model 3050. The TV was a 3-inch (7.6 cm) black-and-white cathode ray tube. One year later, JVC expanded the model to add a cassette recorder, as the 3060, creating the world's first
In 1976, the first VCR to use VHS was the Victor HR-3300, and was introduced by the president of JVC at the Okura Hotel in Tokyo on September 9, 1976.[4][5] JVC started selling the HR-3300 in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan on October 31, 1976.[4] Region-specific versions of the JVC HR-3300 were also distributed later on, such as the HR-3300U in the United States, and HR-3300EK in the United Kingdom.
1970s, 1980s and the VHS/Betamax format war
In the late 1970s, JVC developed the VHS format, introducing the first VHS recorders to the consumer market in 1976 for the equivalent of US$1,060.
Other notable achievements
In 1979, JVC demonstrated a prototype of its video high density (VHD) disc system. This system was capacitance-based, like capacitance electronic disc (CED), but the discs were grooveless with the stylus being guided by servo signals in the disc surface. The VHD discs were initially handled by the operator and played on a machine that looked like an audio LP turntable, but JVC used caddy-housed discs when the system was marketed. Development suffered numerous delays, and the product was launched in 1983 in Japan, followed by the United Kingdom in 1984, to a limited industrial market.[citation needed]
In 1981, JVC introduced a line of revolutionary direct-drive cassette decks, topped by the DD-9, that provided previously unattainable levels of speed stability.[7]
During the 1980s JVC briefly marketed its portable audio equipment similar to the
In 1986, JVC released the HC-95, a personal computer with a 3.58 MHz Zilog Z80A processor, 64 KB RAM, running on MSX Basic 2.0. It included two 3.5" floppy disk drives and conformed to the graphics specification of the MSX-2 standard. However, like the Pioneer PX-7, it also carried a sophisticated hardware interface that handled video superimposition and various interactive video processing features. The JVC HC-95 was first sold in Japan, and then Europe, but sales were disappointing.[citation needed]
JVC video recorders were marketed by the
21st century
In October 2001, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented JVC an
JVC has been a worldwide football (soccer) supporter since 1982, having a former kit sponsorship with Arsenal and continuing its role as an official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan. JVC made headlines as the first-ever corporate partner of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. JVC has recently forged corporate partnerships with ESPN Zone and Foxploration. In 2005, JVC joined HANA, the High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance, to help establish standards in consumer-electronics interoperability.
In 2005, JVC announced their development of the first
In December 2006, Matsushita entered talks with Kenwood and Cerberus Capital Management to sell its stake in JVC.[9] In 2007, Victor Company of Japan Ltd confirmed a strategic capital alliance with Kenwood and SPARKX Investment, resulting in Matsushita's holding being reduced to approximately 37%.[10] In March 2008, Matsushita (Panasonic) agreed to spin off the company and merge it with Kenwood Electronics, creating JVCKenwood Holdings on October 1, 2008.[11]
In April 2008, JVC announced that it was closing its TV plants in
JVC TVs for North America are now being manufactured by AmTRAN Video Corporation along with distribution, service, and warranty under license from JVCKenwood.[13] In Europe, Currys plc, owner of Currys, has a similar arrangement with JVCKenwood.[14]
In Europe, JVC sells mainly some audio accessories, like headphones, and until recently DIN-type car audio. Also in Europe, JVC is present with camcorders, security cameras, audio systems, and with their emblematic boom box, projectors. JVC TV sets in Europe are manufactured mainly by Turkish manufacturer Vestel but are unavailable in all countries.
JVC manufactures original audio equipment to vehicle manufacturers including Datsun, Nissan, Suzuki, and Honda vehicles.
Sponsorship
JVC is a well-known brand among English football fans due to the firm's sponsorship of Arsenal from 1981 to 1999, when Sega took over as Arsenal's sponsors. JVC's 18-year association with Arsenal is one of the longest club-sponsor associations with any professional club football.[15] JVC also sponsored Scottish football club Aberdeen in the late-1980s and early-1990s as well as the FIFA World Cup from 1982 to 2002.
JVC also sponsors the "away" shirts of the Australian
]JVC has also been a sponsor of a massively multiplayer online game called Rise: The Vieneo Province since 2003.[16]
Brand name
JVC is generally known within Japan by the Victor brand, preceded by the
Subsidiaries
- JVC KENWOOD Marketing India Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- JVC America Inc. – Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US
- JVC Americas Corp – Wayne, New Jersey, US
- JVC Canada Inc. – Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- JVC Asia – Singapore
- JVC Australia – Australia
- JVC China – China
- JVC Europe – United Kingdom
- JVC Middle-East (and Africa) – Dubai, UAE
- JVC Latin America, S.A. – Panama
- JVC do Brasil Ltda. – Brazil
- JVC International – Austria
- Victor Entertainment
Product gallery
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JVC 9F-220C radio
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JVC television
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JVC boombox
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JVC KD-D10E tape deck
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JVC QL-Y5F Direct drive turntable with electronic JVC tonearm[19]
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JVC Compact system with CD player
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JVC camcorder
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KY D29 Digital-S camcorder
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JVC Picsio pocket camcorder
See also
- List of digital camera brands
- List of home computers
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Taiyo Yuden (partner with JVC)
- Video
- Wondermega
- XRCD
Notes
- ^ The original company was absorbed into JVCKenwood, although some products made by the company still use the JVC brand.
References
- ^ "Annual Report 2008 Financial Section for JVC" (PDF). JVC Kenwood Holdings, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Matsushita owned JVC 1953-2007". Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ^ Sterjova, Milica (May 2017). "The 1970s JVC Videosphere: An iconic example of 'space age' design". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ a b "Always Helpful! Full of Information on Recording Media "Made in Japan After All"". Nipponsei.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ^ "JVC HR-3300". Totalrewind.org. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ^ "Video / DVD - A Brief History of Home Video" (timeline), 2005, Entertainment Scene: ES-hvid-hist.
- ^ "JVC DD-9 Cassette Deck Review", HiFi Classic: [1].
- ^ "JVC Develops World's First Single-sided, Dual Layer DVD-RW Disc Technology" (PDF). 2005-04-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) is pleased to announce that it has developed the world's first [as of April 4, 2005] single-sided, dual layer DVD-RW disc technology with a maximum storage capacity of 8.5GB
- ^ "Matsushita Says No Decision on Sale of Victor Shares to Kenwood". Bloomberg. 2006-12-23. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Kenwood, JVC Take First Merger Steps". TWICE. 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ Takenaka, Kiyoshi (2008-05-12). "JVC, Kenwood to merge under holding company". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "JAPAN NEWS: JVC reports increased losses, plans to end TV production in UK". 28 April 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "2010 - News Release - JVCKENWOOD Corporation". Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Campaign Live: JVC parts company with Arsenal".
- ^ "Category:Sponsorship - Rise: The Vieneo Province".
- ^ "why nipper is disappearing from record labels!". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "HMV ONLINE - CD・DVD・ブルーレイ・本・雑誌・ゲーム・グッズも充実". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ vinylengine 2002-2020, JVC QL-Y5F, retrieved 16 May 2020.