V-Cord

V-Cord
Media typeVideotape, ½-inch
EncodingNTSC, PAL
Capacity60 minutes, 120 minutes
UsageHome movies
Released1974

V-Cord is an analog recording videocassette format developed and released by Sanyo. V-Cord (later referred to as V-Cord I) was released in 1974, and could record 60 minutes on a cassette. V-Cord II, released in 1976, could record 120 minutes on a V-Cord II cassette.

The V-Cord II machines were the first consumer VCRs to offer two recording speeds.