1970-1979
1970 Screening of the first film made with the Imax process, at the Osaka Universal Exposition. 1973 Presentation by Imax of the Omnimax process that projects images on a semi-circular screen.
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| 1972 RC paper comes onto the market. The first SLR (reflex) camera with electronic shutter and automatic exposure control.
| 1970 >> Watch video Un laberinto. Jordi Lladó. 1973 Kodak markets the Super 8 format with magnetic sound.
| 1970 Philips brings the first VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) onto the market, using cassettes. It is considered the first home video format. 1971 The U-matic, format appears, developed jointly by JVC and Matsuhita. Because of its small size and its affordable price it becomes very successful. 1973 Ikegami introduces the first camera for Electronic News Gathering (ENG), thus named because it meant that just one person, with an easy-to-handle video camera, could produce news items for television. >> Watch video Ayer, hoy y mañana de Gerona. Narcís Sans. 11976 JVC brings onto the market the VHS home video system, which soon becomes the standard format worldwide, ousting its competitors in the home video market like Sony's Betamax format or the Philips V2000.
1977 George Atkinson creates the first video rental business. | 1970 >> Sound Salvador Dalí (fragment interview). 1971 Dolby ambient noise reduction technology is used for the first time in cinema in Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" film. 1974 DuPont uses chrome dioxide in the emulsions of magnetic tapes for the first time. First film with the Sensurround sound system: Earthquake by Mark Robson. Ken Russell's Tommy is the first film with the Dolby Stereo sound system, which became popular after George Lucas's Star Wars. 1979 Sony launches the popular Walkman onto the market.
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