Home video is finally a commercial reality after ten years of false starts. The major Japanese and American consumer electronics manufacturers have settled on one or the other of two home TV recording systems and sales drives are under way to sell you one. In addition, dozens of companies are pitching pre-recorded video cassettes.

Video Recorders: The home video recorder is a larger version of the home audio cassette recorder. Connected to. the antenna terminals of your TV set, it will record programs for later viewing or playback pre-recorded cassettes.