Since color TVs were starting to sell in the 1950s VCR would have a boast in interest for people. The first successfully commercialized VCR or videocassette recorder in 1956 was made by Ampex, it was called the Ampex VRX- 1000. It used 2 inch thick tapes, but it was very expensive so few people had VCR's at this time. Also it could only recorded 20 minutes of video per tape. Then sonny came out with the VC-2000 in 1965. This VCR was ready to go allowing people to bring VCR into their homes. With half-inch tapes. But still wasn’t good enough for the general public.