I know what you mean. The predecessor for the Fax machine goes back to WWII (it was used to send photographs via telephone lines).
The first video recorder, made by Ampex, sold for $50,000 in 1956; hence, why only TV broadcasters used them until the cost dropped in the 1970s. A bit of trivia, CBS was the first broadcaster to use videotape to record programmes.
"I know what you mean. The predecessor for the Fax machine goes back to WWII (it was used to send photographs via telephone lines). "
FAX machine goes way further back and used telegraph lines. Don't rememeber the details but it will come up again on the history channel.