In the early 1930s, JVC produced only phonographs and records In 1932, after the RCA purchase, JVC began producing radios, and in 1939, Japan's first locally-made television. In 1929, the Radio Corporation of America acquired the Victor Talking Machine Company, the purchase including Victor's Japan operations. JVC was founded in 1927 as 'The Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan, Limited,' a subsidiary of the United States' leading phonograph and record company, the Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey. ( May 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

This section needs additional citations for verification. However, the previous 'Victor' name and logo is retained by JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, and is used as JVCKenwood's luxury HiFi marque. In 2011, the Victor brand for electronics in Japan was replaced by the global JVC brand. JVC sold their electronic products in their home market of Japan under the 'Victor' name with the His Master's Voice logo, but used the name JVC or Nivico in the past for export due to differing ownership of the His Master's Voice logo and the ownership of the 'Victor' name from successors of the Victor Talking Machine Company. In 2008, JVC merged with Kenwood Corporation to create JVCKenwood.

Founded in 1927, the company is best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for developing the Video Home System ( VHS) video recorder.įrom 1953 to 2008, the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. The Victor Company of Japan, Limited ( 日本ビクター株式会社, Nihon Bikutā Kabushiki-gaisha), usually referred to as JVC or the Japan Victor Company, was a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood corporation.

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