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The restaurant is the brainchild of VCR Group, including the Resy co-founder Gary Vaynerchuk and the chefs Josh Capon and Conor Hanlon.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2024
The tech company also cited a famous court ruling in a case in which movie studios had sued Sony over its Betamax VCR, arguing that the product helped people violate copyright.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
But similarly to viewability, VCR still doesn’t measure ad engagement or attention in a sufficiently meaningful way.
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Geoffroy Martin, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
Instead of one unwelcome disruption to face — the VCR boom of the 1980s, for instance — or even overlapping ones (streaming, the pandemic), the movie and television business is being buffeted on a dizzying number of fronts.
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Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 15 July 2023
Wood paneling and gold-finish hardware, including window shades, round out the '60s vibe of the jet, along with an entertainment center complete with RCA VCR player and cassette player.
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Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
Wood paneling and trim, including window shades, further date the jet, along with an entertainment center complete with RCA VCR player and cassette player.
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Valerie Nome, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2022
The media cabinet has a television, audio-cassette player and an RCA VCR player.
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Howard Walker, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2022
In 2006, Fitzpatrick launched her own production company, VCR, with a focus on music projects.
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Lily Moayeri, Variety, 19 Oct. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
videocassette recorder
First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above
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“VCR.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VCR. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
VCR
noun
: a device for recording (as television programs) on videocassettes and playing them back
Etymology
videocassette recorder
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