ビデオテープレコーダー

noun

videotape recorder; VTR

Refers specifically to a device that records onto videotape, often used in professional or older contexts. The term VTR is common in Japanese.

• 放ほう送そう局きょくではまだビデオテープレコーダーを使つかっているところもある。

  Some broadcasting stations still use videotape recorders.

noun

videocassette recorder; VCR

Commonly used for home video recording and playback devices. In everyday Japanese, VCR is often referred to as ビデオデッキ or simply ビデオ, but ビデオテープレコーダー is understood.

• 昔むかしはビデオテープレコーダーでテレビ番ばん組ぐみを録ろく画がしたものだ。

  In the old days, we used to record TV programs with a VCR.