Which decade home-use portable video camera became available in SAARC countries (South-Asia)?

[Bagheera0084]

Nowadays even small children have video cameras with them. But In which decade home-use portable video camera became available in SAARC countries (South-Asia)? Which decade did SAARC countries' (South-Asian subcontinent's) middle-class got access to portable video camera? And can someone tell more about when and how the common South Asians began using video cameras at home?

 

[Kim Welch]

I apologize for the delay in responding, and thank you for posting. That's a great history question. Consumer camcorders (VHS, VHS-C, then Video8 and Hi8) spread around the world through the 1980s and 1990s. In South Asia, wider middle-class access came mainly in the 1990s, and grew quickly with digital cameras and then camera phones in the 2000s. Wedding videography played a big part in bringing video cameras into ordinary homes in the region. To confirm specific dates, look at media history archives and academic studies of home video in South Asia. Members from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, please share your family's experience.