The first 8mm video with integrated camera.
In 1977, just two years after the launch of Betamax, Sony's founder Masaru Ibuka instructed his engineers to develop the next generation video format, encouraging them to "increase the recording density by a factor of ten and develop a format that will make today's video a thing of the past." The CCD, which Sony had been working diligently to develop, was completed, and Sony announced its plan to create a VTR with a built-in camera that could record and videotape using a CCD camera. In July of the same year, a prototype of the video with integrated camera "Video Movie" was announced and a call was made for standardization of 8mm video standards in the industry. The standardization was discussed at the 8mm Video Conference with 127 companies from Japan and abroad, and the 8mm Video Standard was established in 1984. In January 1985, the CCD-V8 was launched with a 250,000-pixel CCD, and its excellent image quality caused a great sensation.

The world's smallest and lightest (at the time of its announcement) recording and playback camcorder. This 8mm camcorder with an integrated camera became a huge hit known as a “passport-sized Handycam®.” The right-mounted lens marked a break from the inline layout of previous camcorders. Additionally, the cassette compartment was moved to the grip, the mic was flattened, and other innovations make this a model that redefined the basic structure of video cameras. It eliminated protrusions and weighs only 790 grams, which was a breakthrough spec for a recording and playback video camera at the time. "Travel" oriented advertising concepts and TV commercials promoting the size of the passport Handycam became a huge hit, fitting in with the era when overseas travel was becoming more common. The model was named after Sony's first transistor radio, the TR-55. It was awarded the Good Design Award in 1989.