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The 8mm tape width was chosen as smaller successor to the 12mm Betamax format, using similar technology (including U-shaped tape loading) [16] but in a smaller configuration in response to the small configuration VHS-C compact camcorders introduced by the competition. It was followed by Hi8, a version with improved resolution.
Digital based tapes DV, a digital video tape format & codec launched to record video for both professional & amateur use; MicroMV, the smallest videocassette ever produced and was launched by Sony in 2001; Digital8, the digital version of Video8 (8 mm video) introduced by Sony; D-VHS, a version of VHS used to store digital video launched in 1998
Digital8 machines run tape at 29 mm per second, faster than baseline DV (19 mm/s) and comparable to professional DV formats like DVCAM (28 mm/s) and DVCPRO (34 mm/s). A 120-minute 8-mm cassette holds 106 m of tape and can store 60 minutes of digital video. A standard DVCPRO cassette holds 137 m of tape, good for 66 minutes of video.
MiniDV mark A MiniDV tape (centre) size comparison against a Video8 tape (left) and VHS tape (right) Small cassettes (66 x 48 x 12.2 mm), [26] also known as S-size or MiniDV cassettes, had been intended for amateur use, but have become accepted in professional productions as well. MiniDV cassettes are used for recording baseline DV, DVCAM, and HDV.
The format is based on the same video tape as is used in VHS, and can be played back in a standard VHS VCR with an adapter. [2] An improved version named S-VHS-C was also developed. S-VHS's main competitor was Video8; however, both became obsolete in the marketplace by the digital video formats MiniDV and MiniDVD, which have smaller form factors.
Video Cassette Recording (VCR) is an early domestic analog recording format designed by Philips. It was the first successful consumer-level home videocassette recorder (VCR) system. Later variants included the VCR-LP and Super Video (SVR) formats. The VCR format was introduced in 1972, just after the Sony U-matic format in 1971. Although at ...
A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other AV sources and can play back the recording after rewinding. The use of a VCR to record a television program to play back at a more convenient time is commonly referred to as time shifting.
The cassettes have the same dimensions and construction as the cassettes used in 8 mm video format recorders and camcorders. Until the advent of AIT, Exabyte was the sole vendor of 8 mm format tape drives. The company was formed with the aim of taking the 8 mm video format and making it suitable for data storage.