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2. Action Max - Wikipedia

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   The Action Max system requires the player to also have a VCR, [4] as the console has no way to play the requisite VHS tapes itself. Using light guns, players shoot at the screen. [2] The gaming is strictly point-based and dependent on shot accuracy, and as a result, players can't truly win or lose a game.

3. VHS - Wikipedia

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   S-VHS tapes can give better audio (and video) quality, because the tapes are designed to have almost twice the bandwidth of VHS at the same speed. Sound cannot be recorded on a VHS tape without recording a video signal because the video signal is used to generate the control track pulses which effectively regulate the tape speed on playback.

4. Videotape format war - Wikipedia

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   "VCR"-format cassettes in case (left) and on own (right). A full-size CD is shown for scale. Size comparison between a Betamax cassette (top) and a VHS cassette (bottom) The videotape format war was a period of competition or "format war" of incompatible models of consumer-level analog video videocassette and video cassette recorders (VCR) in the late 1970s and the 1980s, mainly involving the ...

5. High-definition optical disc format war - Wikipedia

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   Blu-ray and HD DVD players became commercially available starting in 2006. In early 2008, the war ended when several studios and distributors shifted to Blu-ray disc. [1] On February 19, 2008, Toshiba officially announced that it would stop the development of the HD DVD players, conceding the format war to the Blu-ray Disc format. [2]

6. Videotape - Wikipedia

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   VHS-C is a downsized version of VHS, using the same recording method and the same tape, but in a smaller cassette. It is possible to play VHS-C tapes in a regular VHS tape recorder by using an adapter. After the introduction of S-VHS, a corresponding compact version, S-VHS-C, was released as well. Video8 is an indirect descendant of Betamax ...

7. Vintage electronics: Retro tech is hot for kids and their parents

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   This includes cassette players, gaming consoles, alarm clocks and various other fun blasts from the past. ... You can also buy cassette tapes at the site. Boomboxes are making a comeback, too ...

8. Optical storage media writing and reading speed - Wikipedia

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   25.0 GB. 23.28 GiB. 90. Modern compact discs support a writing speed of 52× and higher, with some modern DVDs supporting speeds of up to 24×. [4] Writing a DVD at 1× (1 385 000 bytes per second) [5] is approximately 9 times faster than writing a CD at 1× (153 600 bytes per second). [6] However, the actual speeds depend on the type of data ...

9. LaserDisc - Wikipedia

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   The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978. Its diameter typically spans 30 cm (12 in). Unlike most optical-disc standards, LaserDisc is not fully digital, and instead ...