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Digital8 (or D8) is a consumer digital videotape format developed by Sony, and introduced in 1999. Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ...
The Digital8 format is a combination of the older Hi8 tape transport with the DV codec. Digital8 equipment uses the same videocassettes as analog Hi8 equipment, but differs in that the audio/video signal is encoded digitally (using the industry-standard DV codec.) Since Digital8 uses the DV codec, it has identical audio and video specifications. A 8mm Camcorder The 8mm Video Format (official name: Video8) is a type of video cassette recorder and video tape. ...
A MiniDV Camcorder For other uses, see DV (disambiguation). ...
A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. ...
An analog or analogue signal is any continuously variable signal. ...
To facilitate digital recording on existing Hi8 videocassettes the video head drum spins 2.5x faster. For both NTSC and PAL Digital8 equipment, a standard-length 120-minute Hi8 cassette will store 60 minutes of Digital8 video (Standard Play) or 90 minutes (Long Play). LP is model specific, such as the TRV-30, TRV-40, and others. Digital8 recordings can be made on standard-grade Video8 cassettes, but this practice is discouraged. [citation needed] Hi8 metal-particle cassettes are the recommended type for Digital8 recording, and most tapes currently sold are marked for both Hi8 and Digital8 usage. NTSC is the analog television system in use in Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, and some other countries, mostly in the Americas (see map). ...
For other uses, see PAL (disambiguation). ...
A 8mm Camcorder The 8mm Video Format (official name: Video8) is a type of video cassette recorder and video tape. ...
MiniDV/DVC vs. Digital8
Contrary to popular perception, the Digital8 format is not technically inferior to miniDV -- both are identical at the bitstream level. From a user standpoint, Digital8 is DV (or rather, equivalent to and compatible with consumer miniDV.) At an application level (for example, in a 1394/Firewire link), a Digital8 camcorder appears and behaves exactly like a Mini DV camcorder. A MiniDV tape Digital Video (DV) is a video format launched in 1996, and, in its smaller tape form factor MiniDV, has since become one of the standards for consumer and semiprofessional video production. ...
Digital8 and Mini DV use different, non-interchangeable cassette media, with Digital8 cassettes being the physically larger of the two. The two formats may also use different media formulations: Digital8 can use metal-particle or metal-evaporated media, while miniDV is based solely on metal-evaporated media. The maximum recording time for Digital8 and MiniDV is 135 minutes and 130 minutes, respectively, using D-90 and DVM-85 tapes. These extra-thin, extra-long tapes are rare and expensive. [[1]] [[2]] [[3]]
In addition, Digital8 uses tape at 29mm per second; more like the higher-end DVCAM (28mm/s) and DVCPRO (34mm/s). MiniDV uses tape at 19mm/s. According to SONY's press release of January 7, 1999, for the MiniDV format one frame is recorded onto 10.0 tracks, with the Digital8 format one frame's worth of information is recorded vertically onto 25 tracks. The use of this recording method enables digital images to be recorded on a Hi8 tape. A MiniDV tape For other uses, see DV (disambiguation). ...
DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO HD refer to digital videotape formats using the DV codec, and devised by Panasonic. ...
Another area Digital8 cameras excelled over the MiniDV cameras is their optical zoom. Digital8 cameras range from 15x and 25x optical zoom while MiniDV cameras of the same year and market segment were between 10x and 12x, with some topping out at 15x. This makes them perfect for filming wildlife or other subjects that are distant and also gives beautiful separation of subject from foreground and the background; even without extreme zooming.
Market segment
 Hitachi Digital8 Camcorder While analog Hi8 video enjoyed widespread use by amateur home video, current affairs TV programs, and some professional news organizations, Digital8 seems to remain strictly a consumer (amateur) product. This is likely a reflection of Sony's design and market objectives for Digital8 format: to serve as a lower cost upgrade path for current customers (from analog 8 mm), by leveraging existing manufacturing infrastructure of 8 mm video equipment, and offering a familiar media format but with digital capabilities. Furthermore, Digital8 was released some time after miniDV, giving the rival DV format a lead in the professional market. While little or no Digital8 equipment has been produced for the professional market, there are no technical barriers opposing its development. In fact, Digital8 cameras have been used on the professional side of the film/TV business; example, Hall of Mirrors, The Movie Image File history File links Hitachi_d8. ...
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Hall of Mirrors is a 2001 independent film written and directed by Brad Osborne. ...
As of 2005 and later, Digital8 product line caters purely to the entry-level consumer. This is most likely because the larger, bulkier Digital8 cassette is perceived as an inferior technology, even though the Digital8 and DV formats offer indistinguishable A/V performance. In fact, the larger 8mm format is more robust, laying down wider tracks. Sony, the format's original backer, is the only company still producing Digital8 equipment. Hitachi marketed a few Digital8 camcorders for a while but no longer does so. Sony's Digital8 product line released only two Digital8 camcorders, the DCR-TRV480 (capable of playing back Hi8 and 8mm tapes) and the DCR-TRV280 (plays back only Digital8 tapes). Only the entry level DCR-TRV280 with a 1/6" CCD was officially the only Digital8 camcorder still available through 2007, until it was also discontinued by Sony in early September, with it no longer being available on the site. Although the TRV280 is still widely available new online, the TRV480 is still also available new, but extremely hard to find and somewhat overpriced especially because many people still want it to convert their 8mm and Hi8 tapes. The only Digital8 devices officially available from Sony are the Digital8 Video Walkman Portable VCRS, the GV-D200 and GV-D800, although it seems that they too will also be discontinued. Sadly after that, it will probably be the last of the Digital8 format, with Sony not planning to make anymore camcorders with this format. The future in the camcorder world lies in portable and compact High Definition camcorders in formats like HDV, AVCHD, and other High Def formats. The future media is considered HDD (Hard Disk Drive) camcorder and Flash Drive and Memory Card camcorders and even recently Blu-ray camcorders! Even Mini DV and Mini DVD camcorders are soon going to be considered a thing of the past. It has been suggested that Hitachi Works be merged into this article or section. ...
For the HDV virus, see Hepatitis D. HDV is an inexpensive high-definition video recording format which uses MPEG2 compression to fit HD content onto the same DV or MiniDV tapes originally developed for standard definition recording. ...
AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) is a new high definition recording format introduced by Sony and Panasonic. ...
Blu-ray discs Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by a group of leading consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu_ray Disc Association (BDA), which succeeds the Blu_ray Disc Founders (BDF). ...
Camera Model Variations In the early years after Digital8's introduction, Sony sold a product line with coverage from entry level to high-end consumer ("prosumer.") Although Sony never marketed by entry level or prosumer, there is, in fact, such variation. The more consumer oriented line uses a 1/6" CCD and the more prosumer line uses a 1/4" one. Both have existed from the beginning, but the 1/4" CCD models were quietly dropped at some point in time. (NOTE: The following information is general. See the owner's manual for the most accurate information on a given model.)
Some models allow an LP recording mode, thus giving 90 minutes on a standard Hi8 tape. Examples are the 2003 TRV-150, 250, 350, and 351 models. Interestingly, the owner's manual is the same for all of these models AND the TRV-118, 318, and 418 Hi8 versions! Both general variants use a tiny 3mm CCD, although the pixel count varies between the Digital8 (460K) and the Hi8 (320K) models.
Although the 1/4" CCD models are fully capable of taking a still photo, that is a secondary function and they lack the Sony Memory Stick feature to off load the jpeg images. Most of the entry level and later models focused on features like better quality still pictures (see below,) off loading the same via Sony Memory Sticks, and more programing selections. (The combining of still and video is common, however a good still image CCD has different qualities from a good video CCD.) The cameras generally lost features appealing to a prosumer level customer. The 1999 TRV-310, for instance, has the 1/4" CCD,a full 3.5" LCD screen, now only found on the very professional Sony miniDV models, an f1.4 lens, variable shutter speed settings, manual focus, and other professional controls. (The lens on a typical 1/6" CCD is f1.8, about 60% as fast as an f1.4.) The TRV-310, has a 1/4" CCD with a pixel count of 460K and "effective count" of 290K. The larger CCD with fewer pixels allows a smaller depth of field for intentional blurred backgrounds in some situations unattainable with the 1/6" CCD. It also has greater light sensitivity, 1 lux vs. 7 lux for the 1/6" CCD (without Night Shot), and less sensor noise in low light conditions.
Another example of these capabilities changing with pixel count may be seen in the TRV-150, 250, 350, and 351 Digital8 models and their TRV-118, 318, and 418 Hi8 cousins. Despite having the same size CCD and the same f1.6 lens, the lower pixel count Hi8 models permit a 1 lux low light rating as compared to the 4 lux of the Digital8 models. The Sony DCR-TRV730/828/830 (and the later DCR-TRV740/840), were the only Digital8 camcorders to be built with a 1/4.7" (4.5mm) with advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode)CCD. HAD is useful on smaller, high megapixel count CCD's and CMOS's. The pixel count for the TRV-730 is 1,070,000 pixels (690,000 in camera mode.) Hole Accumulation Diode (HAD) is a patented technique of the SONY Corporation to reduce electronic noise in a CCD or CMOS imaging sensor by reducing the so-called dark current that occur in the absence of light falling on the imager for noise reduction and enhanced image quality. ...
Analog recordings Digital8 equipment cannot record in analog Video8/Hi8 format, but some equipment offers playback compatibility with 8 mm analog recordings. Even so, there are limitations, audio playback is limited to the Video8/Hi8 analog FM soundtrack and there is no inherent timestamping to edit with. Most Digital8 camcorders with analog playback also can simultaneously digitize the analog footage, sending the converted signal through the camcorder's FireWire interface to a computer with video capturing HW and SW. Such a conversion will have the same Video8/Hi8 audio and video quality as the original, but being digitized can be edited and used as video files or converted to DVDs. The 6-pin and 4-pin FireWire Connectors The alternative ethernet-style cabling used by 1394c FireWire is Apple Inc. ...
See also | Industrial & home video media | | Magnetic tape | Analog
VERA (1952) • 2 inch Quadruplex videotape (1956) • 1 inch type A videotape (1965) • 1/4 inch Akai (1967) • U-matic (1969) • Cartrivision (1972) • Video Cassette Recording (aka VCR) (1972) • V-Cord (1974) • VX (aka "The Great Time Machine") (1974) • Betamax (1975) • IVC 2 inch Helical scan (1975) - 1 inch type B videotape (1976) • 1 inch type C videotape (1976) • VHS (1976) • VK (1977) • SVR (1979) • Video 2000 (1980) • CVC (1980) • VHS-C (1982) • M (1982) • Betacam (1982) • Video8 (1985) • MII (1986) • S-VHS (1987) • Hi8 (1989) • S-VHS-C (1987) • W-VHS (1994) A Video8 cassette The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats for the NTSC and PAL/SECAM television systems. ...
A Video8 cassette The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats for the NTSC and PAL/SECAM television systems. ...
8 mm Tape The 8 mm Backup Format is a backup system used in computer systems pioneered by Exabyte Corporation. ...
The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ...
Compact audio cassette Magnetic tape is a non-volatile storage medium consisting of a magnetic coating on a thin plastic strip. ...
An analog or analogue signal is any time continuous signal where some time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity. ...
VERA (Vision Electronic Recording Apparatus) was an early videotape format developed by the BBC in the 1950s. ...
2 inch Quadruplex (also called 2″ Quad, or just quad, for short) was the first practical and commercially successful videotape format. ...
1 inch type A (designated Type A by SMPTE) is an open-reel videotape format developed by Ampex in 1965, that was one of the first standardized open-reel videotape formats in the 1 inch (25 mm) width (most others of that size at that time were proprietary). ...
1/4 inch Akai is a portable Helical scan NTSC video VTR. Had 2 video record heads on the scanner. ...
Sony U-matic VTR BVU-800 A U-matic tape U-matic is the name of a videocassette format developed by Sony in 1969. ...
Cartrivision was a videocassette format introduced in 1972, and the first format of its kind available in the USA.[1] It was produced by Cartridge Television, Inc. ...
Video Cassette Recording (VCR) was a video format by Philips, the first successful home videocassette recorder system. ...
V-Cord was a videocassette format developed and released by Sanyo in 1974. ...
VX was a short-lived and unsucessful videocassette format developed by Quasar in 1974. ...
Sonys Betamax is the 12. ...
IVC 2 inch Helical scan is a high end analog Helical scan VTR first shown in 1975. ...
1 inch type B (designated Type B by SMPTE) is an open-reel videotape format developed by Bosch in Germany in 1976. ...
1 inch Type C (designated Type C by SMPTE) is a professional open-reel videotape format co-developed and introduced by Ampex and Sony in 1976. ...
Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ...
Video Cassette Recording (VCR) was a video format by Philips, the first successful home videocassette recorder system. ...
Video 2000 (or V2000; also known as Video Compact Cassette, or VCC) was a consumer VCR system and videotape standard developed by Philips and Grundig to compete with JVCs VHS and Sonys Betamax video technologies. ...
Compact video cassette or CVC was the one of the first compact video cassette system. ...
VHS-C is the compact VHS format used for portable video recorders. ...
M is the name of a professional videocassette format developed around 1982 by Matsushita and RCA. It was developed as a competitor to Sonys Betacam format. ...
Sony Betacam-SP VTP BVW-65 Betacam and VHS size comparison Betacam SP L (top), Betacam SP S (left), VHS (right) The early form of Betacam tapes are interchangeable with Betamax, though the recordings are not. ...
A Video8 cassette The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats for the NTSC and PAL/SECAM television systems. ...
Note: The MII video tape format is not to be confused with Panasonics M2 videogame console The official logo for the MII videocassette format (courtesy Panasonic) MII is a professional videocassette format developed by Panasonic in 1986 as their answer & competitive product to Sonys Betacam SP format. ...
Introduced in Japan in 1987, S-VHS (Super VHS) was an improved version of the VHS standard for consumer video cassette recorders. ...
A Video8 cassette The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats for the NTSC and PAL/SECAM television systems. ...
VHS-C is the compact VHS format used for portable video recorders. ...
W-VHS is a high definition analog video tape format created by JVC. The format was originally introduced in 1994 for use with Japans Hi-Vision MUSE broadcasts and is no longer supported; the tapes are no longer manufactured and no players are currently produced for this format. ...
| Digital
D1 (1986) • D2 (1988) • D3 (1991) • D5 (1994) • Digital Betacam (1993) • DV (1995) • Digital-S (D9) (1995) • DVCPRO (1995) • DVCAM (1996) • HDCAM (1997) • DVCPRO50 (1998) • D-VHS (1998) • Digital8 (1999) • DVCPRO HD (2000) • D6 HDTV VTR (2000) • MicroMV (2001) • HDV (2003)• HDCAM SR (2003) For other uses, see Digital (disambiguation). ...
Sonys D1 format was the first major professional digital video format, introduced in 1987. ...
D2 is a professional digital video tape format created by Ampex and other manufacturers through a standards group of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and introduced at the 1988 NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention as a lower-cost alternative to the D1 format. ...
D3 is a professional digital video tape format. ...
Panasonic D5 HD VTR AJ-HD3700H A Cassette Tape for D5 HD(Medium) D5 is a professional digital video format introduced by Panasonic in 1994. ...
Sony Betacam-SP VTP BVW-65 Betacam and VHS size comparison Betacam SP L (top), Betacam SP S (left), VHS (right) The early form of Betacam tapes are interchangeable with Betamax, though the recordings are not. ...
A MiniDV Camcorder For other uses, see DV (disambiguation). ...
D-9 or Digital S as it was originally known, is a professional digital videotape format created by JVC in 1995. ...
DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO HD refer to digital videotape formats using the DV codec, and devised by Panasonic. ...
A MiniDV tape For other uses, see DV (disambiguation). ...
Betacam and VHS size comparison Betacam SP L, Betacam SP S, VHS Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videotape formats developed by Sony from 1982 onwards. ...
A MiniDV tape DV (disambiguation). ...
D-VHS logo DVHS redirects here. ...
A MiniDV tape Digital Video (DV) is a video format launched in 1996, and, in its smaller tape form factor MiniDV, has since become one of the standards for consumer and semiprofessional video production. ...
D6 HDTV VTR is SMPTE videotape standard. ...
MICROMV camcorder and tape (top) compared to miniDV and Hi8 tapes MicroMV was a videotape format introduced in 2001 by Sony. ...
For the HDV virus, see Hepatitis D. HDV is an inexpensive high-definition video recording format which uses MPEG2 compression to fit HD content onto the same DV or MiniDV tapes originally developed for standard definition recording. ...
Betacam and VHS size comparison Betacam SP L, Betacam SP S, VHS Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videotape formats developed by Sony from 1982 onwards. ...
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Laserdisc (1978) • Laserfilm (1984) • CD Video (1986?) “Optical media†redirects here. ...
An analog or analogue signal is any time continuous signal where some time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity. ...
Not to be confused with disk laser, a type of solid-state laser in a flat configuration. ...
Laserfilm was a videodisc format developed by McDonnell-Douglas in 1984 that was a transmissive laser-based playback medium (unlike its competitor, laserdisc, which was a reflective system). ...
CD Video (also known as CDV, CD-V, or CD+V) was a format introduced in the mid-1980s that combined the technologies of compact disc and laserdisc. ...
| Digital
VCD (1993) • MovieCD (1995?) • DVD-Video (1995) • MiniDVD • CVD (1998) • SVCD (1998) • FMD (2000) • EVD (2003) • HVD (2004) • FVD (2005) • UMD (2005) • VMD (2006) • HD DVD (2006) • Blu-ray Disc (BD) (2006) • DMD (2006?) • AVCHD (2006) • Tapestry Media (2007) • Total Hi Def (2008) • HVD (TBA) • PH-DVD (TBA) • SVOD (TBA) • Protein-coated disc (TBA) 3D disc (TBA) For other uses, see Digital (disambiguation). ...
VCD redirects here. ...
Box, inside and outside, to MovieCD edition of The Rutles - All you need is cash MovieCD was a format for digital video storage and consumer playback during the mid to late-1990s, marketed by SIRIUS Publishing, Inc. ...
DVD-Video format logo DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD (DVD-ROM) discs, and is currently the dominant form of consumer video formats in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. ...
There are two types of MiniDVD cDVD, which are 80-mm versions of the 120-mm DVD mini-DVD, which are standard CDs filled with the DVD-video format // cDVD A Mini-DVD-RAM with DVD Round Holder. ...
The China Video Disc (CVD), developed in the late 1990s, is a Chinese government-sponsored competitor to the SVCD standard. ...
Compact Disc Super Video (SVCD) logo/trademark Super Video CD (Super Video Compact Disc or SVCD) is a format used for storing video on standard compact discs. ...
Fluorescent Multilayer Disc (FMD), is an optical disc format developed by Constellation 3D that uses fluorescent, rather than reflective materials to store data. ...
The Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) is an optical medium-based digital audio/video format, developed to provide a means for playing HDTV content using existing optical media. ...
High-Definition Versatile Disc (HVD) is an Asian standard of advanced high-definition technology originally developed in China by AMLogic Inc. ...
FVD, or Forward Versatile Disc, is an offshoot of DVD developed in Taiwan jointly by the Advanced Optical Storage Research Alliance (AOSRA) and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) as a more inexpensive alternative for high-definition content. ...
A UMD The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable. ...
Versatile Multilayer Disc (VMD) is a high-capacity red laser optical disc technology designed by New Medium Enterprises, Inc. ...
HD-DVD disc HD DVD (for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical media format which is being developed as one standard for high-definition DVD. HD DVD is similar to the competing Blu-ray Disc, which also uses the same CD sized (120 mm diameter) optical data...
A Blu-ray Disc (also called BDray) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital information, including high-definition video. ...
Digital Multilayer Disk (DMD) is an optical disc format developed by D Data Inc. ...
AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) is a new high definition recording format introduced by Sony and Panasonic. ...
Info A computer disc about the size of a DVD that can hold 60 times more data will go on sale in 2006, according to its American developer InPhase Technologies, a Lucent spin off. ...
Total Hi Def Disc, also called a Total HD or THD, is an optical disc that includes both rival high-definition optical disc formats, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. [1] It was officially announced January 8, 2007 at Warner Bros / Warner Home Videos press conference held at CES...
Picture of an HVD by Optware. ...
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The Stacked Volumetric Optical Disk (or SVOD) is an optical disk format developed by Hitachi/Maxell, which uses an array of wafer-thin optical disks to allow data storage of around 1TB. Each wafer (a thin polycarbonate disk) holds around 9. ...
Protein-Coated Disc (PCD) is a theoretical optical disc technology currently being developed by Professor V. Renugopalakrishnan, formerly of Harvard Medical School and Florida International University. ...
Schematic representation of a cross-section through a 3D optical storage disc (yellow) along a data track (orange marks). ...
| | | Grooved Videodiscs | Analog
Baird Television Record aka Phonovision (1927) • TeD (1974) • Capacitance Electronic Disc aka CED (1981) • VHD (1983) Videodisc (or video disc) is a general term for a laser- or stylus-readable random-access circular disc that contains both audio and video signals recorded in an analog form. ...
An analog or analogue signal is any time continuous signal where some time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity. ...
Phonovision, an experimental process for recording a television signal on phonograph records, was developed in the late 1920s in England by British television pioneer John Logie Baird. ...
Phonovision, an experimental process for recording a television signal on phonograph records, was developed in the late 1920s in England by British television pioneer John Logie Baird. ...
An Ad for the TeD Initially known as, The Video Disc or the Teldec Television Disc, TeD (Television Electronic Disc) was first announced at a press conference in Berlin on June 24, 1970. ...
The Capacitance Electronic Disc (or CED) was a video playback system developed by RCA, in which video and audio could be played back on a TV using a special analog needle and high-density groove system similar to phonograph records. ...
The Capacitance Electronic Disc (or CED) was a video playback system developed by RCA, in which video and audio could be played back on a TV using a special analog needle and high-density groove system similar to phonograph records. ...
VHD is a videodisc format which was marketed predominantly in Japan by JVC. VHD stands for Video High Density, and there was also an audio-only variant called, not surprisingly, AHD. // Technology VHD discs are 25cm in diameter, though the user never sees them as they are stored in caddies...
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