<p>During the age of VHS, if one wanted better quality video, one had to opt for S-VHS.</p>
<p>VHS provides 240 lines of horizontal resolution. S-VHS offers over 50 % more at 400 lines.</p>
<p>S-VHS resolution is no big deal these days. However, when S-VHS VCRs hit the market in the late 1980s, their main selling point was […]
<p>MII (pronounced <strong>em 2</strong>) was a professional video format developed by Panasonic and released in 1986. </p>
<p>It was positioned as a competitor to Sony&#8217;s pro video format, <a href=”https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/betacam-sp/amp/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Betacam SP</a>. </p>
<p>MII drew inspiration from the failed M format released in 1982. The M format itself drew inspiration from VHS.</p>
<p>MII should not be […]
<p>You would have known that <a href=”https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/vhs-vs-betamax-why-betamax-lost/amp/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Sony&#8217;s Betamax lost out to JVC&#8217;s VHS in the home video entertainment format war</a> in the 1980s.</p>
<p>That didn&#8217;t stop Sony from venturing into another &#8216;Beta&#8217; format, namely, Betacam SP or Beta SP.</p>
<p>SP stands for<strong> Superior Quality</strong></p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-betacam-sp-history”>Betacam SP History</h2>
<p>Sony introduced this analog video camera format […]
<p>HDV stands for High-Definition Video. It should not be confused with HD video. </p>
<p>HDV is the high-definition version as applied to the DV magnetic tape format. One of its selling points is HD video can be recorded on an <strong>inexpensive DV cassette tape</strong>.</p>
<p>HDV is a video format developed jointly by <strong>JVC, Sharp Canon, and Sony</strong> […]
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-what-is-a-baby-video-camera-monitor”>What is a Baby Video Camera Monitor?</h2>
<p>A baby video camera monitor, as its name suggests, is a camera system that lets you check on your baby from a different location.</p>
<p>It is also called a baby monitor with a camera, which differentiates it from the audio-only version. </p>
<p>It is especially useful if you&#8217;re in […]
<p>HD DVD stands for <strong>High-Definition Digital Versatile Disc</strong>. At the initial stage, it was called<strong> Advanced Optical Disc</strong> (AOD). </p>
<p>The disc size is similar to that of the DVD &#8211; 12 centimeters in diameter. It uses the same substrate ( internal construction) as a DVD.</p>
<p>The HD DVD technology was pioneered by Toshiba, hoping it to […]
<p>A <strong>Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD)</strong> resembles a CD or DVD. What makes it stand out is its storage capacity on a single disc.</p>
<p>According to the book <em>Light and Optics</em> by Kyle Kirkland, the HVD would have the capacity to store 200 movies on a single disc. </p>
<p>In other words, the HVD would have 200 times […]
<p>DV stands for Digital Video.</p>
<p>The video format is the result of the cooperation between about 60 electronics giants such as Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Canon, and Sharp, among others.</p>
<p>It is a tape format released in 1996. Before the advent of HD video, DV was popularly used for consumer and professional video production.</p>
<p>DV is also a codec […]
<p>The MicroMV format was created by Sony in 2001.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a Sony proprietary tape format like <a href=”https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/what-is-video8-is-it-the-same-as-8mm/amp/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Video8</a>, <a href=”https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/hi8-video-wiki-sony-hi8-format-explained/amp/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Hi-8</a>, and <a href=”https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/digital8-camcorder-convert-analog-8mm-video-to-digital/amp/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Digital8</a>. </p>
<p>The MicroMV tape is, however, much smaller than Sony&#8217;s 8mm tapes and <a href=”https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/what-is-mini-dv/amp/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>MiniDV </a>tapes.</p>
<p>MicroMV uses digital encoding similar to that […]
<p>The DVCPRO format is also known as <strong>D7 </strong>among video industry professionals. It was developed by Panasonic and Broadcast Television Systems (BTS)/Philips.</p>
<p>The format was targeted towards the professional video and TV broadcast markets. It saw popular use in the electronic newsgathering (ENG)field.</p>
<p>It was released in 1995, a year before Sony released the <a href=”https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/dvcam-format/amp/” target=”_blank” […]