| FORMAT |
NOTES |
MANUFACTURER |
| Betacam & Betacam SP |
Component Analogue, still selling well, but doesn't easily support
16:9. |
EMTEC, Fuji, Maxell, Quantegy and Sony. |
| Betacam SX |
Compressed Component Digital acquisition format, supports 16:9
shooting.
|
Maxell and Sony. |
| Digital Betacam |
Mildly compressed Component Digital. |
EMTEC, Fuji, Maxell, Quantegy and Sony. |
| MPEG-IMX |
50Mbps Component Digital, initially developed by Sony for RAI, and
aimed at European market. |
Maxell (coming soon) and Sony. |
| HDCAM |
Compressed HD acquisition/mastering format. |
Fuji, Maxell and Sony. |
| DV |
|
JVC, Maxell and Panasonic |
| DVCAM |
|
Sony |
| DVCPRO |
25Mbps, 50Mbps and HD (100Mbps) all use the same tape, trading off
recording time for quality. |
Fuji, Maxell and Panasonic. |
| D1 |
The original high-end Component Digital tape |
Quantegy, and Sony. |
| D2 |
Composite Digital not often seen in Europe. |
Fuji, Maxell, Quantegy and Sony. |
| D3 |
Half-inch Composite Digital. |
Fuji, Maxell and Panasonic. |
| D5 |
Uncompressed Component Digital, not widely used in Europe, but HD
version high quality mastering format. |
Maxell and Panasonic. |
| D6 |
Specialised cassette tape for uncompressed HD, in Europe used mainly
by film industry. |
Maxell. |
| D9 |
Half-inch Component Digital format previously known as Digital-S.
Is being developed to become backwards-compatible HD format. |
Fuji and JVC. |
| DTF and DTF-2 |
Data Tape Format the same size as Digital Betacam Large Format cassette
which can store up to 8 hours of programme material. |
Maxell and Sony |
| MII |
Component Analogue. |
Fuji, and Panasonic. |
| U-matic |
|
Quantegy and Sony |
| U-matic SP |
|
Quantegy and Sony |
One-inch
(C and B format) |
|
Quantegy |
| Professional Hi8 |
|
Fuji and Sony |
| Professional VHS |
|
EMTEC, JVC, Maxell and Sony |
| Professional S-VHS |
|
Fuji, JVC, Maxell and Sony. |
| D-VHS |
Digital VHS - can record 21 hours of MPEG2 at 4.7Mbps or seven hours
at 14.4 Mbps, or 3.5 hours of HDTV at 28.8 Mbps. For monitoring, it
can even store 49 hours at 2 Mbps. VCRs also record/playback VHS and
S-VHS. |
EMTEC and JVC |
| W-VHS |
Analogue Component VHS for 1125-line HD |
JVC |
