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Source-Video Formats
J.1 Video Formats
Table J-1 summarizes source-video formats with some descriptive commentary about them. This list is representative but not exhaustive and you may have content presented to you in other formats.
J-1 Source-Video Formats
| Format | Characteristics |
Betacam |
A Sony format for storing studio-quality analog video. |
| Betacam SP | Another Sony studio format. |
| Betamax A | defunct consumer-video format marketed unsuccessfully by Sony against the VHS format from JVC. VHS won the marketing battle, but there is some archival material still extant in the Betamax format. The tape cassettes were used as the basis for the Sony professional line of Betacam recording systems. |
| Digital 8 | A consumer digital-video replacement for ... |
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