Compact video cassette
| Storage medium Compact video cassette
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| Type | Magnetic tape |
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| Launch | 1980 |
The Compact Video Cassette (CVC) system was the first portable video system with small, compact cassettes and the predecessor of Video 8 . The cassettes held video tape about 1/4 inch wide and about the size of an audio cassette .
The CVC recorders were usually used in combination with portable video cameras, as camcorders (video cameras with a built-in recorder) did not exist at that time . Most CVC recorders could run on either a rechargeable battery or AC power.
The CVC recorder appeared in 1980. However, due to low demand and poor image quality, the system could not establish itself and disappeared again from the market within a short time. CVC recorders were manufactured by Funai in Japan and Grundig (using a Funai drive) in Europe and sold under a variety of brand names such as Siemens . The CVC system is not compatible with any other known video system.
The Quatercam broadcast camcorder system from Bosch is technologically based on the CVC cassette, but Quatercam and CVC are not compatible with each other.