List of video tape formats

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This list contains most of the popular video formats and storage media with which it is possible to save and play video information.

For newer tapeless digital formats, see tapeless recording .

Surname tape year Manufacturer colour A / D comment
Quadruplex 2 inches 1956 Ampex b / w & color (from 1958) analogous very early format
Octaplex 2 inches ??? RCA ??? analogous 2 videos at the same time
VR8000 2 inches 1961 Ampex without analogous earlier helical track recorder
Type a 1 inch 1965 Ampex directly analogous
Type B 1 inch 1974 Bosch television systems GmbH directly analogous
1 inch C. 1 inch 1978 RCA / Ampex / Sony directly analogous
IVC 9000 2 inches 1970s IVC directly analogous
LDL ½ inch 1969 Grundig / Philips SW analogous early home video system with coils
EIAJ-1 ½ inch 1970 Electronic Industries Association of Japan SW and color analogous early video system with reels, for home and semi-professional use
U-matic type E ¾ inch U-Matic 1971 Sony / JVC / Panasonic (formerly Matsushita) degraded analogous originally home system, later semi-professional, two cassette sizes, one hour running time, portable devices too
VCR ½ inch VCR 1971 Grundig / Philips degraded analogous 65 minutes running time, portable devices also available
VCR long play ½ inch VCR 1977 Grundig / Philips degraded analogous 130 minutes running time
Beta max ½ inch beta 1975 Sony degraded analogous Home system, basis for all professional beta systems from Sony, in contrast to these, however, only one cassette size
SVR Super Video Recording ½ inch VCR 1978 Grundig degraded analogous 300 minutes running time, cassette like VCR
VHS ½ inch VHS 1976 JVC degraded analogous the most widespread home system, three hours, later five hours
Video 2000 ½ inch video 2000 1979 Grundig / Philips degraded analogous 2 × 4 hours running time, only video format with reversible cassettes
CVC ¼ inch 1980 Funai Electric / Grundig degraded analogous portable, cassettes about compact cassette size
Betacam ½ inch beta 1982 Sony Components analogous
M. ½ inch VHS 1982 RCA / Panasonic Components analogous
Betacam SP ½ inch beta 1986 Sony Components analogous
MII ½ inch VHS 1986 Panasonic Components analogous
Video 8 8 mm video 8 1983 lots degraded analogous digital sound possible
S-VHS ½ inch VHS 1987 JVC degraded analogous Variation of VHS with 480 lines resolution instead of 240
Hi8 8 mm video 8 1990s Sony ??? degraded analogous
D3 ½ inch 1991 Panasonic directly digital
Digital Betacam ½ inch beta 1993 Sony Components digital
Betacam SX ½ inch beta 1996 Sony Components digital MPEG2 18 Mbit / s
D-9 Digital S. ½ inch VHS 1996 JVC Components digital
DVCPro (25/50 / HD) ½ inch DVCPro Panasonic Components digital
DV / DVCAM 7 different 1996 Sony Components digital
MPEG-IMX / IMX tape ½ inch beta 2000 Sony Components digital MPEG2 50 Mbit / s
HDCAM ½ inch beta 1997 Sony Components digital most popular HD tape system
D-VHS ½ inch VHS 1997 JVC Components digital
Digital 8 8 mm video 8 1999 Sony Components digital
HDCAM-SR ½ inch beta 2003 Sony Components digital full HD format in MPEG4 compression
HDV Cassette like miniDV 2004 Sony / JVC Components 4: 2: 0 digital MPEG-2 coded HD format with 1280 × 720 (HDV1) resp. 1440 × 1080 px (HDV2). 25 Mbit / s.