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D-VHS
Magnetic tape-based format meant for the distribution of digital HD movies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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D-VHS is a digital video recording format developed by JVC, in collaboration with Hitachi, Matsushita, and Philips. The "D" in D-VHS originally stood for "Data", but JVC renamed the format as "Digital VHS". Released in December 1997,[1][2] it uses the same physical cassette format and recording mechanism as S-VHS, but requires higher-quality and more expensive tapes and is capable of recording and displaying both standard-definition and high-definition content. The content data format is in MPEG transport stream, the same data format used for most digital television applications. It used MPEG-2 encoding[3] and was standarized as IEC 60774-5.[4]
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Media type | Magnetic cassette tape |
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Encoding | NTSC, PAL, SECAM, ADAT |
Capacity | 50 GB |
Read mechanism | Helical scan |
Write mechanism | Helical scan |
Developed by | Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita, Philips |
Usage | Home movies, Television production |
Extended from | S-VHS |
Released | December 1997; 26 years ago (1997-12) |
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