Archive for the ‘Legacy Formats’ Category

Video Flashback: 2 Inch Quad Tape

I’m not old enough to have worked with these systems but I do recall using open reel 1/2″ Sony decks to record on-the-air broadcasts adding visible time code.  3/4″ U-matic had just come in to wide use and seemed to hang around for what seemed like an awful long time.  DVcam seemed like it was going to have a long career but boy am I glad to see that format go bye-bye.

Video Flashback: The Passing of VHS

They don’t call it Vertical Helical Scan for nothing.

I still prefer Betamax and rue the day that they lost the format war.

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