D-VHS
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D-VHS (short for Digital VHS) is a digital video recording format developed by JVC in collaboration with Hitachi, Matsushita, and Philips. Introduced in December 1997, it was designed to record digital video, including high-definition content, using the same higher-grade tapes as S-VHS (Super VHS), which could accommodate the increased data rates required by the format.
Key facts
- Media.name
- D-VHS
- Media.logo
- D-VHS (logo).svgclass=skin-invert
- Media.type
- Magnetic cassette tape
- Media.encoding
- NTSC, PAL, SECAM, ADAT
- Media.capacity
- 50 GB
- Media.read
- Helical scan
- Media.write
- Helical scan
- Media.owner
- Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita, Philips
- Media.use
- Home movies, Television production
- Media.extended from
- S-VHS
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Design
- Tape length and speeds
- Pre-recorded tapes
- Compatibility
- Adoption
- Similar formats
- See also
- References
- External links
D-VHS (short for Digital VHS) is a digital video recording format developed by JVC in collaboration with Hitachi, Matsushita, and Philips. Introduced in December 1997, it was designed to record digital video, including high-definition content, using the same higher-grade tapes as S-VHS (Super VHS), which could accommodate the increased data rates required by the format.
Unlike analog-based VHS and S-VHS, D-VHS records video digitally using MPEG-2 compression and stores it in an MPEG transport stream, a format also used in DVDs and digital television broadcasts. The format was standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission as IEC 60774-5.
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