Talk:Videotape

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"The introduction of HDTV production necessitated a medium for storing high resolution video information. In 1997, Sony bumped its Betacam series up to HD with the HDCAM standard and its higher-end cousin HDCAM SR. Panasonic's competing format for cameras was based on DVCPRO and called DVCPRO HD. For VTR and archive use, Panasonic expanded the D5 specification to store compressed HD streams and called it D5 HD."

It's a geat pity that there are no analog video formats that are capable of,e.g. 1080p at 100fps, the nearest I've ever heard of are formats like Hi-Vision laserdisc and W-VHS for Japan's analog 1125 line standard (the highest resolution ever achieved on analog broadcast TV). I've also been wondering why so many movies are still filmed at the old-fashoned 24fps if most of their viewers watch them on DVD and Video, which typically operate at modern, higher framerates. On photographic film, I can see a good reason, I saves film. I have never understood why even digital movies still stick to this framerate, though or why electronic recording is more "traditional" in the audio domain than in the visual domain, if 1000+ line TV was technically possible even way back in the 1940s, why didn't some Analog High definition video standard replace cine-film long ago?203.26.37.35

Agreed, 24 fps makes sense as a legacy framerate but its limitations are obvious, particularly with motion.

More and more people shoot in 24fps, with its imperfect motion stutter, because its distinct look is a big part in movies` "magic" and appeal (together with flickering and film grain). Yes, audiences can be educated to enjoy cleaner pictures (and this might happen as digital projection settles in), but currently these are identified as not-filmic.

Furthermore, 35mm film at 24fps is an extremely widely-accepted standard for moving images distribution, starkly compared with the myriad video formats in use. Digital movies stick to this framerate because theatrical projection around the world operates in this format; shooting at 24fps makes life easy if a filmmaker's dream of theatrical distribution comes true, and converting 24fps to various video formats is a common, tried and true procedure. Going the other way around is a pain in the ass.

Analog HD video didn't replace cine-film because the means to get the pictures into video (acquisition) and out (projection) weren't nearly as good as film until very recently. Having an able format isn't enough, to make it common the industry needs viable workflows.

Binba 08:18, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Don't forget the old French 819-line system, which was near-HDTV, but B/W only. ProhibitOnions 16:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First paragraph

This could use a rewrite. The first sentence implies that it's only for recording from television, when it can of course be used to record from other sources (such as video cameras), are a popular format for commerical pre-recording materal, and can contain other content such as films.

It also gets fairly technical immediately after the first sentence. Pimlottc 12:37, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This page sucks

Isn't there a joke template that has that in there somewhere? Anyway, I'm going to take a hack at it, but organizationally it's a disaster, and it contains a fair amount of misinformation and poorly contextualized facts. Haikupoet 05:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

also the first few paragraphs need point of view work they make overly negative comments about DVD Cartoonborg 21:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

How does the fact that there is a Radiohead song titled 'Videotape' contribute to this page and/or qualify as an 'other use' of videotape???? 71.98.224.203Lamont Sanford71.98.224.203