Camcorder Formats

Analog Camcorder format:

Lo-Band: Approximately 3 megahertz bandwidth (250 lines EIA resolution or ~333x480 edge-to-edge) Camcorder with Format Betamax : Only used on very old Sony and Sanyo camcorders and portables; obsolete by the mid/late-80s in the consumer market. Camcorder with Format VHS : Compatible with standard VCRs, though VHS camcorders are no longer made. Obsolete. Camcorder with Format VHS-C : Originally designed for portable VCRs, this standard was later adapted for use in compact consumer camcorders; identical in quality to VHS; plays in standard home VCRs. Still available in the low-end consumer market (JVC model GR-AXM18 is Camcorder with Format VHS-C) Camcorder with Format Video8 : Small-format tape developed by Sony to combat VHS-C's compact palm-sized design; equivalent to VHS or Betamax in quality, but not compatible. Obsolete.
Camcorder with Format Hi-Band: Approximately 5 megahertz bandwidth (420 lines EIA resolution or ~550x480 edge-to-edge)

Camcorder with Format S-VHS : Largely used in high-end consumer and professional equipment; rare among mainstream consumer equipment, and obsoleted by digital gear like DigiBetacam and DV. Camcorder with Format S-VHS-C: An upgrade to provide near-laserdisc quality. Now limited to the low-end consumer market (example: Camcorder JVC SXM38). Camcorder with Format Hi8 : Enhanced-quality Video8; roughly equivalent to Super VHS in quality, but not compatible. Now limited to low-end consumer market (example: CamcorderSony TRV138). Finds dvd camcorder or digital camcorder and camcorder disk hard hard disk camcorder best buy camcorder, camcorder camera digital.