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Betacam

Betacam is a family of professional half-inch tape video formats and videocassette products, developed by Sony from 1982. In colloquial use, Betacam singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, a Betacam video recorder or the format itself. Both analog, and later, digital, variants of the Betacam format have existed.

Products, Analog Betacam & Betacam SX

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Developed by
Sony
Encoding
NTSC, PAL, digital video, high-definition video
Media type
Magnetic cassette tape, ½-inch
Read mechanism
Helical scan
Released
August 7, 1982 Lifespan: August 1982 – March 2016 Technical Support 1982–present (vary by region)
Standard
Interlaced video, progressive video

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Cassettes

Analog Betacam

Digital Betacam

Betacam SX

MPEG IMX

HDCAM/HDCAM SR

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Betacam

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples140
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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Betacam

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related to Betacam SP · 25
Betacam → Beta SP, Betacam SP, Betacam SP's, Betacam SP-branded, Betacam VTRs, Betacam's, Betamax, Betamax VCRs, BVW-15, BVW-40, Despite, ED Beta, ED Beta VCRs, However, In, It, Japan, PAL, Sony, Superior Performance
related to MPEG IMX · 24
Betacam → Additionally, Betacam SX, CCIR, D-10, Digital, Digital Betacam, Ethernet, IMX, IMX VTRs, IP, It, Mbit/s, MPEG D10 Streaming, MPEG IMX, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 Part, SDTI, SMPTE, Sony, This
related to Digital Betacam · 18
Betacam → Betacam SP, D-Beta, D1, DBC, DCT-compressed, Digi, DigiBeta, Digital Betacam, International Television Symposium, It, June, Mbit/s, Montreux, NTSC, PAL, PCM-encoded, The Digital Betacam, YUV
related to Original Betacam format · 15
Betacam → August, B-Y, Betamax, Betamax VCR, Compressed Time Division Multiplex, CTDM, However, Image, In, It, R-Y, Sony, The, This, U-Matic
related to Betacam SX · 13
Betacam → All Betacam SX, Betacam SP, Betacam SX, Digital Betacam, DNW-A50, DNW-A75, It, ML, MPEG-2, PCM, Profile, Some Betacam SX, The Betacam SX
related to HDCAM/HDCAM SR · 12
Betacam → AES/EBU, CineAlta, DCT, HD, HDCAM, It, Mbit/s, PsF, Sony's, The, The HDCAM, There
related to External links · 6
Betacam → Betamax Case Report, Chart, MaxellBetacam PALsite, Sony, Specs, Tape
related to Third-party support · 6
Betacam → Ampex/Quantegy, BASF/EMTEC, Betacam SP, Fuji, Many, Maxell
related to Further reading · 5
Betacam → Basic Betacam Camerawork, Focal Press, ISBN, Peter, Ward
related to Cassettes · 4
Betacam → All Betacam, The, The Betacam, VTR

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video format tape digital sp sony used cassette tapes sx recording betamax use introduced recorder hdcam cassettes camcorder audio camera

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BetacamDeveloped bySony1.00infobox
BetacamEncodingNTSC, PAL, digital video, high-definition video1.00infobox
BetacamMedia typeMagnetic cassette tape, ½-inch1.00infobox
BetacamRead mechanismHelical scan1.00infobox
BetacamReleasedAugust 7, 1982 Lifespan: August 1982 – March 2016 Technical Support 1982–present (vary by region)1.00infobox
BetacamStandardInterlaced video, progressive video1.00infobox
BetacamUsageVideo production1.00infobox
BetacamWrite mechanismHelical scan1.00infobox
Betacamis afamily of professional half-inch tape video formats and videocassette products0.90text
Betacamis aplacement of the stereo linear audio tracks0.90text
chroma key.This format compresses the video signal from approximately 180 Mbit/s to 18 Mbit/sinstance ofThis higher subsampling gives better chroma resolution and allows certain post-production processes0.80text
a compression ratio of around 10instance ofThis higher subsampling gives better chroma resolution and allows certain post-production processes0.80text

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