Date: | c. 1987 |
Material: | Metal particles on polyester substrate, plastic shell and mechanism |
Dimensions: | Tape: ¾ in. (19 mm) wide |
Company: | Sony Corp. |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
Helical scan, digital. The first professional digital video format. The video was uncompressed and so occupied a huge amount of space; the cassette was very large, but held only 94 min. of video. The format was successful in applications that demanded extremely high quality.