Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Magnetization
D1

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.