1 inch type C videotape

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Sony 1inch VTR BVH-2000

1 inch Type C (designated Type C by SMPTE) is a professional helical scan open-reel videotape format co-developed and introduced by Ampex and Sony in 1976. It became the replacement in the professional video & television broadcast industries for the then incumbent Quadruplex (2 inch Quad for short) open-reel format, due to the smaller size & slightly higher video quality of 1 inch type C VTR.

1 inch Type C is capable of "trick-play" functions such as still, shuttle, and variable-speed playback - slow motion. These were capabilities that 2 inch Quad was not capable of, due to its segmented nature of recording the video tracks onto the tape. Also, 1 inch Type C VTRs required much less maintenance (and used less power & space) than did 2 inch Quad.

Despite being a composite format like U-matic or VHS, 1 inch Type C has very high video quality, approaching the quality of component analog videotape formats like Betacam.

The quality and reliability of 1 inch Type C made it a mainstay in television & professional video for almost 20 years, before being supplanted by more compact formats like Betacam, DVCAM, D-1, D-2 and DVCPro.

1 Some Ampex models
2 Some Sony models
3 Some Hitachi, Ltd. – Shibaden Models
4 Some NEC Models
5 Some RCA Models
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Some Ampex models

VPR-2 1976, studio model
VRP-20 1977, Portable
VPR-2A studio model
VPR-2B studio model
VPR-80 studio model
VPR-6 studio model
SMC-60 slow Motion system
VPR-3 studio model, with air system like AVR-1
XVR-80 wideband VTR
VPR-5 portable made in jointly with Nagra

[edit] Some Sony models

BVH-1000 1979 studio model
BVH-1100 with Dynamic head Tracking- DT, with digital TBC Model BVT-2000
BVH-500 portable
BVH-2000 studio model
BVH-2180 3 hour record play model
BVH-2500P PAL VR
BVH-2500 Delta Time VTR
BVH-2800/2 VTR With PCM Audio
BVH 3000 Studio model
BVH-3100 Studio model

[edit] Some Hitachi, Ltd. – Shibaden Models

HR-200 Studio model
HR-230 2 and 3 hour Record/Play Studio model
HR-100 portable model, 42 pounds

[edit] Some NEC Models

TT-7000 Studio VTR ($38,000 new in 1987)

[edit] Some RCA Models

TH-200 A Sony BVH-1100 WITH DT

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Industrial & home video media

Magnetic tape

Analog

VERA (1952) • 2 inch Quadruplex videotape (1956) • 1 inch type A videotape (1965) • 1/4 inch Akai (1967) • U-matic (1969) • EIAJ-1 (1969) • Cartrivision (1972) • Video Cassette Recording (aka VCR) (1972) • V-Cord (1974) • VX (aka "The Great Time Machine") (1974) • Betamax (1975) • IVC 2 inch Helical scan (1975) - 1 inch type B videotape (1976) • 1 inch type C videotape (1976) • VHS (1976) • VK (1977) • SVR (1979) • Video 2000 (1980) • CVC (1980) • VHS-C (1982) • M (1982) • Betacam (1982) • Video8 (1985) • MII (1986) • S-VHS (1987) • Hi8 (1989) • S-VHS-C (1987) • W-VHS (1994)

Digital

D1 (1986) • D2 (1988) • D3 (1991) • D5 (1994) • Digital Betacam (1993) • DV (1995) • Digital-S (D9) (1995) • DVCPRO (1995) • DVCAM (1996) • HDCAM (1997) • DVCPRO50 (1998) • D-VHS (1998) • Digital8 (1999) • DVCPRO HD (2000) • D6 HDTV VTR (2000) • MicroMV (2001) • HDV (2003)• HDCAM SR (2003)

Optical disc

Analog

Laserdisc (1978) • Laserfilm (1984) • CD Video (1986?)

Digital

VCD (1993) • MovieCD (1995?) • DVD-Video (1995) • MiniDVD • CVD (1998) • SVCD (1998) • FMD (2000) • EVD (2003) • HVD (2004) • FVD (2005) • UMD (2005) • VMD (2006) • HD DVD (2006) • Blu-ray Disc (BD) (2006) • DMD (2006?) • AVCHD (2006) • Tapestry Media (2007) • Total Hi Def (2008) • HVD (TBA) • PH-DVD (TBA) • SVOD (TBA) • Protein-coated disc (TBA) 3D disc (TBA)