A higher quality version of the 8mm videotape format. Uses a higher luminance resolution to produce a sharper picture than regular 8mm videotape.
Oldish but still acceptable format with a resolution of 400 lines. Use 8mm tape.
A compact cassette format used in camcorders, delivering high picture quality
An improved version of the 8mm tape format. Hi8 tapes look like 8mm tapes but use a superior tape formulation, which provides a wider luminance bandwidth. This results in a sharper picture quality. Sony's Hi8 technology offers superior picture quality by achieving about 400 lines of horizontal resolution and 380,000 (230,000 effective) pixels for improved line clarity. Two special features drastically improve picture quality further: Super Digital Noise Reduction (DNR) reduces colour noise while Time Base Corrector (TBC) reduces jitter.
An analog video format introduced by Sony in 1989.
Analog camcorder format which allows you to record video with 400 lines of resolution onto Hi8 tape, or 240 lines of resolution onto standard 8mm tape. Hi8 tapes can get up to 2hours in SP and 4hours in LP modes. Most Hi8 tapes will work in Digital8 camcorders but typically only can record 1 hour of Digital video.
Improved version of 8mm videotape format characterized by higher luminance resolution, yielding a sharper picture. Similar in performance to S-VHS. [See 8mm.
(High-band 8mm) An 8mm videotape format used in consumer /pro-sumer video equipment. Hi 8 produces quality that is superior to VHS but similar to S-VHS.
Hi8 is the best analog recording format available. Its biggest advantage is the small size of the tape, which allows camcorder manufacturers to make smaller units, which is what everybody's looking for. The quality of the tape is equal to S-VHS.
The sharper version of 8mm, which, like Super VHS, gives about 400 lines of resolution. Hi8 needs a TV with S-video input to see the effects.
a video standard offering superior quality to VHS and used in many consumer-grade camcorders. See Beta.
Improved version of 8mm video tape format characterized by higher luminance resolution for a sharper picture. Compact "conceptual equivalent" of Super-VHS. (See 8mm.)
A camcorder format which can be stored on Hi8 or 8mm tape (both analog). Note: although most Hi8 tapes will work in Digital8 camcorders, they can only hold about one hour of digital video.
