Compact VHS uses standard VHS tape in a smaller cartridge that is ideal for camcorder applications. With a "Playpack", it is possible to play this Compact VHS tape in any standard VHS VCR.
a video cassette standard that is used in camcorders. It can be clipped into a carrier which allows it to be viewed on a domestic video recorder.
same tape specification as VHS. Smaller tape cassette. Popular for small camcorders. Adapter allows playback on VHS VCRs
VHS (Compact) videotape housed in smaller cassettes, designed to be used in camcorders.
A miniature, electronically identical version of the VHS tape format utilizing smaller videocassettes that may also be played on standard VHS machines with the assistance of an adapter cartridge. This format was introduced in order to compete with Sony’s 8mm camcorder format but with reduced recording time.
VHS tape in a smaller, shorter-lasting cassette.
Acronym: ideo ome ystem - ompact Video: A compact version of the VHS videotape format, used primarily in camcorders.
Video Home System - Compact: 1/2-inch videotape format with 240 lines of resolution that comes in a smaller cassette casing than standard VHS. A VHS player can play back a VHS-C tape with the help of an adapter.
The most affordable analog video format, VHS-C format tapes are simply smaller-size VHS tapes (the "C" stands for compact). You can play your tapes in any VCR with a cassette adapter (often included with the camcorder. The S-VHS-C format (the "S" stands for super) is a higher resolution version (400 lines as opposed to 240 lines for VHS-C) and can only be viewed through an S-video connection. VHS-C tapes offer some of the shortest recording times (40 minutes) and lowest video resolution of analog formats. ). S-VHS-C tapes have a maximum recording time of two hours.
VHS-Compact. The compact version of VHS, with tape size comparable to that of 8 mm.
A miniature version of the VHS tape format utilizing smaller cassettes that may also be played on standard VHS machine by using an adapter cartridge.
Scaled-down version of VHS using shorter tape inside miniature cassettes; compatible with full-size VHS equipment through use of adapter. [See VHS.
(VHS Compact) videotape format using many of the VHS standards. Allowing miniature (compact) cassettes to be played back on standard VHS equipment with the use of an adapter.
A compact version of the VHS video system which is used in some video movie systems and is replayable on a VHS domestic video recorder via an adaptor.
VHS-C is the compact VHS format introduced in 1982 and used primarily for consumer-grade compact camcorders. The format is based on the same videotape as is used in VHS, and can be played back in a standard VHS VCR with an adapter. Though quite inexpensive, the format is largely obsolete even as a consumer standard and has been replaced in the marketplace by digital video formats, which offer smaller form factors and better video quality.
