record on videotape

a ribbon-like, flexible strip of materials that stores magnetic signals

Oxide-coated plastic-based magnetic tape used for recording video and audio signals.

A magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses of the video and audio portions of a television programme or event can be recorded.

is a term mostly used for open-reel magnetic tape of different widths (", :", 1" or 2") for broadcast purposes, but is also found in video cassettes.

Used to electronically record sight and sound for instant playback. Videotape comes in half-inch, three-quarters, one and two-inch widths and can be erased and re-recorded.

Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. In virtually all cases, a helical scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions, because video signals have a very high bandwidth, and static heads would require extremely high tape speeds. Video tape is used in both video tape recorders (VTRs or, more common, video cassette recorders (VCRs)) and video cameras.