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MiniDV Video Tape Format and History
History
The MiniDV was the first introduced in 1998. It allows you to
record 1 hour of video on a cassette about the size of a box of
tic-tacs.
Tech Stuff
Mini DV tapes are the smallest of the video formats. They take and
maintain crystal clear images because of the nature of a digital
format. MiniDV tapes record their signal at 525 lines of
horizontal resolution, substantially higher than 8mm or regular
VHS formats, and due to their higher band width greater color
fidelity and detail is possible. The video signal is recorded as
DV video which is the same as Digital8. Due to the digital nature
of the recording, no signal loss will result from dubbing, so they
make an excellent master copy. All MiniDV camcorders have a
firewire (also known as i-link and IEEE 1394), allowing easy
downloading of the video to a modern computer with a firewire port
for editing.
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