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Video is the technology of processing electronic signals representing moving pictures. A major application of video technology is television, but it is also used in engineering, scientific, manufacturing, and security applications. Other uses of video have tended to use the video formats designed for television use.

The word video comes from the Latin, "I see".

The term video is also used as abbreviation for videotape, as well as for video recorder and video player.

Analog video encoding formats

  • NTSC
  • PAL
  • SECAM

    Analog video electrical formats

  • RF
  • composite video
  • component video
  • S-Video
  • RGB

    Analog video tape formats

  • Ampex
  • VERA (BBC)
  • U-matic (Sony)
  • Betamax (Sony)
  • Betacam
  • Betacam SP
  • VHS (JVC)
  • S-VHS (JVC)
  • VHS-C (JVC)
  • Video 2000 (Philips)
  • 8mm tape
  • Hi8

    Digital video tape formats

  • D1 (Sony)
  • D2 (Sony)
  • D3
  • D4
  • D5
  • Digital Betacam (Sony)
  • Betacam IMX (Sony)
  • D-VHS (JVC)
  • DV
  • MiniDV
  • http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/sony%2Dmicromv%2Dabandon%2D10%5F20%5F03.htm" class="external">MicroMV
  • Digital8 (Sony)

    Optical disc storage formats:

  • DVD
  • Laserdisc

    Selected Digital video encoding formats:

  • CCIR 601
  • MPEG-2
  • H.261
  • H.263
  • H.264

    See also

  • Audio
  • Film formats
  • List of video topics
  • Telecine
  • codecs
  • Timecode
  • Television
  • Video art
  • Closed-circuit television
  • Video coding
  • Video projector
  • Video teleconference
  • Video production


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