DV AND DVCPRO: A NEW VIDEO RECORDING FORMAT FOR COST-EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL USE

摘要

It is some six years since the details of the original DVC (now called DV) digital format, aimed at the domestic market, were given to the international standardisation bodies. The excitement generated by the idea of a quarter-inch digital video recorder format which ten major manufacturers promised to support and develop was tremendous, but this was more than matched by the degree of caution which these same manufacturers showed in actually bringing the system to market.