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8 mm video format

The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats. These are the original Video8 (analog recording) format and its improved successor Hi8 (analog video and analog audio but with provision for digital audio), as well as a more recent digital recording format known as Digital8. Their user base consisted mainly of amateur camcorder users, although they also saw important use in the professional television production field.

Not to be confused with 8 mm film.

Media type

Video8/Hi8:
120 minutes (PAL-SP)
240 minutes (PAL-LP)
150 minutes (NTSC-SP)
5 hours (NTSC-LP)
Digital8:
60 minutes (NTSC-SP)
90 minutes (PAL-SP) [1]

Sony and Kodak

9.5 × 6.2 × 1.5 cm
(31116 × 238 × 1932 inch)

1984

In 1982, five companies – Sony, Matsushita (now Panasonic), JVC, Hitachi, and Philips – created a preliminary draft of the unified format and invited members of the Electronic Industries Association of Japan, the Magnetic Tape Industry Association, the Japan Camera Industry Association and other related associations to participate. As a result, a consortium of 127 companies endorsed 8-mm video format in April 1984.[2][3]


In January 1984, Eastman Kodak announced the new technology in the U.S.[4][5] In 1985, Sony of Japan introduced the Handycam, one of the first Video8 cameras with commercial success. Much smaller than the competition's VHS and Betamax video cameras, Video8 became very popular in the consumer camcorder market.

Data8

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mediacollege.com video8

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howstuffworks.com 8mm tape

latimes.com Whatever happened to 8mm tape? : VIDEO'S 'FORMAT OF THE FUTURE' STILL LAGS BEHIND VHS, March 11, 1990|DENNIS HUNT | TIMES STAFF WRITER