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Notation<br />

Component analog VTRs are<br />

ordinarily equipped with NTSC<br />

or PAL decoders and encoders,<br />

so as to accept and produce<br />

NTSC and PAL signals.<br />

M-2 is an exception to SMPTE’s<br />

usual single-letter designation.<br />

SMPTE<br />

type Method Tape width a<br />

Type-B B Direct color, segmented scan 1 inch 430<br />

Type-C C Direct color 1 inch 430<br />

U-matic E Color-under 3 ⁄4 inch 250<br />

U-matic SP Color-under 3 ⁄4 inch 320<br />

Betacam L Component analog (CTDM) 1 ⁄2 inch (Beta) 320<br />

Betacam SP L Component analog (CTDM) 1 ⁄2 inch (Beta, MP) 360<br />

M-II M-2 Component analog (CTDM) 1 ⁄2 inch (VHS, MP) 400<br />

Betamax Color-under 1 ⁄2 inch (Beta) 240<br />

VHS, VHS-C H Color-under 1 ⁄2 inch 240<br />

S-VHS H Color-under 1 ⁄2 inch 400<br />

Video-8 (8 mm) Color-under 8 mm 280<br />

Hi8 Color-under 8 mm MP/ME 400<br />

a Tape is metal oxide, unless indicated as MP (metal particle).<br />

Resolution,<br />

TVL/PH (approx.)<br />

Table 35.1 Analog videotape formats for SDTV are summarized. At the top are studio formats;<br />

the shaded rows at the bottom are consumer formats.<br />

compressed by a factor of 2:1; the time-compressed<br />

chroma waveforms for each line are concatenated and<br />

then recorded on a second track. (This is called component<br />

time-division multiplexing, CTDM.) The recorded<br />

signal has no subcarrier, and although timebase correction<br />

is necessary, no subcarrier-related processing is<br />

associated with recording or playback.<br />

Heterodyne (color-under) recording is used in 3 ⁄4-inch<br />

(U-matic) VTRs, and in consumer Betamax, VHS, S-VHS,<br />

Video-8 (8 mm), and Hi8 VCRs. (See page 583.)<br />

Analog videotape formats<br />

Table 35.1 summarizes SDTV analog videotape formats.<br />

SMPTE has jurisdiction to standardize studio formats;<br />

surprisingly, SMPTE has also documented the VHS and<br />

S-VHS consumer formats. SMPTE designates an analog<br />

videotape format with a single letter.<br />

CHAPTER 35 VIDEOTAPE RECORDING 419

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