Videotape
Videos
Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition. Information stored can be in the form of either an analog or digital signal. The tape can come in a stand-alone tape re
An assortment of videotapes
A 14-inch (36 cm) reel of 2-inch (5.1 cm) videotape compared with a modern-day MiniDV videocassette. Both media store one hour of color video.
U-matic tape
Video 8 (left), VHS (right) and MiniDV (bottom)
Quadruplex videotape
Videos
2-inch quadruplex videotape was the first practical and commercially successful analog recording video tape format. The format uses 2-inch-wide magnetic tape and was developed and released for the bro
Ampex VR-2000
The VR 1000-B model (1961)
Ampex VR2000 Amtec, Colortec and Procamp at DC Video, ,