CyberCollege TV Production Modules 46 - 48
A videotape format used to initially secure footage which is then dubbed to a higher-quality format for editing is called
an acquisition format
The first videotape format to be widely-used and the format that ushered in professional video recording was
2-inch quad
Which video compression ratio would result in you the best picture quality?
2:1
The first consumer videotape format to be widely accepted for home use, but has now been abandoned, was
Betamax
A video recording-playback medium that resembles an audio CD but is able to record 10 times the data is
DVD
To achieve the high writing speeds necessary to record the very high frequencies associated with a video signal
both the tape and the video heads must move
A type of data signal that has numerous advantages over analog data is
digital
Many videotape recording approaches use MPEG2 or MPEG4, which are
digital data compression techniques
One type of camcorder that allows you to edit and play back segments directly from the camera is a
disk-based recorder
Module 47 says that recent developments have led to the "democratization of the television medium." What have these developments been?
the lower cost of equipment; sites such as YouTube; greater simplicity in the operation of video equipment; the potential of presenting your views to tens-of-thousands of people
A video server
uses high-capacity, computer hard drives; is now widely used in broadcasting and production agencies for recording and playing back segments; is often used in the editing process