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