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Media Formats VHS, SVHS (1/2 inch) Very popular size Inexpensive Readily available DVD Popular for consumer market Readily available Easy to read on home computers/DVD players DVCam/ Standard DV/ Mini DV High-quality digital format Gaining popularity for industrial use Extremely small Betacam/Betacam SP The professional standard Extremely high quality Expensive Digital Betacam Higher quality than Betacam SP Setting standard for digital video production Major Meeting Uses Playback Video recording of speaker or session Video magnification of speaker Video projection of computer data Teleconferencing – projection of live video signal from remote location Video Standards ‘Standard’ refers to the way the material is electronically encoded on the tape and DVD. Since all video equipment and software in the United States conforms to the same standard, this becomes important only if you have speakers or audio visual material coming from other countries. Video recorded in other countries must be played back on special machines. These are available in the U.S., but can be difficult to locate and are more expensive to rent than standard equipment. NTSC:      Recording/playback standard in U.S./Canada. PAL:        Recording/playback standard for Europe (except France), Far East, and some parts of Africa. SECAM:   Recording/playback standard for France, Russia, and some parts of Africa.