Video

Video is the technology of processing electronic signals representing moving pictures. All television is video, but not all video is television. In addition to the use of video in television, video is widely used in engineering, scientific, manufacturing, and security applications. However, other uses of video have tended to use the video formats designed for television use.

The word Video comes from Latin, where it means "I see".

The term video is also used as abbreviation for video tape, as well as for video recorder and video player.

Analog video encoding formats

• NTSC
• PAL
• SECAM

Analog video broadcast and inter-connection signal standards

• RF
• composite video
• component video
• S-Video
• RGB

Analog video tape formats

• Ampex
• VERA (BBC)
• U-matic (Sony)
• Betamax (Sony)
• Betacam
• Betacam SP
• VHS (JVC)
• S-VHS (JVC)
• VHS-C (JVC)
• Video 2000 (Philips)
• 8mm tape
• Hi8

Digital Video encoding formats

• CCIR 601
• MPEG-2
• H.261
• H.263
• H.264
• 24p (HiDef film-quality professional video)

Optical disc storage formats:

• DVD
• Laser disc

Digital Video tape formats

• D1 (Sony)
• D2 (Sony)
• D3
• D5
• Digital Betacam (Sony)
• Betacam IMX (Sony)
• DV
• MiniDV
• Digital8 (Sony)

see also:

• audio
• Film formats
• Telecine
• codecs
• timecode
• Television
• Video art
• Closed-circuit television
• Video coding
• Videoconferencing

External link

• http://www.videofonics.com/videofonics/glossary.html