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A Primer on Different Storage Formats:

Among various media formats such as paper, photo, VHS, 8mm, Hi8, miniDV, CD, VCD, DVD, digital media are best for your preservation purpose. For example, a VHS video tape will start to fade by just sitting there, while a DVD disk can last for over a hundred year and still maintain the same quality each time you play it.

About the three main video formats, here is the comparison:

Major differences between DVD, VCD and VHS:

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DVD

VCD

VHS

Format

Digital

Digital

Analog

Durability

Good

Good

Poor

Quality

Near-Theater

VHS

VHS

Cost

More

Least

Less

Capacity/Unit

> 1 hour

~ 1 hour

Up to 2 hours

Playback On Computer

DVD-ROM player

BOTH CD-ROM AND DVD-ROM player

Neither

Subtitle

Discretionary

Fixed

Discretionary

Standalone Player

DVD Player

VCD player

VCR


 

What's the resolution of different storage media:

Format

Resolution

Video Data Rate

Audio Data Rate

NTSC DVD Full Screen (4:3)

720x480

4000 Kbps

384 Kbps

NTSC DVD Wide Screen (16:9)

720x360

4000 Kbps

384 Kbps

NTSC VCD

352x240

1123 Kbps

224 Kbps

LaserDisc

567x480

N/A

N/A

LaserDisc
Wide Screen

560x360

N/A

N/A

NTSC VHS

352x240

N/A

N/A

Super VHS

352x400

N/A

N/A

 

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