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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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COMPARE
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DVD
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VCD
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VHS
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Format
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Digital
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Digital
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Analog
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Durability
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Good
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Good
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Poor
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Quality
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Near-Theater
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VHS
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VHS
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Cost
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More
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Least
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Less
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Capacity/Unit
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> 1 hour
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~ 1 hour
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Up to 2 hours
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Playback On Computer
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DVD-ROM player
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BOTH CD-ROM AND DVD-ROM player
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Neither
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Subtitle
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Discretionary
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Fixed
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Discretionary
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Standalone Player
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DVD Player
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VCD player
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VCR
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What's the resolution of different
storage media:
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Format
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Resolution
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Video Data Rate
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Audio Data Rate
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NTSC DVD Full Screen
(4:3)
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720x480
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4000 Kbps
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384 Kbps
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NTSC DVD Wide Screen
(16:9)
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720x360
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4000 Kbps
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384 Kbps
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NTSC VCD
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352x240
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1123 Kbps
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224 Kbps
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LaserDisc
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567x480
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N/A
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N/A
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LaserDisc
Wide Screen
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560x360
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N/A
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N/A
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NTSC VHS
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352x240
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N/A
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N/A
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Super VHS
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352x400
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N/A
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N/A
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