Video

Video is the technology of processing electronic signals representing moving pictures. A major application of video technology is television, but it is also widely used in engineering, scientific, manufacturing, and security applications. 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 videotape, 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)
• HDTV

Optical disc storage formats:

• DVD
• Laserdisc

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
• list of video topics
• telecine
• codecs
• timecode
• television
• video art
• closed-circuit television
• video coding
• video projector
• videoconferencing