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Digital8
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Also known as Digital 8, Di8

Digital8 (or D8) is a consumer digital recording videocassette for camcorders developed by Sony, and introduced in 1999.

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Media.name
Digital8
Media.logo
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Media.type
Magnetic cassette tape
Media.encoding
NTSC, PAL
Media.read
Helical scan
Media.write
Helical scan
Media.standard
Interlaced video
Media.owner
Sony
Media.use
Home movies
Media.extended from
Hi8

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  • Digital8 vs. DV
  • Market segment
  • Camera model variations
  • Analog recordings
  • See also
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Digital8 (or D8) is a consumer digital recording videocassette for camcorders developed by Sony, and introduced in 1999.

The Digital8 format is a combination of the earlier analog Hi8 tape transport with the digital DV codec. Digital8 equipment uses the same videocassettes as analog recording Hi8 equipment, but the signal is encoded digitally using the industry-standard DV codec, which means it has identical digital audio and digital video specifications compared with DV.

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