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Also known as video tape

thumb|300px|An assortment of videotapes

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  • Early formats
  • Broadcast video
  • Quad
  • Types C and B
  • Professional cassette formats
  • High definition
  • Home video
  • Videocassette recorders
  • Consumer and prosumer camcorders
  • Future of tape
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|300px|An assortment of videotapes

Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition. Information stored can be in the form of either an analog or digital signal. The tape can come in stand-alone tape reel or inside a casing such as a tape cartridge or cassette. Videotape is used in both video tape recorders (VTRs) and, more commonly, videocassette recorders (VCRs) and camcorders. Videotapes have also been used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram.

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