THE TERM VIDEO ("VIDEO" MEANING "I SEE", FROM THE LATIN VERB "VIDERE") COMMONLY
The term video ("video" meaning "I see", from the Latin verb "videre") commonly
refers to several storage formats for moving pictures: digital video formats, including Blu-ray Disc,
DVD, QuickTime, and MPEG-4; and analog videotapes, including VHS and Betamax. Video can be
recorded and transmitted in various physical media: in magnetic tape when recorded as PAL or
NTSC electric signals by video cameras, or in MPEG-4 or DV digital media when recorded by
digital cameras.
Quality of video essentially depends on the capturing method and storage used. Digital television
(DTV) is a relatively recent format with higher quality than earlier television formats and has
become a standard for television video. (See List of digital television deployments by country.)
3D-video, digital video in three dimensions, premiered at the end of 20th century. Six or eight
cameras with realtime depth measurement are typically used to capture 3D-video streams.
The format of 3D-video is fixed in MPEG-4 Part 16 Animation Framework eXtension (AFX).
In the United Kingdom, Estonia, Australia, Netherlands, Finland, Hungary and New Zealand,
the term video is often used informally to refer to both Videocassette recorders and
video cassettes; the meaning is normally clear from the context
refers to several storage formats for moving pictures: digital video formats, including Blu-ray Disc,
DVD, QuickTime, and MPEG-4; and analog videotapes, including VHS and Betamax. Video can be
recorded and transmitted in various physical media: in magnetic tape when recorded as PAL or
NTSC electric signals by video cameras, or in MPEG-4 or DV digital media when recorded by
digital cameras.
Quality of video essentially depends on the capturing method and storage used. Digital television
(DTV) is a relatively recent format with higher quality than earlier television formats and has
become a standard for television video. (See List of digital television deployments by country.)
3D-video, digital video in three dimensions, premiered at the end of 20th century. Six or eight
cameras with realtime depth measurement are typically used to capture 3D-video streams.
The format of 3D-video is fixed in MPEG-4 Part 16 Animation Framework eXtension (AFX).
In the United Kingdom, Estonia, Australia, Netherlands, Finland, Hungary and New Zealand,
the term video is often used informally to refer to both Videocassette recorders and
video cassettes; the meaning is normally clear from the context
