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If you are looking for high quality images but at more reasonable prices than are available for DV tape, Hi8 tapes would be recommended. Digital 8 tape also known as Hi8 tapes offer a great balance between quality and price, and are offered by many of the well known manufacturers including Sony and TDK. If you have questions about any of our Hi8 tapes, feel free to contact us.
To counter the introduction of the S-VHS format, Sony introduced Hi8 (short for high-band Video8.) Like SVHS, Hi8 used improved recorder electronics and media-formulation to increase picture detail. In both systems, a higher-grade videotape and recording-heads allowed the placement of the luminance-carrier at a higher frequency, thereby increasing luminance bandwidth. Both Hi8 and SVHS were officially rated at a (luminance) resolution of "400 horizontal TV/lines," a vast improvement from their respective base-formats of 240 lines. Chroma resolution for both remained unchanged, well below 100 TV/lines. All Hi8 equipment supported recording and playback of both Hi8 and Video8 (8mm) recordings. Video8 equipment cannot play Hi8 recordings.
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