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Media type | Magnetic cassette tape, ½-inch |
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Encoding | NTSC, PAL, SECAM |
Capacity | 30, 60 minutes |
Read mechanism | Helical scan |
Write mechanism | Helical scan |
Standard | 525 lines, 625 lines |
Dimensions | 92 × 58 × 20 mm (3⅔ × 2¼ × ¾ in) |
Usage | Home movies |
Extended from | VHS |
Released | 1982 |
VHS-C is the compact variant of the VHS videocassette format, introduced by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in 1982,[1] and used primarily for consumer-grade compact analog recording camcorders. The format is based on the same video tape as is used in VHS, and can be played back in a standard VHS VCR with an adapter.[2] An improved version named S-VHS-C was also developed. S-VHS's main competitor was Video8; however both became obsolete in the marketplace by the digital video formats MiniDV and MiniDVD, which have smaller form factors.
HR-C3 The first model of portable VCR to use VHS-C cassette