The format DVCAM. Short history of digital video. 

during the mid to late 90's and into the early 2000's, I used both DVCAM and DVCPRO (with cameras and VTR's). I loved both formats and I actually had the Matrox RT 2500 capture card lol !!! I loved it !! it was a no rendering, real time capture device that saved so much time !!!!! wow, those were the days man. if you did not live through the mid 90's to early 2000's in the video business, you haven't lived !!!!!! those of us who did, got the excitement of FIRST TIME switch over to giving clients DVD's as the final edited version rather than VHS. so many innovations in such a short period of time. WOW. - from linear editing to the jump to non linear computer editing was HUGE. I'm so thankful I was in the video business and got to experience the ride !

I used DVCAM from 1998-2011 It was a solid format.

Very good comprehension of the digital video development. I went through all these steps in about 40 years of professional work. Still have my DSR-11. Made my first portable editing suite around 2003. But, to be honest, I am glad we can produce with much higher technical quality today. Once more, thanks for the video !

Every format featured here is in regular use in my studio. I have several DSR-11 machines and some of them even have doors that don't fall off! DVCPRO was a disaster, the format was fine but the machines were nowhere near as reliable as Sony's professional offerings. DVCPRO does get the award for the most tape sizes that a single video recorder will take (up to four). The DV codec (or, more like DVCPRO 50) had another stab at DigiBeta's success in the form of Digital S or D9 from JVC, another format failure (but I have one). I've never liked HDV though, dropouts when they occur cause a fairly long freeze frame due to the way the frames are encoded. HDV did go up to 1080p, though such progressive recordings are relatively rare. JVC went off on a tangent with a 720p variant of HDV which was fairly unsuccessful.

DVcam and BetacamSP are the most successful tape formats in the recent television era. Widely diffused, they will stand in broadcasting history for a long time.

Nice. I have a film that can talk on using a USB when working with Windows XP and Windows 11.

I really enjoyed this documentary and found it very accurate. Thanks! I agree, the DSR-PD150 is probably the best camera ever made and completely changed the broadcast industry.

I really enjoyed it! I've got a sony PD150

Just picked up a HDV-Z5 MiniDV still has a lot of modern use left with external prorez recorders or a decent computer its a shame the firewire standard is a bit broken on windows 10 due to drivers at times...

I have the Sony HVR-M15AU it plays DVCAM, DV, HDV, miniDVCAM, miniDV, miniHDV tapes in PAL/NTSC and 60i, 30p and 24p all in one small device, it has analog outputs and a firewire port. For the Betacam I have the Sony J3-SDI it plays Betacam, Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, Betacam SX, and MPEG IMX cassettes in big and small formats in PAL and NTSC via analog and SDI ports, Its the size of a consumer VCR, those are the best two machines I've ever owned.

Thank you! Excellent video!

I bought a Sony DSR 50 absolutely mint in the box, left it for many years on the shelf, then in 2024 decided to use it only to find it won’t power on, are there any engineers still alive that understands the system

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I still have my old Sony PD 150.

I later found out that a Sony's DSR-1500 series could also play large size DVCPRO tapes as well! What was useful feature they added. I'm not sure what other DVCAM decks had that feature; I'm sure the full size editors probably also had this capability. It was quite useful when you needed to exchange some footage with another station or facility that was all DVCPRO. I don't think DVCPRO could play a small size DVCAM tape, (the only size tape they shared) I think you had to intentionally record in DV mode only for a DVCPRO deck to play if you had a DVCAM camera etc.

Can anyone help me out please? I'm considering buying a SONY DSR-570WS CAMCORDER and was wondering if I could go from the camcorder to my laptop directly, bypassing the VCR. I want to make a documentary film and am wondering if this old school teck would serve me well? what are the limitations, etc? Thanks for your time and reply

Neat vid man!

background music too loud

I love magnetic Tapes ❤❤❤ ❤ 🎉🎉🎉❤

7:14 dvcam deck nice.

I really loved this video and it inspired me to buy the Sony PD 150. I’m excited and hungry for more Sony PD 150 content

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