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BETACAM
A high-quality analog and digital video format introduced (in analog) by Sony in 1982. Although heavy by today's standards, the first Betacam camcorders were considerably lighter than the video cameras of the era, a welcome breakthrough for cameramen shooting on location. Designed for professional TV recording, time codes are built into its 1/2" helical scan format to support precise editing of the recorded material
           
betacam BETACAM SP
Betacam SP is able to achieve its namesake superior performance over Betacam in the fact that it uses metal-formulated tape, as opposed to Betacam's oxide tape. Sony designed Betacam SP to be partially forward compatible with standard Betacam, with the capability that Betacam SP tapes can be played in modified oxide-era Betacam VTRs, but for playback only. Betacam SP-branded tapes cannot be used for recording in consumer Betamax VCRs like oxide Betacam tapes, due to Betacam SP's metal-formulation tape causing the video heads in a Betamax deck to wear prematurely, which are made of a softer material than the heads in a standard Betacam deck.
 
Product #
Recording Time
Shell
Packaging
BCT-05CL
5 minutes Cleaning Tape
Small
Album - 10/box - 50/Case
BCT-05
5 minutes
Small
Album - 10/box - 50/Case
BCT-10
10 minutes
Small
Album - 10/box - 50/Case
BCT-20
20 minutes
Small
Album - 10/box - 50/Case
BCT-30
30 minutes
Small
Album - 10/box - 50/Case
BCT-60
60 minutes
Large
Album - 10/box
BCT-90
90 minutes
Large
Album - 10/box
 
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