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Old 11th Oct 2018, 10:01 am   #7
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Default Re: Is a Hi8 Cassette the same as a VHS-C one?

Video 8 and Hi-8 were mostly camcorder standards, though Sony did try to sell some standalone Video 8 VCRs for a time. The standard was also used by Exabyte to build helical scan data recorders - their first model contained an almost unmodified Sony camcorder chassis, though the systems diverged somewhat after that, with different tape formulations being developed..
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