videotape recording

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• Videotape — An assortment of video tapes A videotape is a recording of images and sounds on to magnetic tape as opposed to film stock or random access digital media. Videotapes are also used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced… …   Wikipedia

• Videotape format war — The videotape format war was a period of intense competition or format war of incompatible models of video cassette recorders (VCR) in the late 1970s and the 1980s. It has gone down in marketing history as a classic example of technological… …   Wikipedia

• videotape — n. 1. a video recording made on magnetic tape. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• videotape — vid‧e‧o‧tape [ˈvɪdiəʊteɪp ǁ dioʊ ] noun [countable, uncountable] a long thin band of Magnetic material used to record pictures and sound videotape verb [transitive] : • FBI agents videotaped lawmakers taking cash from lobbyists. • The President… …   Financial and business terms

• videotape — ► NOUN 1) magnetic tape for recording and reproducing visual images and sound. 2) a video cassette. ► VERB ▪ record on video …   English terms dictionary

• videotape — I. noun Date: 1953 a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape; also the magnetic tape used for such a recording II. transitive verb Date: 1958 to make a videotape of < videotape a show > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• videotape — I UK [ˈvɪdɪəʊˌteɪp] / US [ˈvɪdɪoʊˌteɪp] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms videotape : singular videotape plural videotapes a thin band of magnetic film in a plastic case, used mostly for recording television programmes II UK [ˈvɪdɪəʊˌteɪp]… …   English dictionary

• videotape recorder — noun : a device for recording and playing videotapes * * * Television. a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage. Also called VTR [1950 55] * * * videotape recorder noun A tape recorder… …   Useful english dictionary

• Recording head — A recording head is the physical interface between a recording apparatus and a moving recording medium. Recording heads are generally classified according to the physical principle that allows them to impress their data upon their medium. A… …   Wikipedia

• videotape — n. & v. n. magnetic tape for recording television pictures and sound. v.tr. make a recording of (broadcast material etc.) with this. Phrases and idioms: videotape recorder = video recorder …   Useful english dictionary

• videotape — videotaper, n. /vid ee oh tayp /, n., v., videotaped, videotaping. n. 1. magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from… …   Universalium