All DV variants except for DVCPRO HD Progressive are recorded to tape within interlaced video stream.
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12 Facts About DVCPRO HD
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DVCPRO HD, known as DVCPRO HD25, is a variation of DV developed by Panasonic and introduced in 1995 for use in electronic news gathering equipment.
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When recorded to tape, DVCPRO HD uses wider track pitch - 18 µm vs 10 µm of baseline DV, which reduces the chance of dropout errors during recording.
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DVCPRO HD50 was introduced by Panasonic in 1997 for high-value electronic news gathering and digital cinema, and is often described as two DV codecs working in parallel.
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DVCPRO HD50 was used in many productions where high definition video was not required.
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DVCPRO HD Progressive was introduced by Panasonic for news gathering, sports journalism and digital cinema.
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DVCPRO HD, known as DVCPRO100, is a high-definition video format that can be thought of as four DV codecs that work in parallel.
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Tape-based DV variants, except for DVCPRO HD Progressive, do not support native progressive recording, therefore progressively acquired video is recorded within interlaced video stream using pulldown.
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Nevertheless, manufacturers often label cassettes with DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50 or DVCPRO HD and indicate recording time with regards to the label posted.
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Cassettes labeled as DVCPRO have a yellow tape door and indicate recording time when DVCPRO25 is used; with DVCPRO50 the recording time is half, with DVCPRO HD it is a quarter.
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Cassettes labeled as DVCPRO HD50 have a blue tape door and indicate recording time when DVCPRO HD50 is used.
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