DVCProHD \/ DVCProHD-EX

HD

A High Definition videotape format developed by Panasonic. It uses 1\/4" wide tape stock and records 22:11:11 8 bit HD Video. It uses an extension of the DV compression and recording system to reduce the data rate to 100Mb\/s. The tape format supports 1920x1080 at 59.94i, and 60i and 1280x720 at 59.94P and 60P. The Panasonic’s Varicam format uses the 1280x720 DVCProHD format to carry variable framerate information. DVCProHD-EX is an extension of the DVCProHD format and is able to record and playback upto 126 minutes of HD video on a single cassette