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VHS-C


JVC_HR_4100EG
Format name VHS / VHS-C / S-VHS
Standard Play, Long Play and
Extended Long Play
 
Company JVC and many other Brand names  
Dates in use 1976 – today  
Risk No risk  
Tape width ½ inch 12.7 mm  
Cassette dimension 18.8 cm X 10.4 cm (VHS-C 9.2 cm X 5.9 cm)  
Analogue/digital Analogue  
Usage Consumer / Educational  
Playback equipment Easy to find  
Remarks Some VHS tapes are only used for hi-fi audio recording
Playback of the VHS-C cassette with an adapter in a standard VHS recorder.
  
Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS  
   
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