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Most Common Video Formats Side by Side

 



To help with a first identification, a number of common video formats are presented here side by side for easy comparison.

The first photograph shows a number of open-reel formats, the second different cassettes. Alternatively, you can identify a format in the index view.

 
Open-reel, analogue formats
Cassettes

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