videotape

Definition of videotape in English English dictionary: magnetic tape used to record both video images and sound for subsequent playback or broadcasting; To make a recording of something on videotape; Videotape is magnetic tape that is used to record moving pictures and sounds to be shown on television; a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound; record on videotape; a video recording made on magnetic tape; Format generally used today to record and play back video programming It consists of an oxide-coated roll of acetate, polyester, or mylar tape on which a magnetized signal is placed; {i} cassette for the recording or viewing of amateur or professional motion pictures on a television screen; film designed for viewing on a VCR (video cassette recorder); a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound a video recording made on magnetic tape record on videotape; Medium (or mode) for delivery of a course The course may consist only of the material on the videotape and may not be led by an instructor Some video courses may be supplemented with a study guide and may require communication with an instructor; {f} record motion pictures on a video tape, film with a video camera; If you videotape a television programme or event, you record it on tape using a video recorder or video camera, so that you can watch it later. She videotaped the entire trip. = video. a video videotape of. video to record a television programme, film, event etc on a video. Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. The transverse unit uses four heads rotating on an axis perpendicular to the direction in which the tape is fed. The transverse format achieves 1,500-in.-per-minute head-to-tape speed, necessary for high picture quality. The helical unit uses tape traveling around a drum in the form of a helix. VCRs use a helical format, known as VHS (Video Home System), consisting of two helical bands and tape 1/2 in. (1 cm) wide; Oxide-coated plastic-based magnetic tape used for recording video and audio signals; A videotape is the same as a video cassette
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videotape.: vid
videotaped: past of videotape
videotapes: plural of videotape
videotaping: present participle of videotape