VHS-C
VHS-C cassette adapter (top) and VHS-C cassette (bottom) | |
| Media type | Magnetic cassette tape, 1⁄2-inch (13 mm) |
|---|---|
| Encoding | NTSC, PAL, SECAM |
| Capacity | 30, 60 minutes |
| Read mechanism | Helical scan |
| Write mechanism | Helical scan |
| Standard | 525 lines, 625 lines |
| Dimensions | 92 × 58 × 20 mm (3+5⁄8 × 2+1⁄4 × 3⁄4 in) |
| Usage | Home movies |
| Extended from | VHS |
| Released | 1982 |
VHS-C is a compact version of the VHS videocassette format, introduced by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in 1982, and used primarily in consumer-grade analog recording camcorders. VHS-C uses the same magnetic tape as full-size VHS cassettes and can be played in a regular VHS VCR using an adapter. An improved version named S-VHS-C was also developed. VHS-C’s main competitor was Sony's Video8 format, but both were eventually displaced in the consumer market by the digital MiniDV format, which offered a smaller form factor.