Daily Archives: April 6, 2016

Teardown: Sony BCT-124HDL Large HDCAM Cassette

Posted on April 6, 2016 by lui_gough

The second victim of my teardown series is a large format HDCAM cassette. HDCAM is a high definition digital video version of Betacam, introduced in 1997, utilizing a bitrate of 144Mbit/s and a 1440×1080 recording resolution with chroma subsampling. This … Continue reading →

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Teardown: Imation DDS-120 Data Tape (4mm)

Posted on April 6, 2016 by lui_gough

I love doing teardowns as it can be quite interesting to peek inside of certain items. Seeing as the relevance of tape media is fast waning in the consumer market, I felt it would be interesting to purchase or collect … Continue reading →

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