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As a guide we can get 2hr of video at the highest quality, or up to 4 hrs at VHS quality from video to DVD. Please bear in mind that your video tapes are fading away, they have a life of between 15 and 20 years, less if they are played a lot. Get them on a DVD now, before your memories are lost for ever. Once on a DVD the quality will not deteriorate as it is in digital format, the expected life of DVD is 100 years plus. We only use reputable Branded DVD R disks.

The DV format uses "L-size" cassettes, while MiniDV cassettes are called "S-size". The larger L-size cassettes can record up to two hours. Both MiniDV and DV tapes can come with a chip to store still photos; the chip can be used only if the camera in which it is placed supports the feature.

The DVC Pro format also supports a "M-size" cassette, approximately the size of an open palm, which holds up to 66 minutes of video at the 25 Mbit/s data rate. These cassettes may also be used in DVC Pro 50 format equipment. Regardless of size, DVC Pro cassettes are marked with two numbers, such as "66/33", to indicate the reduction in recording time when used in DVC Pro 50 gear.

Panasonic has developed the "XL-size" cassette, larger than the "L-size", for use with DVC Pro HD VTRs.

MiniDV format
MiniDV tapes are 6.5 x 4.8 x 1.2 cm and hold either an hour or an hour and a half of video depending on whether the video is recorded at Standard Play (SP) or Extended Play (EP). The tapes sold for less than USD 5 a piece as of 2003.

Software is currently available for ordinary home computers which allows users to record any sort of computer data on MiniDV cassettes using common DV decks or camcorders. A 60-minute MiniDV tape will hold approximately 10 Gigabytes of data in this form of usage.

Panasonic and Sony Variants
The DV codec is also used in videotape formats intended for more advanced and entry-level professional use. Sony devised the DVCAM format, and Panasonic devised the DVCPRO format. These two formats differ from the DV format in terms of track width and tape type. As noted before, DVCPRO also has a "M-size" cassette, holding enough tape for 66 minutes of video at the 25 MBit/s data rate, and is used primarily in broadcast news operations.

DVCPRO videotape machines can play DVCAM, DV tapes, and mini-DV tapes, with MiniDV tapes requiring an adapter. Until recently, Sony DVCAM videotape machines could play DVCAM and MiniDV tapes, but not DVCPRO. This has changed in recent years, with Sony producing decks that read all formats.

Panasonic has further scaled up the DV codec to cover HDTV applications with their DVCPRO 50 (1998) and DVCPRO HD (2000) formats. DVCPRO 50 doubles DVCPRO's tape recording speed, and hooks two DV codecs in parallel to record digital video at 50 Megabit per second. DVCPRO HD increases the tape speed further, and uses four DV codecs in parallel to achieve 100 Mbit/s. If you would like to a DV to DVD conversion, discounts are offered for multiple tapes.

Other variants

The Digital8 standard uses the DV codec, but uses Video Hi8 tapes to record onto. Because of Video8's and Video Hi8's success in the past, many precious recordings exist in these formats. The Digital8 format was designed as a consumer format for transition from analog to digital. The video and audio quality of Digital8 is comparable to DV. In 1993, Sony, JVC, Canon, and Sharp have come up with the HDV standard for high-definition camcorders.