Editing DV (video format) (section)

====DVCPRO50====
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DVCPRO50 was introduced by Panasonic in 1997 and is often described as two DV codecs working in parallel.

The DVCPRO50 doubles the coded video data rate to 50&nbsp;Mbit/s. This has the effect of cutting total record time of any given storage medium in half. Chroma resolution is improved by using 4:2:2 chroma subsampling.

Following the introduction of the AJ-SDX900 camcorder in 2003, DVCPRO50 was used in many productions where [[high definition video]] was not required. For example, BBC used DVCPRO50 to record high-budget TV series, such as ''[[Space Race (TV series)|Space Race]]'' (2005) and ''[[Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire]]'' (2006).

A similar format, [[Digital-S|D-9 (or Digital-S)]], offered by JVC, uses videocassettes with the same form-factor as [[VHS]].

Comparable high quality standard definition digital tape formats include Sony's [[Betacam#Digital Betacam|Digital Betacam]], introduced in 1993, and [[Betacam#MPEG IMX|MPEG&nbsp;IMX]], introduced in 2000.