It is a direct competitor to Sony's Digital Betacam. Its name was changed to D-9 in 1999 by the SMPTE.[1][2]It was used to a small extent in Europe and Asia and saw some use in the US, notably by the Fox News Channel,[3] but was a commercial failure compared with Digital Betacam. It was superseded by high definition tapeless formats.
D-9 uses a tape shell of the VHS form factor although some front-loading VHS VCRs will refuse to pull the cassette in because of the curved edges.[citation needed] The tape itself uses a much higher quality metal particle formulation. The recording system is digital and for video uses DV compression at a 50 Mbit/s bitrate. Video is recorded in 4:2:2component format at a variety of standard-definition resolutions, in either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios. Audio is recorded as 16-bit/48 kHz PCM with up to four separate channels.[4] The tape is 1/2 inch wide, the helical scan head drum is 62 mm in diameter, and the video tracks, which are read by the video heads in the head drum, are 20 microns wide.[5] Video quality is generally very high; at standard definition, D-9's quality is comparable with Digital Betacam.[6] The BR-D51U model is additionally capable of analogue S-VHS playback.
HD recordingedit
For high definition video recording, JVC developed an extension to D-9 called D-9 HD, using twice the number of recording heads to record a 100 Mbit/s video bitstream at resolutions of 720p60, 1080i60 and 1080p24. This variant can also record 8 channels of PCM audio at 16 bits and 48 kHz. The higher data rate and increased tape speed mean that the recording time of any given cassette would be halved.[7] D-9 HD, based on specifications, would have been higher quality than Sony HDCAM but lower than Sony HDCAM SR; no objective tests were made comparing these formats. It is not clear whether this proposed format was ever manufactured or sold.[8]
Additional informationedit
Although D-9 uses the same video codec as DV, the video bitrate of D-9 is significantly higher than that of the "prosumer" format. DVCPRO achieves bitrate parity with D-9 and D-9 HD, but has a slower tape speed, making it less reliable. Some of the D-9 television studio gear is capable of recording with Sel-Sync or pre-read and is provided with four-channel audio like Digital Betacam. Serial digital interfaces (SDI) are also provided. A dockable recorder, the JVC BR-D40, attached to a variety of cameras, and there was a one-piece camcorder, the JVC DY-70U.[9]
digital, originally, known, professional, digital, video, videocassette, format, created, 1995, videotaped, videotapemedia, typemagnetic, cassette, tapeencodingntsc, palstandardinterlaced, videousagevideo, production, direct, competitor, sony, digital, betacam. D 9 or Digital S as it was originally known is a professional digital video videocassette format created by JVC in 1995 D 9 VideotapeD 9 VideotapeMedia typeMagnetic cassette tapeEncodingNTSC PALStandardInterlaced videoUsageVideo production It is a direct competitor to Sony s Digital Betacam Its name was changed to D 9 in 1999 by the SMPTE 1 2 It was used to a small extent in Europe and Asia and saw some use in the US notably by the Fox News Channel 3 but was a commercial failure compared with Digital Betacam It was superseded by high definition tapeless formats Contents 1 Technical details 2 HD recording 3 Additional information 4 References 5 External linksTechnical details editD 9 uses a tape shell of the VHS form factor although some front loading VHS VCRs will refuse to pull the cassette in because of the curved edges citation needed The tape itself uses a much higher quality metal particle formulation The recording system is digital and for video uses DV compression at a 50 Mbit s bitrate Video is recorded in 4 2 2 component format at a variety of standard definition resolutions in either 4 3 or 16 9 aspect ratios Audio is recorded as 16 bit 48 kHz PCM with up to four separate channels 4 The tape is 1 2 inch wide the helical scan head drum is 62 mm in diameter and the video tracks which are read by the video heads in the head drum are 20 microns wide 5 Video quality is generally very high at standard definition D 9 s quality is comparable with Digital Betacam 6 The BR D51U model is additionally capable of analogue S VHS playback HD recording editFor high definition video recording JVC developed an extension to D 9 called D 9 HD using twice the number of recording heads to record a 100 Mbit s video bitstream at resolutions of 720p60 1080i60 and 1080p24 This variant can also record 8 channels of PCM audio at 16 bits and 48 kHz The higher data rate and increased tape speed mean that the recording time of any given cassette would be halved 7 D 9 HD based on specifications would have been higher quality than Sony HDCAM but lower than Sony HDCAM SR no objective tests were made comparing these formats It is not clear whether this proposed format was ever manufactured or sold 8 Additional information editAlthough D 9 uses the same video codec as DV the video bitrate of D 9 is significantly higher than that of the prosumer format DVCPRO achieves bitrate parity with D 9 and D 9 HD but has a slower tape speed making it less reliable Some of the D 9 television studio gear is capable of recording with Sel Sync or pre read and is provided with four channel audio like Digital Betacam Serial digital interfaces SDI are also provided A dockable recorder the JVC BR D40 attached to a variety of cameras and there was a one piece camcorder the JVC DY 70U 9 References edit D 9 Introduction to the format D 9 Digital S video digitised amp transferred to FFV1 MOV amp MP4 The Great Bear Retrieved 2024 02 13 D 9 in action worldwide D 9 technical specifications Archived 2007 10 23 at the Wayback Machine Displays general D 9 technical specifications Accessed October 13 2007 Tozer E P J November 12 2012 Broadcast Engineer s Reference Book CRC Press ISBN 9781136024184 via Google Books JVC Professional Japan D 9 HD Technical Specifications D 9 HD VIEW pro jvc com Retrieved 2015 11 11 JVC PDF JVC External links editJVC s Japanese D 9 product page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Digital S amp oldid 1220790374, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
