DV

Home recording medium

DV is an abbreviation with several common meanings depending on context.

In legal and social services settings, it stands for domestic violence: She works at a DV shelter.

In film and video production, DV means digital video, the format that replaced analog tape.

In Latin phrases like Deo volente, DV means "God willing."

digitalvideo

camcorder

Portable video recording device

codec · resolution · HD · 4K · frame rate · playback · videography · filmmaking · capture · compression

domesticviolence

abuse

Cruel or violent treatment

restraining order · hotline · advocacy · intervention · trauma · safety plan · coercive control · IPV · cycle of abuse · counseling

abbreviation

acronym

Word made from initials

symbol · code · shortening · contraction · truncation · brevity · concise · condensed

Opposites
video format/recording medium

DVfilm

Movie or coating

analog video · VHS · celluloid · 35mm · 16mm

media consumption/distribution method

DVstreaming

Real-time digital delivery

film · theatrical release · cinema · broadcast television · VOD

technological era

DVanalog

Comparable equivalent

film · VHS · Betamax · reel-to-reel · magnetic tape

Phrases
Family

DVD, DVR, HDV

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Abstract · Negative · Rated PG-13