videotapes
Magnetic film reels
Videotapes are magnetic tapes used to record and play back video and audio, housed in plastic cassettes.
The format dominated home recording and movie rentals from the 1980s until DVDs displaced it: We have boxes of old videotapes in the attic.
As a verb, to videotape is to record on such media, though the term persists even for digital recording: They videotaped the wedding.
Analog tape format
- BetamaxDefunct videocassette format
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- analogComparable equivalent
- PALTelevision color standard
NTSC · tracking · LP · EP · hi-fi · linear · recording · playback
Portable video recording device
- birthdaysAnnual personal milestones
- vacationsExtended leisure breaks
- weddingsMarriage celebration events
- graduationsCeremonies completing formal education
first steps · family reunions · holidays · recitals · christenings · anniversaries · memories · home movies
Maintaining something's condition
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
conservation · restoration · transfer · migration · degradation · oxide · mold · climate control
Final twentieth-century decade
- 80sDecade before the nineties
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- cartoonsAnimated drawings, often humorous
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · classic · flashback · commercials · time capsule · generation · era · youth
No longer in use
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- defunctNo longer existing
- discardedGotten rid of
relic · obsolescence · landfill · e-waste · forgotten · replaced · dinosaur · phased out
Penalties for delayed payment
- membershipState of belonging
- rewindingPlaying media backward
- drop boxSecured collection container
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
browse · shelves · categories · returns · checkout
VHS
Analog tape format
PAL · NTSC · tracking · LP · EP · hi-fi · linear · recording · playback · rewind
camcorder
Portable video recording device
- birthdaysAnnual personal milestones
- vacationsExtended leisure breaks
- weddingsMarriage celebration events
graduations · first steps · family reunions · holidays · recitals · christenings · anniversaries · memories · home movies · Christmas morning
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
deterioration · conservation · restoration · transfer · migration · degradation · oxide · mold · climate control · metadata
90s
Final twentieth-century decade
- 80sDecade before the nineties
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- cartoonsAnimated drawings, often humorous
vintage · retro · classic · flashback · commercials · time capsule · generation · era · youth · throwback
outdated
No longer in use
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- defunctNo longer existing
discarded · relic · obsolescence · landfill · e-waste · forgotten · replaced · dinosaur · phased out · legacy
late fees
Penalties for delayed payment
- membershipState of belonging
- rewindingPlaying media backward
- drop boxSecured collection container
overnight · browse · shelves · categories · returns · checkout
- family recordsbirth certificates, birth certificate, family trees, death certificate, birth records
videotapesstreaming video
streaming · DVDs · Blu-rays · digital downloads · cloud storage