Posted by Paul Heslop on 07/29/06 01:39

mt wrote:
>
> Hey, folks; I am a part-time video editor and have a bet placed on this
> question. Is the signal coming off of a standard VHS tape ( say a
> Blockbuster pre-DVD video rental movie) analog or digital?
>
> I have had 3 people I trust say analog and one person I trust say digital
> (because the tape holds "pulses" which are digital, rather than "levels",
> which are analog?).
>
> Any solution of this problem is desired.
>
> Thanks in advance;
>
> RT

I haven't really thought about it but as you can record, say, from
channels on SKY which won't allow you to record to dvd then I guess
you would have to say VHS is analogue. While messing with google
though I find mention of D-VHS, a digital format VHS

http://www.jvc.com/press/index.jsp?item=419

Wikipedia says the D in D-VHS stands for Data, but if you type digital
VHS into google there are loads of links with D-VHS as digital, the
one below giving an overview and also gently mentioning that, indeed,
VHS was analogue

http://tinyurl.com/ptfog


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