DVCPRO Tapes or DVCAM tapes- Make Your Best Choice!

The video encoding algorithm in DVCPRO tapes and DVCAM tapes are same. Though the video data recorded on these two formats are identical, yet the difference lies in robustness, linear video editing technology, color rendition capacity and raster size.

DVCPRO was introduced by Panasonic in the year 1995, while DVCAM was introduced by Sony in the year 1996. Before making your purchasing decision, know a brief about the technical differences between DVCPRO and DVCAM. Read on to know:

• The type of tape in DVCPRO uses Metal Particle (MP) formulation, while DVCAM tape uses Metal Evaporate (ME) technology.

• The track pitch on DVCAM tapes and DVCPRO tapes are 15 microns and 18 microns respectively. The wider track pitch used in DVCPRO reduces the chances of errors while recording video content to a tape.

• The standard speed at which DVCAM tape moves past the recording head in a tape recorder is 28.215 mm/sec, while the tape speed in case of DVCPRO is 33.82 mm /sec.

Although DVCPRO and DVCAM tapes are different in technological aspects, but both digital video tape formats are used as effective data storage solutions by professional videographers and broadcasting industries.

Some wholesale distributors in the United States offer a wide variety of professional video tapes such as DVC Pro, DVC Pro HD and DVCAM tapes to leading advertising agencies, commercial photographers, production and post production houses, institutions and government agencies. They provide digital video tapes of popular brands like Sony, Panasonic and from over 200 of the leading manufactures in the film, tape, data storage and AV industries.

Apart from DVCPRO and DVCAM tapes, the companies in United States also offer data storage products like LTO tapes, Digital Betacam tapes, HDCAM SR tapes, Mini DV tapes, hard drives, flash memory, batteries and more than 10,000 items. They operate online store for their clients and help them with a brief description of data storage, audio/video tape, photographic and audio/visual equipment over the Internet.

If you are interested to shop online for DVCPRO Tapes or DVCAM tapes, you can check out the online wholesale stores of the companies in the United States and shop for items according to your requirements. Generally, a customer has to create a personal account to add items in their shopping cart and finally paying online. If you create a personal account, then you may receive catalogs and e-mails announcing special offers to help you save on variety of products.

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