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((short description|Magnetic tape-based videocassette format for camcorders))
((Hatnote|Not to be confused with [[8 mm film]].))((More citations needed|date=December 2022))((Infobox storage medium
| name = 8mm Video
| logo = Video 8 Logo.svg
| logo_size = 180px
| image = 8mm video cassette front.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = A Video8 videocassette
| type = [[Magnetic cassette tape]]
| encoding = [[NTSC]], [[PAL]], [[SECAM]]
| released = 1984
| capacity = ''Video8/Hi8:''<br />120 minutes ([[PAL]]-SP)<br />240 minutes (PAL-LP)<br />150 minutes (NTSC-SP)<br />5 hours ([[NTSC]]-LP)<br />''Digital8:''<br />60 minutes (NTSC-SP)<br />90 minutes (PAL-SP)
<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sony-150-MIN-RECORDABLE-Tape-P6150MPL/dp/B0000C1ZOJ|title=Amazon.com: Sony 150-MIN 8MM RECORDABLE Tape (P6150MPL//A) : Electronics|website=www.amazon.com))</ref>
| read = [[Helical scan]]
| write = [[Helical scan]]
| standard = [[525 lines]], [[625 lines]]
| owner = [[Sony]] and [[Kodak]]
| use = [[Home movies]]
| dimensions = 9.5 × 6.2 × 1.5 cm <br />(3((fraction|11|16)) × 2((fraction|3|8)) × ((fraction|19|32)) inch)
| extended from = 
| extended to = [[Hi8]]<br>[[Digital8]]<br>[[Data8]]
))
The '''8mm video format''' refers informally to three related [[Videotape#Consumer and "prosumer" camcorders|videocassette]] formats. These are the original '''Video8''' ([[analog recording]]) format and its improved successor '''Hi8''' ([[analog video]] and [[analog audio]] but with provision for [[digital audio]]), as well as a more recent [[digital recording]] format known as '''[[Digital8]]'''. Their user base consisted mainly of amateur [[camcorder]] users, although they also saw important use in the professional [[television production]] field.

In 1982, five companies – [[Sony]], [[Panasonic|Matsushita (now Panasonic)]], [[JVC]], [[Hitachi]], and [[Philips]] – created a preliminary draft of the unified format and invited members of the Electronic Industries Association of Japan, the Magnetic Tape Industry Association, the Japan Camera Industry Association and other related associations to participate. As a result, a consortium of 127 companies endorsed 8-mm video format in April 1984.<ref name="onslaught">((cite book |last=Lardner |first=James |date=1987 |title=Fast forward: Hollywood, the Japanese, and the onslaught of the VCR |publisher=Norton|isbn=9780393023893 |page=308))</ref><ref name="takemura">((cite web |last=Takemura |first=Yasuo |date=2013 |title=Video camera technologies systematization |url=https://sts.kahaku.go.jp/diversity/document/system/pdf/078_e.pdf |page=49))</ref>

In January 1984, Eastman Kodak announced the new technology in the U.S.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdIjgeedgRwC&q=kodak+8mm+camcorder&pg=PA196|title=Video Recording Technology: Its Impact on Media and Home Entertainment|last=Nmungwun|first=Aaron Foisi|date=2012-11-12|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136466045|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515021755/https://books.google.com/books?id=EdIjgeedgRwC&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=kodak+8mm+camcorder&source=bl&ots=AvB_4AHJw5&sig=UQmtqOuXuCUUExtdO5c9tgNeFuc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjujuSx66rUAhUM8IMKHc6SCek4ChDoAQhZMAs#v=onepage&q=kodak%208mm%20camcorder&f=false|archive-date=2018-05-15))</ref><ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1984/01/05/kodak-unveils-8mm-video-camcorder/df4e61da-cfc0-469f-8793-571fcfe79f14/|title=Kodak Unveils 8mm Video 'Camcorder'|last1=Schrage|first1=Michael|date=1984-01-05|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-06-07|last2=Schrage|first2=Michael|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286))</ref> In 1985, [[Sony]] of Japan introduced the [[Handycam]], one of the first Video8 cameras with commercial success. Much smaller than the competition's [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]] video cameras, Video8 became very popular in the consumer camcorder market.

== History ==
[[File:8mmCamcorder.jpg|thumbnail|left|An amateur grade Video8 Camcorder from the early 1990s]]

=== Video8 ===
Video8 was launched in 1984, into a market dominated by the VHS-C and Betamax formats.<ref name="upi-home-video-war">((cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/04/Eastman-Kodak-Co-Wednesday-entered-the-home-video-war/1074442040400/|title=Eastman Kodak Co. Wednesday entered the home video war...|website=UPI|date=1984-01-04))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2011/10/history-of-video-now-and-then |title=History of Video Now and Then |date=28 October 2011 |access-date=2015-04-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111335/http://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2011/10/history-of-video-now-and-then |archive-date=2015-04-27 ))</ref> The first two models were the Kodak Kodavision 2200 and 2400, both over US$1,500.<ref name="upi-home-video-war"/> The Kodak machines were produced by Matsushita Electric, but Matsushita itself had shown no interest in selling the same product under its own name.<ref name="onslaught"/>

The first Sony camcorder capable of recording to standard 8mm videotape was the Sony CCD-V8, with 6x zoom but only manual focus, released in 1985 with an MSRP of approximately $1,175,<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.digicamhistory.com/MSRPs.html |title=MSRPs |website=www.digicamhistory.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609080744/http://digicamhistory.com/MSRPs.html |archive-date=2023-06-09 |access-date=2024-02-10))</ref> ((USDCY|1175|1985)) and a mass of 1.97&nbsp;kg.<ref name="auto1">((cite web|url=http://www.digicamhistory.com/1984_1985.html|title=1984_1985|first=Rodger|last=Carter|website=www.digicamhistory.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209234322/http://www.digicamhistory.com/1984_1985.html|archive-date=2014-02-09))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/sonyhistory-f.html|title=Product & Technology Milestones-Video Camera|website=www.sony.net|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502130026/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/sonyhistory-f.html|archive-date=2015-05-02))</ref> The same year, Sony released the CCD-V8AF which added autofocus.<ref name="auto1"/> Also in 1985, Sony released the first of their compact [[Handycam]] range: the CCD-M8, which at one kilogram was half the mass of the CCD-V8, though it had no zoom and supported only manual focus with three focus settings.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.sonyinsider.com/2010/05/24/sonys-handycam-camcorder-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary/|title=Sony's Handycam Camcorder Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary |website=Sony Insider|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410131822/http://www.sonyinsider.com/2010/05/24/sonys-handycam-camcorder-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary/|archive-date=2015-04-10))</ref>

In April 1986 six Japanese electronics companies—Matsushita, Hitachi, Pentax, Minolta, Mitsubishi, Sharp and Toshiba—announced their lack of plans to embrace eight millimeter in the foreseeable future and instead adopted VHS-C format. Yet, several months later at the summer 1986 Consumer Electronics Show Olympus introduced an eight-millimeter camcorder manufactured by Matsushita, and Hitachi was reported to be making eight-millimeter machines for Minolta & Pentax.<ref name="onslaught"/>

In terms of video quality, Video8 offers similar performance to Beta-II and VHS in their standard-play modes. 

In terms of audio, Video8 generally outperforms its older rivals. Audio on Standard VHS and Beta is recorded along a narrow linear track at the edge of the tape, where it is vulnerable to damage. Coupled with the slow horizontal tape speed, the sound was comparable with that of a low-quality audio cassette. By contrast, all Video8 machines used audio [[frequency modulation]] (AFM) to record sound along the same helical tape path as that of the video signal. This meant that Video8's standard audio was of a far higher quality than that of its rivals. Early Video8 camcorders used mono AFM sound, but this was later made stereo. This cost less than including 8mm's optional digital stereo audio track.  Linear audio did have the advantage that (unlike either AFM system) it could be re-recorded without disturbing the video, doing this in 8mm required a deck that supported digital audio. 

The small size of media means that many Video8 camcorders are small enough to hold in the palm of the user's hand. This was impossible with Betamax and full-sized VHS camcorders, with all of them having shoulder-mount form factor. 

Video8 also has an advantage in terms of recording and playback time over VHS-C – 180 minutes vs 45 minutes in SP mode for standard cassettes for each format.

Video8/Hi8's main drawback is that tapes made with Video8 camcorders cannot be played on VHS hardware. Instead it was assumed that the camcorder would be directly plugged into one's TV. Although it is possible to transfer tapes (using the VCR to rerecord the source video as it is played back by the camcorder), the VHS copy would lose some quality compared to the 8mm original. During the 1990s [[Sony]] did market a few [[VHS]] VCRs that also feature an 8mm deck to allow convenient transfer to VHS. [[GoldStar]] also made a similar dual-deck machine. 

Ultimately, Video8's main rival in the camcorder market turned out to be VHS-C, with neither dominating the market completely. However, both formats (along with their improved descendants, Hi8 and S-VHS-C) were nevertheless very successful. Collectively, they dominated the camcorder market for almost two decades before they were eventually crowded out by [[digital video|digital]] formats, such as [[MiniDV]], [[miniDVD|8cm DVD]].

=== Hi8 ===
[[File:Hi8 3CCD-camcorder Sony EVW-300.jpg|thumb|A professional-grade [[Electronic news gathering|ENG]]/[[Electronic field production|EFP]] field Hi8 camcorder. Sony EVW-300]]
[[File:Hi8 8mm Videocassette.jpg|thumb|A Sony Hi8 videocassette]]
To counter the introduction of the [[S-VHS|Super-VHS]] format, Sony introduced '''Video Hi8''' (short for '''high-band Video8'''). First demonstrated in February 1989, it was initially endorsed by ten other manufacturers — Aiwa, Canon, Fuji, Hitachi, Konica, Matsushita, Maxell, Ricoh, Sanyo and TDK.<ref>((cite magazine |first=Lancelot|last=Braithwaite |date=April 1989 |title=Hi8 debut sets a new 8mm standard |url=https://archive.org/details/video-magazine-1989-04/page/n21/mode/2up |magazine=Video))</ref> Like S-VHS, Hi8 uses improved recorder electronics and media formulation to increase the recorded bandwidth of the luminance signal. The luminance carrier was shifted from 4.2&nbsp;MHz for regular 8-mm up to 5.7&nbsp;MHz for Hi8, and the frequency deviation was increased to 2&nbsp;MHz from the 1.2&nbsp;MHz of standard 8-mm.

Both Hi8 and S-VHS were officially rated at a luminance resolution of 400 [[Television lines|lines]],<ref>((cite web|url=http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/camcorder4.htm|title=How Camcorders Work|date=10 October 2000|website=howstuffworks.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130123843/http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/camcorder4.htm|archive-date=30 January 2012))</ref> a vast improvement from their respective base formats and are roughly equal to [[Laserdisc]] quality. Chrominance resolution for both remain unchanged.<ref name="auto"/><ref>((cite web|url=https://docs.sony.com/release/EVS3000.PDF|title=Sony EV-S7000 Hi8 VCR Operating Instructions, Page 79|author=Sony Corporation))</ref>

Both S-VHS and Hi8 retain the audio recording systems of their base formats; VHS HiFi Stereo outperforms Video8/Hi8 AFM, but was not available on camcorders. In the late 1980s, digital (PCM) audio was introduced into some higher-grade models of Hi8 recorders. Hi8 PCM audio operates at a sampling rate of 32&nbsp;kHz with 8-bit samples and DBX dynamic range expansion.  This was higher fidelity than the monaural linear dubbing offered by VHS/S-VHS camcorders. PCM-capable Hi8 recorders can simultaneously record PCM stereo in addition to the legacy (analog AFM) stereo audio tracks.

All Hi8 equipment can record and play in the legacy Video8 format. The reverse is not usually the case though there are a few late-entry Video8 systems that recognize and play Hi8 recordings.

Besides the brands listed above, Hi8 equipment was also offered by Nikon, Samsung, Sharp and TEAC.

=== PCM Multi Audio ===
The Sony EV-S900 (Hi8), Sony EV-S800, Sony EV-S700U, and Pioneer VE-D77 (Video8) all support a mode called "PCM Multi Audio Recording". While other 8mm decks support only a single stereo PCM recording, these units provide five additional stereo PCM tracks that are recorded in the video area of the signal. This allows 8mm tapes to hold 6 parallel tracks of audio, each up to 4 hours long (in LP mode). Only one stereo track can be recorded or listened to at a time, and tracks are selected with the "PCM Multi Audio" selector button.

=== Digital8 ===
[[File:Hitachi d8.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Hitachi, Ltd.|Hitachi]] Digital8 Camcorder]]
((main|Digital8))

Introduced in 1999, ''Digital8'' is a form of the industry standard [[DV (video format)|DV]] [[codec]], recorded on Hi8 media. In engineering terms, Digital8 and [[MiniDV]] are indistinguishable at the logical format level. To store the digitally encoded audio/video on a standard NTSC Video8 cassette, the tape must be run at double the Hi8 speed. Thus, a 120-minute NTSC Hi8 tape yields 60 minutes of Digital8 video. Most Digital8 units offer an LP mode, which increases the recording time on an NTSC P6-120 tape to 90 minutes.

For PAL, the Digital8 recorder runs 1½ times faster; thus, a 90-minute PAL Hi8 tape yields 60 minutes of Digital8 video. PAL LP mode returns the tape speed to the Hi8 SP speed, so a Hi8 90-minute tape yields 90 minutes of Digital8 video.

Sony has licensed Digital8 technology to at least one other firm (Hitachi), which marketed a few models for a while; but by 2005 only Sony sold Digital8 consumer equipment. Digital8's main rival is the consumer MiniDV format, which uses narrower tape and a correspondingly smaller cassette shell. Since both technologies share the same logical audio/video format, Digital8 can theoretically equal MiniDV or even [[DVCAM]] in A/V performance. But by the year 2005, Digital8 had been relegated to the entry-level camcorder market.

Digital8 recordings are not interchangeable with [[analog recording]]s, although many models of Digital8 equipment are able to play Hi8/Video8 analog recordings.

=== Decline ===

By 2009, the popularity of the analog 8mm formats had dwindled considerably and new camcorders that support the format were unobtainable, having been superseded by digital formats, mainly [[MiniDV]] and [[MiniDVD|8&nbsp;cm DVD]]. These in turn have been largely displaced by high-definition camcorders that record to flash storage cards. Both Video8 and Hi8 blank media remain available and affordable but are increasingly rare. Tape-based camcorders are still readily available in the secondhand market. The last Hi8 camcorder (the Sony CCD-TRV238) and the last [[Digital8]] camcorder (the Sony DCR-TRV285) were both discontinued in 2007, ending the 8mm format's 22 years on the market.

== Design ==
The three formats are physically very similar, featuring both the same [[magnetic tape]] width and near-identical cassette shells, measuring 95 × 62.5 × 15&nbsp;mm. This gives a measure of [[backward compatibility]] in some cases. One difference between them is in the quality of the tape itself, but the main differences lie in the encoding of the video when it is recorded onto the tape.

Video8 was the earliest of the three formats, and is entirely analog. The 8mm tape width was chosen as smaller successor to the 12mm [[Betamax]] format, using similar technology (including U-shaped tape loading)<ref>((cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pY2jBQAAQBAJ&dq=video8+loading&pg=PA417 | title=Newnes Guide to TV and Video Technology | isbn=9781483183169 | last1=Trundle | first1=Eugene | date=12 May 2014 | publisher=Elsevier ))</ref> but in a smaller configuration in response to the small configuration [[VHS-C]] compact camcorders introduced by the competition. It was followed by Hi8, a version with improved resolution. Although this was still analog, some professional Hi8 equipment could store additional digital stereo [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] sound on a special reserved track.

Digital8 is the most recent 8mm video format. It retains the same physical cassette shell as its predecessors, and can even record onto Video8 (not recommended) or Hi8 cassettes. However, the format in which video is encoded and stored on the tape itself is the entirely digital [[DV (video format)|DV]] format (and thus very different from the analog Video8 and Hi8). Some Digital8 camcorders support Video8 and Hi8 with analog sound (for playback only), but this is not required by the Digital8 specification.

In all three cases, a length of 8mm-wide magnetic tape is wound between two spools and contained within a hard-shell cassette. These cassettes share similar size and appearance with the [[Compact audio cassette|audio cassette]], but their mechanical operation is far closer to that of VHS or Betamax videocassettes. Standard recording time is up to 180 minutes for PAL and 120 minutes for NTSC. (The cassette holds the same length tape; tape consumption is different between PAL and NTSC recorders.)

Like most other videocassette systems, Video8 uses a [[helical scan|helical-scan]] head drum (it having a small 40mm head) to read from and write to the magnetic tape.<ref name="auto">((cite book|last1=Beeching|first1=Steve|title=Video and Camcorder Servicing and Technology|date=2001|publisher=Newnes|isbn=0-7506-5039-7))</ref> The drum rotates at high speed (one or two rotations per picture frame—about 1800 or 3600 rpm for NTSC, and 1500 or 3000 rpm for PAL) while the tape is pulled along the drum's path. Because the tape and drum are oriented at a slight angular offset, the recording tracks are laid down as parallel diagonal stripes on the tape.

The heads on the drum of a Video8 recorder move across the tape at (a writing speed of) 3.75 meters per second.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHfNCgAAQBAJ&q=vhs+head+speed+240+inches+per+second&pg=PA127|title = VCR Troubleshooting and Repair|isbn = 9780080520476|last1 = Brenner|first1 = Robert|last2 = Capelo|first2 = Gregory|date = 26 August 1998| publisher=Elsevier ))</ref>

Unlike preceding systems, 8mm did not use a [[control track]] on the tape to facilitate the head following the diagonal tracks. Instead 8mm recorded a sequence of four sine waves on each video track such that adjacent tracks would produce one of two [[heterodyne]] frequencies if the head mistracked. The system automatically adjusted the tracking such that the two frequencies produced were of equal magnitude. This system was derived from the [[Video 2000#Technological innovations|dynamic track following]] (DTF) used by the [[Video 2000|Philips Video 2000]] <!-- Same article as previous link --->system. Sony rechristened the system as automatic track following (ATF) as the 8mm system lacked the ability of the heads to physically move within the head drum.

The main disadvantage of the ATF system was that unlike in the case of a control track, an 8mm camera or player cannot keep track of where the tape is during fast forward and rewind (though it could during shuttle search). This made editing using a linear editing system problematic. Some later cameras and players attempted to derive the tape position from the differential rotation of the spools with limited success.

=== Tape and recording protection ===
[[file:8mm video cassette.jpg|thumb|The write-protect switch (right) prevents accidental erasure]]
As with many other video cassette formats, 8mm videocassettes have a tape-protecting mechanism built into the shell. Unlike the ones on VHS and [[VHS-C]] shells, which consist of only a single piece of plastic that protects the part of the tape that is read by the player/recorder, Hi8's tape-protection mechanism consists of two pieces of plastic at the top of the shell that come together and form a casing that protects both sides of the tape, and a latch that prevents this casing from opening and exposing the tape. The playback/recording unit can depress this latch to open the casing and gain access to the tape.

To prevent the recording on the tape from being erased, there is a small write-protect tab that can be moved to one of two positions, labeled "REC" and "SAVE" (sometimes marked as "ERASE ON" and "OFF", respectively). Comparing the sliding tab to a door, the tape is in the "REC" position when the "door" is open and in the "SAVE" position when it is closed. (Not all tape cases have markings for this information.) The tape can only be recorded onto (or recorded over) when this tab is in the "REC" position. This is an improved version of the VHS write-protect tab, which prevents erasure after it has been broken off, requiring covering with adhesive tape or filling with an obstruction to remove the write protection.

== Non-camcorder use ==

=== Home market ===
[[File:Cannon ES-100A.jpg|thumb|Canon ES-100A: High-end Video 8 VCR based on the Sony EV-S1]]
Efforts were made to expand Video8 from only the camcorder market into mainstream home video. But as a replacement for full-size VCRs, Video8 failed. It lacks the long (5+ hours) recording times of both VHS and Betamax, offers no clear audio/video improvement, and cost more than equivalent full-size VCRs. Even with all of the advanced features offered in high-end Video8 machines, there was no compelling reason to switch to Video8 for the home application.

Initially, many movies were prerecorded in 8mm format for home and rental use, but the rental market for Video8 never materialized. Sony maintained a line of Video8 home VCRs well into the 1990s, but unlike VHS, 8mm VCRs with timers were very expensive.

[[File:Original Sony Video Walkman.JPG|thumb|[[List of Sony Walkman products#Video Walkman|Video Walkman]]]]
Sony also produced a line of Video8 [[Walkman]]-branded players and recorders, with and without a flip-up screen meant for video playback and limited recording. These have been adapted for Digital8 as well as MiniDV formats, even as portable DVD players have become popular in this application. Such players saw use in professional applications, particularly with airlines, who, during the 1980s, adopted 8mm as the format for [[In-flight entertainment#In-flight movies|in-flight movies]]. They remained in use among some airlines until at least 2015.<ref>((cite magazine |last=Romero |first=Tomás |date=October 2013 |title=Far from Obsolete |url=https://apex.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/APEX-October-20131.pdf |magazine=Airline Passenger Experience |publisher=The Airline Passenger Experience Association |access-date=30 August 2020))</ref>

=== Videography ===
Among home and amateur videographers, Video8/Hi8 was popular enough for Sony to make equipment for video editing and production. The format also saw some use in professional [[electronic news gathering]] and [[electronic field production]].

=== Professional 8-track audio ===
Hi8 tapes were also used for an 8-track professional digital audio format called <abbr title="Digital Tape Recording System">DTRS</abbr>, including the Tascam [[DA-88]] and similar models.<ref name="SilentWay2010">((cite web|url=http://www.silentway.com/definitive-guide-tascam-da-88-dtrs-format-recorders|title=The Definitive Guide to The Tascam DA-88 and DTRS Format Recorders|website=SilentWay.com|date=2010|access-date=2020-06-03|archive-date=2020-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603210311/http://www.silentway.com/definitive-guide-tascam-da-88-dtrs-format-recorders|url-status=dead))</ref> While the cassettes are physically interchangeable, these recordings are not interchangeable with 8mm video formats.

== See also ==
* [[Data8]]
* [[Ruvi]]

== References ==
((reflist))

== External links ==
* [http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/8mm/video8.html mediacollege.com video8]
* [http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/07/sony-kills-off-8mm-video-support/ ubergizmo.com sony ends support of 8mm video]
* [http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/camcorder4.htm howstuffworks.com 8mm tape]
* [https://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-11/news/tv-589_1_vhs-vcr latimes.com Whatever happened to 8mm tape? : VIDEO'S 'FORMAT OF THE FUTURE' STILL LAGS BEHIND VHS, March 11, 1990|DENNIS HUNT | TIMES STAFF WRITER]

((Sony Corp))
((Video storage formats))

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