Video formats have changed drastically over the years, but many people still have valuable memories stored on older videotapes. One common format is 8mm video cassettes, which were popular for home ...

Sony's new line of camcorders brings digital video within reach For home camcorders, the future is now _ somewhat earlier than I expected. In July 1997, I did some cheerleading for the first digital ...

In 1993, Scott Billups became the first person to shoot, edit and transmit a television program entirely in a digital format. But he risked breaking his back in doing so. To create the program for ...

As soon as some genius combined the television camera and the videotape recorder, another did the same with the names. A separate video camera and VCR, plus all the wires to connect them with each ...

The Sony Handycam does for video what the Brownie camera did for snapshots. Barely larger than a Walkman, the Handycam requires no more skill than knowing where to point it. Model CCD-M8U, the ...

In a digital world, is there any reason to consider an analog camcorder? Not unless you're an artist seeking a fuzzy, old-fashioned look in your videos, a veteran shooter with piles of analog tapes of ...

Sony seems to be on a roll at the moment in terms of the technology it is killing off. First, we had the cassette Walkman, which it put an end to last year, and recently they also put an end to their ...