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Mini DV

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:49 pm

A type of camcorder recording media format that handles recording, manipulating, storing and playing back video images digitally. A Mini DV Cassette (DVC) can hold 11GB of data on a tape 65 meters long. It’s used for digital video recording, not analog and the word “mini” refers to the smaller tape size used by the device.

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