HDCAM
AKA
SMPTE 367M, D-11
Era
1997–2016
Analog/digital
digital
Format
Cassette
Developed by
Sony
(Max) Capacity
Small: 40 minutes
Large: 124 minutes
Size
Small: 15.6 cm × 9.6 cm × 2.5 cm
Large: 25.4 cm × 14.5 cm × 2.5 cm
Fun facts
- This was the first HD video format available in a Betacam-sized cassette
- HDCAM cassettes were the same size as original Betacam but had a distinctive orange lid (and HDCAM SR cassettes were black with a cyan lid)
- This format's codec used non-square pixels
- This format's codec used non-square pixels, so the recorded 1440x1080 content was then upsampled to 1920x1080 on playback
- Some HDCAM VTRs play back older Betacam variants
