Digital Betacam

Description

Digital Betacam, introduced in 1993, is a digital version of the Betacam format that offers 2:1 compression in a component format. Commonly known as "DigiBeta," this low compression digital format is currently considered the preferred choice for preservation masters. This format provides a superior quality video image without generation loss of content when re-mastering from Digital Betacam because it is an exact digital clone of the original.