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There are many types of video formats that has come out in the past 50 years. I will explain the most popular formats during the past 50 years as we get many people bringing in tapes they can’t identify.   The most common one is the VHS tape. It came out around 1980s and is slowly phasing out today. Despite of this, we still see VHS tapes being sold at stores. The magnetic tape is half inch in width. Image from http://en.wikipedia.org   Betamax looks similar to BetaSP, but they are not. Betamax is an older type of tape, it came out during the same period as VHS tapes. There was a format war during this time as people were deciding on which format to choose from. Ultimately, VHS won out despite that Betamax had better picture quality. Image from http://www.atticlightstudios.com/   Hi8, regular 8 & digital 8 all look the same. …