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Meaning of "Betacam" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BETACAM

Betacam  [ˈbiːtəˌkæm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BETACAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Betacam is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BETACAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Betacam

Betacam

Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videocassette products developed by Sony in 1982. In colloquial use, "Betacam" singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, a Betacam video recorder or the format itself. All Betacam variants from analog recording Betacam to Betacam SP and digital recording Digital Betacam, use the same shape videocassettes, meaning vaults and other storage facilities do not have to be changed, when upgrading to a new format. The cassettes are available in two sizes: S and L. The Betacam camcorder can only load S magnetic tapes, while television studio sized video tape recorders designed for video editing can play both S and L tapes. The cassette shell and case for each Betacam cassette is colored differently depending on the format, allowing for easy visual identification. There is also a mechanical key, that allows a video tape recorder to identify which format has been inserted. The small cassettes use the same form factor as Betamax. The format supplanted the three-quarter-inch U-Matic format, which Sony had introduced in 1971.

Definition of Betacam in the English dictionary

The definition of Betacam in the dictionary is ® a high-quality professional video system.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BETACAM


CADCAM
ˈkædˌkæm
cam
kæm
cham
kæm
digicam
ˈdɪdʒɪˌkæm
excamb
ɛksˈkæm
minicam
ˈmɪnɪkæm
NICAM
ˈnaɪkæm
scam
skæm
SECAM
ˈsiːˌkæm
Steadicam
ˈstɛdɪˌkæm
videocam
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌkæm
webcam
ˈwɛbˌkæm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BETACAM

Betelgeuse
Betelgeux

WORDS THAT END LIKE BETACAM

Adam
am
Amsterdam
caimacam
cream
dam
dream
Islam
jam
Nam
nanny cam
Occam
on the beam
phonecam
program
ram
sam
snail cam
spam
steam

Synonyms and antonyms of Betacam in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Betacam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BETACAM

Find out the translation of Betacam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Betacam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Betacam» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

BETACAM
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Betacam
570 millions of speakers

English

Betacam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

betacam
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيتا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Betacam
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Betacam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Betacam
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Betacam
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Betacam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Betacam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベータカム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

베타캠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Betakon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Betacam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Betacam
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Betacam
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Betacam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Betacam
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Betacam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Betacam
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Betacam
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Betacam
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Betacam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Betacam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Betacam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Betacam

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BETACAM»

The term «Betacam» is regularly used and occupies the 106.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BETACAM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Betacam

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETACAM»

Discover the use of Betacam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Betacam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Basic Betacam Camerawork
Aimed at TV camera operators just starting out and film cameramen and women converting to video this book will also appeal to students on film and television production courses.
Peter Ward, 2001
2
Basic Betacam and DVCPRO camerawork
This new edition takes into account the very latest developments in camera technology, including more on: · Digital cameras · Computer menus and smart cards · Switchable aspect ratio cameras · Digital Betacam and BetacamSX · DVCPro and ...
Peter Ward, 1998
3
Principles of Visual Anthropology
(C) Betacam. This format is rapidly becoming the choice format of most recent TV productions of documentary programs. Betacam was developed by Sony: its high quality is based on a new signal system and exceeds 3/4" and, according to ...
Paul Hockings, 2003
4
Handbook of Oral History
Format Most oral history videotape is created using analog tape in one of the variations of VHS or in Betacam-SP. VHS is by far the most widely utilized, though it is not appropriate for long-term preservation. If it must be used in creating the ...
Thomas Lee Charlton, Lois E. Myers, Rebecca Sharpless, 2006
5
Flash CS4 Professional Bible
Newer HDV camcorders can record directly to an internal hard drive on the camera, enabling videographers to more easily transfer recorded content over USB or FireWire. n Betacam SP, Digital Betacam: These tape formats are for serious ...
Robert Reinhardt, Snow Dowd, 2009
6
History of Oral History: Foundations and Methodology
Format Most oral history videotape is created using analog tape in one of the variations of VHS or in Betacam-SP. VHS is by far the most widely utilized, though it is not appropriate for long-term preservation. If it must be used in creating the ...
Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Myers, Rebecca Sharpless, 2007
7
Cross-cultural Filmmaking: A Handbook for Making Documentary ...
With its true component recording (of luminance and chrominance separately), 500 or more lines of horizontal resolution and signal-to-noise ratio of at least 54 dB (see below), DV is in fact more or less equivalent in quality to Betacam SP, the  ...
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Taylor, 1997
8
EBU Review. A, Technical
... programmes programmes originated programmes in components Morocco RTM Format C Component Betacam SP 10 Non/vay NRK Format B Component Betacam SP Portugal RTP Format B Component Betacam SP Spain RTVE Format B ...
9
The Art and Science of Computer Animation
... Compact size S-VHS Professional only - U-Matic lowband Aprox 450 lines resolution U-Matic highband Aprox 550 lines resolution + timecode Umatic SP Superior U-matic Betacam High quality, component Betacam SP Superior Betacam DI ...
Stuart Mealing, 1998
10
The Complete Guide to Digital Video
Betacam-SP The system of recording broadcast-quality analogue component video signals to half-inch video cassette, developed by Sony Broadcast, and commonly used in TV and video production worldwide - especially in news and current ...
Ed Gaskell, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BETACAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Betacam is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Thanks for the memories
Back then I was faced with the choice of being a camera operator at the SABC on Betacam or stuck working as film loader at a tenth of the ... «Screen Africa, Jul 15»
2
Technology in college football: The evolution of video and film study
In those days the Yellow Jackets—like most programs—physically swapped film on Betacam tape. That involved a lot of work from McCarthy ... «SI.com, Jun 15»
3
Korean Drama Weekly Update | 6-21-15
The '90s brought U-matic SP, then came Hi8 video tapes then beta tapes, beta SP tapes, DV cam tapes, and digital betacam tapes. Now we are ... «West Hawaii Today, Jun 15»
4
BAM Film Festival Back With Star-Powered Features
Among them are films that explore unusual camera choices (an iPhone in “Tangerine,” Betacam video in “Stinking Heaven”) and those that ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
5
Tedial provides Doordarshan with integrated MAM and archive …
Apart from delivering a fully equipped archive, Tedial's Tarsys MAM will also enable Doordarshan to ingest its existing U-matic, Betacam SP, ... «Indiantelevision.com, Jun 15»
6
Asia Pacific Media Companies Adopt Aspera High-Speed Transfer
Encore Inflight, a leading inflight movie distributor, transitioned from courier delivery of digital betacam tapes to a reliable digital delivery ... «GlobeNewswire, May 15»
7
Tedial Provides Integrated MAM, Archive Solution
As well as delivering a fully equipped archive, Tedial's Tarsys MAM will allow Doordarshan to ingest its existing U-matic, Betacam SP, ... «TV News Check, May 15»
8
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia searches for that 1-in-5000 movie
... 35 mm and D-2 video formats to digital betacam tapes and finally HDCAM tapes and ProRes data files. Meanwhile, the selection committee ... «The Japan Times, May 15»
9
"Killing Spree" Returns for More Blood in an All New Cut!
But now, some 29 years later, SRS Cinema has gone thru the original Betacam SP masters and remastered the movie to Ritters's original vision ... «moviepilot.com, May 15»
10
Humorous, heartrending tale about mob
... mimicking the look and texture of 1980s news reportage (photographer Roberto Forza used a Betacam to match the quality of those images). «The Denver Post, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Betacam [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/betacam>. May 2024 ».
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