Some Things You Need to Know about Digital Video
Friday, February 19th, 2010The first success in the creation of a digital video was reported back in the 70s and 80s when with a special effect unit and some time base connectors, an analog video input was digitized. The outcome of such experiments was the improvement of the video quality for manipulation, effects and signal. More digital video equipments were created in the Bosch research labs in the 70s but the commercial introduction took longer, with the first digital video available with Sony D-1 in 1986.
The first types of digital video formats depended on the use of an analog source that served as the starting point for the digitized encoding in computer-readable patterns. Step by step, the passage from analog to digital signal became predominant with television transmissions adopting the digital video standards. Yet, another element that completed the digital video revolution for good was the appearance of the non-linear video systems. This progress contributed significantly to the introduction of the high definition television.
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