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 MicroMV videocassette | |
| Media type | Magnetic cassette tape |
|---|---|
| Encoding | NTSC,PAL |
| Standard | Interlaced video |
| Usage | Home movies |
| Released | 2001; 24 years ago (2001) |
MicroMV is a proprietary videotape format introduced in October 2001 bySony. It is the smallest videotape format — 70% smaller thanMiniDV or about the size of two USquarter coins; it is also smaller than aDigital8 orDV cassette and slightly smaller than an audiomicrocassette. It was the first helical scan tape system usingMR read head introduced to the market. Each cassette can hold up to 60 minutes of video.[1]
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The MicroMV format does not use the "DV25"codec used by the highly popularDV & MiniDV videocassette formats. Instead, it uses 12Mbit/sMPEG-2 compression, like that used forDVDs andHDV. Footage recorded on MicroMV format initially could not be directly edited with mainstream DV editing software such asAdobe Premiere or AppleFinal Cut Pro; instead Sony supplied its ownvideo editing softwareMovieShaker (forWindows PCs only). Later versions of Ulead Video Studio and several freeware applications however could capture and edit from Sony MicroMV Camcorders.
MicroMV was unsuccessful. Sony was the only electronics manufacturer to sell MicroMV cameras. In 2006, Sony stopped offering new MicroMV camcorder models.[2] In November 2015, Sony announced that shipment of MicroMV cassettes would be discontinued in March 2016.[3][4][5]
NTSC models only can play NTSC recordings, while PAL models can play both PAL and NTSC. PAL models end with an "E" (e.g. DCR-IP7E).
The last camcorder with MicroMV was discontinued in early 2006.
"Sony will end the shipment of Betamax video cassettes and micro MV cassettes in March 2016," the company said in a Japanese-language statement on its website.
ソニーは2016年3月※をもって、ベータビデオカセットおよびマイクロMVカセットの出荷を終了いたします。 ("Sony with a ? March 2016, will end the shipment of beta video cassette and micro cassette MV.")
[Sony is] also dropping its MicroMV camcorder tapes In a bid to... make space in the warehouse, we guess.
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