Why are some camcorder formats no longer being sold?
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED CAMCORDERS IN THE PAST THAT PERFORMANCE HAVE NO LONGER EXIST.VHS,VHSC, ALL OF BACK IN THE PRE -EIGHTY DAYS, AND THESE CAMERAS HAVE REALLY BECOME OBSOLETE OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE PICTURE QUALITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE CAMCORDER AS A MANUFACTURER. AND THE FORMAT THEMSELVES WEREN'T CAPABLE RECORDING THE RESOLUTION THAT WE WERE BEGINNING TO BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE WITH LENSES AND CHIPS THAT WE USE, SO THE PERFORMANCE KINDA GONE BY THE WAY AS WE MOVE OVER. ON THE CONSUMER SIDE NOW, THE TELEVISIONS ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HIGHER QUALITY IMAGES, THEREFORE WE NEEDED HIGHER QUALITY FORMATS IN ORDER TO DELIVER THAT IMAGE TO A TELEVISION SET. IF YOU HAVE ON OLD VHS TAPE AT HOME EVEN IF IT IS JUST A MOVIE REPORT BACK IN THE EIGHTY'S AND YOU PLAY IT, YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THE PICTURE QUALITY BACK THEN JUST DIDN'T HOLD UP AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE YEARS, I HAD AN ARCADE FOOTAGE THAT LAST LONGER IN THE OLDER TAPE FORMATS , HI -8, SVHS, DIGITAL - 8, COMPACT VHS DIDN'T HAVE THE ARCHIEVAL PROPERTIES OF A TAPE PERFORMANCE THAT WE HAVE TODAY.