VHS-C

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VHS-C

VHS-C Cassette Adapters (rear) and S-VHS-C cassette (front)
Media type	Magnetic cassette tape, 1⁄2-inch (13 mm)
Encoding	NTSC, PAL, SECAM
Capacity	30, 60 minutes
Read mechanism	Helical scan
Write mechanism	Helical scan
Standard	525 lines, 625 lines
Dimensions	92 mm × 58 mm × 20 mm (3+5⁄8 in × 2+1⁄4 in × 3⁄4 in)
Usage	Home movies
Extended from	VHS
Released	1982; 43 years ago (1982)

VHS-C is the compact variant of the VHS videocassette format, introduced by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in 1982,^[1] and used primarily for consumer-grade compact analog recording camcorders. The format is based on the same video tape as is used in VHS, and can be played back in a standard VHS VCR with an adapter.^[2] An improved version named S-VHS-C was also developed. S-VHS's main competitor was Video8; however, both became obsolete in the marketplace by the digital video formats MiniDV and MiniDVD, which have smaller form factors.