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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted November 09, 2005 05:27 AM
(Note: From now on, additional format will be indicated by bold letter)
Perhaps this topic is not interesting, but since I noticed from time to time people change the format/media of moving-visual entairtaiment then I would like to compile all COMMERCIAL formats are or used to be available.
Please correct me if I am wrong or if I have missed some, please add it.
Note: that video system is not counted, so forget about NTSC, PAL, SECAM etc. I am listing the formats which are not compatible one to the other. The other rule is, only those are/were available commercially for public to be listed.
(all lists are not in any particular order)
PRIMITIVE FORMAT (added)
1. Hand shadow puppet
2. Puppet shows (incl. wayang, etc)
PAPER CELLULOID/EARLIER ANIMATION (added)
(note: this is suggested by Jean, please use google image to see what kind of stuff they are)
1. Phenakistoscope
2. Zoetrope
3. Praxinoscope
4. Zoopraxinoscope
5. Praxinoscope
6. Kinetoscope
7. Mutoscope
8. Vitascope
9. Last but not least...Bookscope... (= flicker book) meaning while we are in the middle of the meeting, we make an animation of our boss on the books ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) and the books got wrinkled
VINYL
1. Phonovision (invented in 1927, physically similar to phonograph...be honest this was not commercially sold but just to start with the history)
EMULSION CELLULOID (added)
1. standard/regular 8mm
2. super/single 8mm
3. 9.5mm
4. standard 16mm
5. super 16mm
6. 35mm
7. 70mm
8. 15 mm (Gaumont)
9. 17.5 mm (Ernemann)
10. 21 mm (Mirograph)
11. 22 mm (Edison)
12. 28 mm (Pathe)
MAGNETIC TAPES ANALOG
(Note: there were a lot of magnetic tapes available but they were only for broadcasting purposes or being experimented ...so not commercial used)
1. U-Matic (it is broadcasting tapes, but can be bought at almost ordinary shops)
2. Betamax
3. Video2000
4. VHS
5. SVHS
6. Video 8mm
7. Hi 8mm
8. Betacam (it is broadcasting tapes, but can be bought at almost ordinary shops)
9. VCR (released exclusively by Phillips)
10. ED-Beta
11. Super Beta
12. VCord I & II
13. VX Cartridge Format
MAGNETIC TAPES DIGITAL
1. Digital 8
2. DV
3. Mini DV
4. Micro MV
5. DVCam
6. DVCPRO
DISC ANALOG
1. CED (VideoDisc/SelectaVision)
2. DiscoVision (note: released exclusively by MCA & Phillips for analogue video, this is not LaserDisc)
DISC DIGITAL
1. LaserDisc
2. DVD
3. CD-i
4. VCD
5. SVCD
6. DIVX
7. UMD PSPS VIDEO (new movie format only for PlayStation)
8. Blueray
9. HD-DVD
10. PVD (only for VideoNow player)
NON PHYSICAL FORMAT
1. Video Streaming
Did I miss one...?
Please remember folks, all the above formats have die hard enthusiasts, like we do with 8mm ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
cheers
[ November 14, 2007, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: Winbert Hutahaean ]
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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm
Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted November 10, 2005 09:22 PM
IMAX is indeed 70mm horizontal, but the frames are so huge that each one takes up fifteen sprocket holes. And the projectors are incredible uber-machines, using vacuum suction to hold each frame steady at the gate instead of a claw (or intermittent sprocket) mechanism. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
As for the DIVX you know, that would be the first DIVX I was talking about (not the video-codec one). No, DIVX discs were not playable in regular DVD players - the whole idea to begin with was that you had to get a DIVX DVD player which would play both regular DVDs and the DIVX discs, but DIVX discs - while very cheap to purchase - only let you view a movie for 48 hours, then you had to "reactivate" it by paying fee for it (for that purpose, DIVX DVD players were equipped with phone jacks to communicate via modems with a central server)... there was more to it, but you can already imagine the outcry over rip-off pricing, privacy concerns, technical pitfalls and so on. It was a well-deserved failure, and if you never heard of it until after the fact, you're better off for it.
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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted December 01, 2005 05:16 PM
I hope that someone else here on the Forum was at the Syracuse Cinefest, about 5 or 6 years ago. Cinefest is a film exposition in Syracuse NY,
which showcases rare 16mm classic films, with a specialty screening on Saturday at the downtown Lowes State Theater
During the 35mm screening which is annually held at the Syracuse State Theater, they pulled out an ancient form of projection. I believe that it was called the magnascope.
The images were mounted in a huge 'glass donut', which would rotate and the frames were projected through a lens. Naturally the lens needed to move with the images, as a phonograph tone arm moves across an LP.
For todays audience, they needed to use a computer to digitize the images and transfer it back to film.
What we watched were images taken during the late 1800's of people being photographed. Home movies you may say, which are a throwback to a time capsule long ago.
Due to the technology transfer, we also caught the frames before and after the action which was adjacent the the primary row of images in the center of the screen.
Fascinating form of media.
Michael
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