AV2 Test 6

The first home movies, or films you can watch at home, didn't exist until the invention of ______ in the 1930's

• 8mm film

• 16mm film

• VHS

• DVDs

This technology was first introduced to the public in 1975 and allowed for audio and video to be recorded on magnetic tape.

• DVDs

• VHS

• Betamax

• VCR

Early magnetic tape video formats used a system of displaying alternating lines of the images. This system of switching quickly back and forth between two sets of alternating lines, or fields, is called what?

• tuning

• interlacing

• rendering

• entising

Which of the following was NOT and advantage that VHS had over Beta that ultimately led to VHS winning the format war.

• It was lighter

• It was cheaper

• It held more video

• It had a better image quality

These devices played VHS tapes and could record video onto VHS tapes.

• PBJ

• VCR

• MPA

• VHR

The first digital format for home movies available to the public was ______.

• Laser Tape

• Blu Ray

• DVD

• Laser Disc

Laser Discs didn't take off in the home market, because VHS had all of the following advantages over it EXCEPT ______.

• better image quality

• cheaper

• more durable

• can be recorded on

The home movie market began to transition from analogue format to digital format when this arrived on the scene in 1995.

• Blu Rays

• Laser Discs

• DVDs

• Streaming

Just like VHS had a competitor in the analogue format war, Blu Ray had a competitor in the high def digital format war. What was it's competitor called?

• HD-Discs

• Digitron

• HD-DVD

• Laser Disc

Which of the following is NOT a drawback to using streaming for home movies?

• streaming equipment is expensive

• you can't resell the copy later

• a strong & consistent internet signal must be available

• what you want to watch might not always be there