AV Q4 Test 1

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

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

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

• enticing

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

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

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

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