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WorksheetsAV Q4 Test 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
