AV Q4 Test 1

Front

What was Blu Ray's competitor in the high def digital format war?

Back

HD-DVD

Front

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

Back

VCR

Front

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

Back

Laser Disc

Front

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

Back

Betamax

Front

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?

Back

interlacing

Front

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

Back

8mm film

Front

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

Back

streaming equipment is expensive

Front

Which of the following was NOT an 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?

Back

It had a better image quality.

Front

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

Back

better image quality

Front

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

Back

DVDs