List of tape cartridge and cassette formats

• Analog based • Cassette tape, a two-spool tape cassette format for analog audio recording and playback and introduced in 1963 by Philips • DC-International, a format that was created by Grundig after Phillips had abandoned an earlier format that was being created alongside the Compact Cassette • 8-track tape, continuous loop tape cartridge system introduced in 1964 • PlayTape, a format similar to 8-track that was created by Frank Stanton • HiPac, a format created by Pioneer as an alternative to 8-track to be used outside of North America • Mini-Cassette, a small cassette tape format developed by Phillips for dictation machines and data storage for the Philips P2000 home computer • Microcassette, a small cassette tape format that used the same width of magnetic tape as the Compact Cassette but in a much smaller cartridge developed by Olympus • Steno-Cassette, a small cassette tape format developed by Grundig for dictation machines • Picocassette, a cassette tape cartridge format that was half the size of the Microcassette made by JVC • RCA tape cartridge, a cartridge tape created by RCA and introduced in 1958 meant to take the hassle of handling unruly tapes easier • Elcaset, a format introduced in 1976 by Sony based on the RCA tape cartridge that was supposed to be more convenient than its predecessor • Digital based • Digital Tape Format, a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony • Digital Audio Tape (DAT), a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987 • Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992 and marketed as the successor to the standard analog Compact Cassette • NT (cassette), a small cassette tape created by Sony that was smaller than a Picocassette only used for dictation machines but had plans to be used in music == Video ==

• Videocassette, a cartridge containing videotape • Analog based tapes • VHS, the most successful consumer videocassette format, introduced by JVC/Matsushita • VHS-C, a compact VHS videocassette format for camcorders • Betamax, another common consumer videocassette format, introduced by Sony • Betacam, an industrial version of Betamax that was for professional use • Akai VK, a short lived videocassette format for use with video cameras • Cartrivision, an early videocassette format and the first to offer feature films for rental • Compact Video Cassette, a short lived videocassette format for use with video cameras, introduced by Funai • 8 mm video format, a popular videocassette format for camcorders, introduced by Sony • Hi8, a higher definition development of 8 mm • U-matic, the first videocassette format when introduced by Sony in 1971, mostly adopted in professional/industrial settings • V-Cord, an early videocassette format introduced by Sanyo • Video 2000, a 1980s videocassette format introduced by Philips and Grundig • Video Cassette Recording, an early videocassette format introduced by Philips, with later variants VCR-LP and Grundig's SVR • VX (videocassette format), a short lived videocassette format introduced by Matsushita, branded 'Quasar' in the United States • Digital based tapes • DV, a digital video tape format & codec launched to record video for both professional & amateur use • MicroMV, the smallest videocassette ever produced and was launched by Sony in 2001 • Digital8, the digital version of Video8 (8 mm video) introduced by Sony • D-VHS, a version of VHS used to store digital video launched in 1998 • Digital Betacam, a digital version of Betacam that delivered digital recorded video • Digital-S, a digital version of VHS launched by JVC in 1995 to compete with Digital Betacam == Computer data ==

• Compact Cassette was used in various different systems • List of Compact Cassette tape data storage formats • Digital Data Storage cassette (DDS) • Data8 cassette, a videocassette derivative by Exabyte • Digital Tape Format cassette, developed by Sony (DTF) • Digital Data Pack cassette, a proprietary format made by Coleco, and used by the Coleco Adam (DDP) • Digital Linear Tape cartridge (DLT) • IBM 7340 cartridge, one of the first tape formats packaged in a cassette • Linear Tape-Open cartridge (LTO) == See also ==