Assignment for Week 5:

A. Research the terms "signal-to-noise ratio" and "generation loss" on Wikipedia or Google (or even both?).
 
Explain what they refer to and how they impact the quality of copying analog videos from one generation to another, to another, and so on.
B. Research the performance characteristics (specifications) and typical equipment price ranges (where available) for the following video recording formats, and E-mail me a (brief) comparison analysis.
  • VHS
  • VHS-C
  • S-VHS
  • Hi-8
  • BetaCam SP
  • DV (DVCam or DVC-Pro)
  • miniDV