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About Video's - Overview

In 1975 Sony corporation introduced the first successful consumer video tape recorder. This was the Betamax system. Approximately one year later VHS (Video Home System) was introduced by JVC and was quickly adopted by Matsushita the parent company of Panasonic. Both of these systems owed their success to being cassette based.

Video Formats
There are four world standards video formats which you should be aware of: PAL / VHS, NTSC, Secam and PAL M. Each is unique and incompatible because of differing rates of frame per second delivery.

Film Certificate Classification
Before buying a video for yourself or as a gift you should check that the film classification certificate is suitable for your age group. Classification certificates are given to video titles and video and computer games that are required by law to be classified according to the Video Recordings Act 1984.

Video Film Genres / categories

Film Genres are categories, classifications or groups of films that have similar, familiar or instantly-recognizable patterns, techniques or conventions that include one or more of the following: setting, content, themes, plot, motifs, styles, structures, situations, characters, and stars. The main film genres/categories available in shops online are:

Certain directors and actors are known for certain types of films, for example, Woody Allen and comedy, Alfred Hitchcock for suspense and thrillers, John Ford with westerns, or Errol Flynn for classic swashbuckler adventure films.

Many of the online video retailers will categorise films by genre in order to make it easy to search for the right film. Most video retailers also offer a search facility so if you are looking for a specific film it is easy to find.