Compact Video Cassette

The Compact Video Cassette (CVC ) system was the first portable video system with small, compact cassette and the predecessor of Video 8 cassettes containing a video tape of the width of ¼ inch and had roughly the size of an audio cassette.

CVC recorder were used usually in combination with portable video cameras, since there were no camcorders (video cameras with built-in recorder ) at this time. Most CVC recorder could be operated with a rechargeable battery and AC power.

The CVC recorder appeared in 1980, but the system could not prevail due to low demand and poor image quality, and disappeared within a short time from the market. CVC recorders were produced at Funai in Japan and with Grundig (using a Funai drive) in Europe and sold under a variety of brand names such as Siemens. The CVC system is not compatible with any other known video system.

The broadcast camcorder Quatercam system from Bosch builds technologically on the CVC - cassette, but Quatercam and CVC are not compatible with each other.

• Videotape format