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How come DV tapes never caught on? They had all the funcionality of videotapes with the petit form factor of the cassette tape. then again, they did come out in 1995, right next to the more advanced dvd...
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Cost I imagine. I used them pretty much from 2000 to 2007, and the 720x480 dimensions were sufficient. But then you needed a player and such, so exporting them to a DVD was just easier as that tech was taking off. Plus DVD+/-R's got down to $1 or less. Tapes in general were just on their way out. I skipped the HDV versions completely and stuck with the SD miniDV format until the DSLR revolution gave us better HD.