Start from the Roots, Digital Video

What is digital video?
Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, of the video signal.

Digital video is the natural progression of video recording technology that followed the analog treatment of the video system. Mostly, digital video's history is directly related to the digital camera. Interestingly, this technology is part and parcel of the innovations that made television possible.

A brief history of how digital video was developed.

• 1951 was a crucial year for video. Video tape recorders were produced that could take in electric impulses and then transfer these impulses on what was referred to as magnetic tape.
  
• 1956 saw the finalization of this product and the use for television purposes. As the popularity of television grew, so did the popularity of video devices, and soon savvy movie directors were looking for the latest innovations that would help to make their films look better, brighter, and more professional than the competition. This was also the heyday of Hollywood and its divas, and it is not surprising that the high demands of the directors were met by back-room hobbyists and scientists alike who tweaked the new technology every which way to satisfy the needs.
  
• The 1960s saw the most popular decade of NASA, and as is so often the case with space technology, it also produced something useful for civilian life: digital imaging!
  
• It only took until 1972 for Texas instruments to produce its first - rather bulky - no film camera that operated on the digital principle. Obviously, this was not something for the average Joe.
  
• 1981 was the year when Sony first introduced its offering to the masses, and they loved it! It operated on the idea that a video camera that would be able to take individual frames of an event, rather than simply just photos. From then on, new innovations were to be had almost every year or two, and it is not surprising that for such a long time the technology was outdated almost the moment you picked it off the store shelf. Every year brought a newer, better, and also smaller product to the market that eager consumers were only too happy to purchase.

Digital video is constantly developing new storages devices. There are also advances in the encoding of the videos. Some formats compresses better than the other and retains the quality of the video. Another development in the digital video world are the HD (High Defenition) videos which offers a different resolution in viewing.

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With this kind of internet videos available online, it might let you sell your television and just get a TV tuner and watch your favorite series on your computer or you might want to record it and store it in a CD. It's all up to you, everything is at the tip of your fingertips. As long as you have the know-how's, everything will be easy. At this phase, expect a lot of advancements in this part of the IT world.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video#Storage_formats
http://www.digitalvideobenefits.com/