Plenty of physical video formats have hit the mainstream over the years and decades - here are the most popular ones, ranked.

Following are the encoding variables for the analog NTSC, PAL and SECAM broadcasting and recording formats. For digital formats, see video format. PAL and SECAM are still used in some countries. VHS ...

The world of video formats can be pretty confusing, but there are only a few things you really need to know. First, it's important to note that a video format is more than just its file extension.

With the release of the PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it's still too early to predict an outright winner. Not the least of all because Paramount ...

Created by JVC, Hitachi, Philips, and Matsushita, D-VHS was introduced in 1998 as the first high-definition home video format available to consumers. Capable of playing movies in high resolutions, ...

A research firm, Screen Digest, has predicted that the forthcoming next generation DVD format war will result in confusion for consumers, ultimately leading to them becoming confused and turned off ...

It was supposed to be the grand unveiling of a new generation in home entertainment when Kevin Collins of Microsoft Corp. popped an HD DVD disc into a Toshiba production model and hit “play.” ...

Chroma subsampling compresses the color components, while the bit rate determines how much data is encoded in each frame. See chroma subsampling and bit rate. Resolution, Frame Rate and ...