Missing scenes are left as black holes to be filled in by a later reel. Requires fewer reel changes and generally results in a faster edit session. The amount of information that can be passed through a given circuit in a given time. In the case of video, the larger the bandwidth the greater the picture detail can be. Betacam An analog videotape format using 12.5mm tape developed by Sony and derived from the earlier Betamax.
Bit rate is one means used to define the amount of compression used on a video signal.
Uncompressed D1 has a bit rate of 270 Mbps, DV is 25 Mbps, etc. Stream A continuous series of bits. Black Box A term used to describe a piece of equipment dedicated to one specific function, also called dedicated hardware. Blanking The part of the video signal that contains no picture information. Used for synchronizing, timecode, closed captions, etc.