page_title: HDV
section_title: Recording media
hierarchical_section_title: HDV / Recording media
caption_attribution_description: English: Small DV cassettes, one of which designed for HDV recordings
context_page_description: HDV is a format for recording of high-definition video on DV cassette tape. The format was originally developed by JVC and supported by Sony, Canon, and Sharp. The four companies formed the HDV Consortium in September 2003.
  Conceived as an affordable high definition format for digital camcorders, HDV quickly caught on with many amateur and professional videographers due to its low cost, portability, and image quality acceptable for many professional productions.
  HDV and HDV logo are trademarks of JVC and Sony.
context_section_description: The HDV Consortium allows using the HDV trademarks only for products that incorporate a tape drive that can record and play video cassette compliant to the HDV format. Therefore, HDV remains a tape-based format. Various solutions for tapeless recording of HDV video that are available on the market are not covered by HDV specification.
caption: MiniDV cassettes for DV and HDV recording
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