MICROMV is a very small videocassette (much smaller than the Mini DV) which records images and sound directly as digital data, using MPEG-2 compression.
Ultra-compact videocassette format which records picture and sound information as digital data (1s and 0s). MICROMV uses MPEG2 compression to fit sharp digital video on a cassette about 70% smaller than a Mini DV tape.
Using an I Link cable it is easy to transfer video data to a PC at high speed. In addition, unlike the DV format, no conversion is necessary for PC editing: the MPEG data may be imported and used as-is. For easy editing, Sony is preparing PC-use software compatible with the MICROMV format.
Provides up to 60 minutes of high-quality, MPEG-2 digital video footage and adds a 64-kb memory chip. The memory chip allows for a multi-search function that lets users access different sections of the tape as they would a DVD by creating thumbnail images of all of the recorded scenes on the tape.
A Sony videotape format with extremely small cassettes: each is only the width of a couple of quarters, and holds 60 minutes of 12 Mbps MPEG-2 video.
