Digital
Video
Digital video utilizes similar technology to digital audio, but adds a moving picture component. AVI files on Windows machines, and Quicktime files on the Macintosh are the common formats, but there are also the compressed formats, such as Windows Media, and Real. Digital video is not necessarily better than analog video, just a different way of delivering video content. Since they are digital files, they will maintain their quality no matter how many times they are copied.
DVD and digital video tape (mini-DV or digital-8 format) are the common manifestations of digital video in the consumer world. Digital video shot with a digital camcorder can be rapidly transferred to your computer via a special cable, then edited and saved in a format that can be easily shared with anyone owning a modern computer. You can even save and record the video you created on a DVD.
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