D-VHS
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D-VHS is a high-definition digital videotape format developed as an advanced successor to standard VHS for recording and playing back HD content.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| D-VHS canonical | 3 |
| Digital VHS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10973727 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D-VHS Context triple: [VHS, hasVariant, D-VHS]
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A.
VHS
VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
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B.
Betamax
Betamax is an analog videocassette tape format introduced by Sony in the 1970s that became known for its high-quality recording and its famous format war with VHS.
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C.
Videotape
"Videotape" is the haunting, piano-led closing song from Radiohead’s acclaimed 2007 album *In Rainbows*, noted for its sparse arrangement and emotionally resonant lyrics.
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D.
VCR
A VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) is an electronic device that records and plays back analog video and audio using videocassette tapes.
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E.
LaserDisc
LaserDisc is an early optical disc video format that provided higher-quality analog video and audio than VHS tapes and was popular among home theater enthusiasts before the rise of DVD.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D-VHS Target entity description: D-VHS is a high-definition digital videotape format developed as an advanced successor to standard VHS for recording and playing back HD content.
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A.
VHS
VHS is an analog videocassette tape format that became the dominant standard for home video recording and movie playback from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
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B.
Betamax
Betamax is an analog videocassette tape format introduced by Sony in the 1970s that became known for its high-quality recording and its famous format war with VHS.
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C.
Videotape
"Videotape" is the haunting, piano-led closing song from Radiohead’s acclaimed 2007 album *In Rainbows*, noted for its sparse arrangement and emotionally resonant lyrics.
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D.
VCR
A VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) is an electronic device that records and plays back analog video and audio using videocassette tapes.
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E.
LaserDisc
LaserDisc is an early optical disc video format that provided higher-quality analog video and audio than VHS tapes and was popular among home theater enthusiasts before the rise of DVD.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer electronics product
ⓘ
digital video recording format ⓘ videotape format ⓘ |
| audioOutput |
analog stereo audio
ⓘ
digital coaxial audio ⓘ digital optical audio ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith |
S-VHS
ⓘ
linked to:
VHS
VHS ⓘ |
| canPlay | pre-recorded D-Theater movie titles ⓘ |
| canRecord |
digital cable HDTV
ⓘ
over-the-air HDTV broadcasts ⓘ standard-definition digital broadcasts ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | VHS cassette shell form factor ⓘ |
| competesWith |
DVD
ⓘ
early HDTV PVRs ⓘ |
| copyProtection |
DTCP over IEEE 1394
ⓘ
linked to:
DTCP
Macrovision (for analog outputs) ⓘ
linked to:
Macrovision
|
| designedFor |
high-definition video playback
ⓘ
high-definition video recording ⓘ |
| developedAs |
successor to S-VHS
ⓘ
successor to VHS ⓘ |
| developedBy | JVC ⓘ |
| fullName |
Digital VHS
ⓘ
linked to:
D-VHS
|
| hasMode |
DF (Data Format) mode
ⓘ
HS (High Speed) mode ⓘ LS (Long Play) mode ⓘ STD (Standard) mode ⓘ |
| interface |
IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 1394
S-Video output ⓘ analog component video output ⓘ composite video output ⓘ |
| introducedBy | JVC ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| marketedAs | D-Theater (for pre-recorded movies) ⓘ |
| marketRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| maxResolution |
1280×720 progressive
ⓘ
1920×1080 interlaced ⓘ |
| mediaType | magnetic tape cassette ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
backward compatibility with analog VHS recordings
ⓘ
first consumer tape format to support full HD recording ⓘ use of FireWire for digital transport streams ⓘ |
| predecessor |
S-VHS
ⓘ
linked to:
VHS
VHS ⓘ |
| recordingMethod | digital ⓘ |
| signalType | component digital video ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| storageMedium | D-VHS tape ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Blu-ray Disc
ⓘ
linked to:
Blu-ray Disc format
HD DVD ⓘ hard-disk-based DVRs ⓘ |
| supports |
DTS audio
ⓘ
linked to:
DTS Digital Surround
Dolby Digital audio ⓘ
linked to:
Dolby Digital
MPEG-2 video compression ⓘ digital video ⓘ high-definition television ⓘ standard-definition video ⓘ |
| supportsBitrate | up to about 28.2 Mbit/s ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
ATSC HD resolutions
ⓘ
NTSC SD resolutions ⓘ PAL SD resolutions ⓘ |
| typicalCapacity |
up to about 24 hours of SD in LS mode on a DF-480 tape
ⓘ
up to about 4 hours of HD in HS mode on a DF-480 tape ⓘ |
| usesCodec | MPEG-2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: D-VHS Description of subject: D-VHS is a high-definition digital videotape format developed as an advanced successor to standard VHS for recording and playing back HD content.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.