How many gigabytes is a vhs?

Answer 1

Usually it depends, but it could be anywhere from 0.25 GB to 4.5GB. Most of the time, it is about 3.5-4.5GB. The amount of data (let's say the data is a movie) should be able to fit both on a VHS tape and DVD, if the compression ratio is acceptable. Many people say you can fit more data (video) on a VHS than a DVD. This almost all the time not true. A DVD stores data digitally, while a VHS tape does so in an analog format. Digital data takes up more "space", but has better "quality", in general terms. Hope this was enough, because that's all I know for sure.

David

Answer 2

How much data will fit on a VHS tape depends upon the speed of the tape. Storage amounts vary between 25 and 50 GB.

Answer 3

it can only hold one

Answer 4

VHS does not store data digitally. The video stream is recorded and stored in an analog format, so the VHS tape can store exactly 0GB of digital data.

As a last-gap play to remain relevant in the face of the great Bluray-HDDVD format war, in 1998 JVC introduced “D-VHS” to store a digital bitstream onto the analog medium tape. It required specialized tapes and ultimately went no where, but was capable of storing approx 50GB on the largest available tapes.

Answer 5

VHS format stores video as an analog signal so any standard VHS tape can store exactly 0GB of digital data.