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Definition: D-1


(1) For the chips in Tesla's supercomputer, see Dojo supercomputer.

(2) (Digital-1) An early 3/4" (19mm) broadcast-quality component digital videotape format that recorded uncompressed frames in the ITU-R BT.601 standard. Developed by Sony and Bosch in the mid-1980s, D-1 was the first professional digital video format, later standardized by SMPTE.

Using costly tape decks and metal-particle cassettes, D-1 recorded standard definition (SD) at 704x480 pixels. Using a small amount of compression, 30 fps required a transfer rate of 27MB per second. See ITU-R BT.601, D-2 and SD formats.