Skip field

{{short description|Method used on videotapes to conserve space}}

In video, '''skip field'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Greentree Audio Video |url=https://greentreeav.com/vintagevideo |website=greentreeav.com |access-date=29 January 2026}}</ref> recording is a process in which only one field (one half of a frame) of video is recorded in order to conserve recording media space.<ref>{{Cite patent|number=US3718755A|title=Interlacing system for skip-filed magnetic recording and reproducing|gdate=1973-02-27|invent1=Crosno|inventor1-first=P.|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3718755/en}}</ref> In some cases, the quality loss from not using both fields is negligible, although it leads to a reduction in vertical and temporal resolution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LabGuy's World: Sony CV-2xxx Skip Field Format |url=https://www.labguysworld.com/Format_CV2K.htm |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=www.labguysworld.com}}</ref> It was a common method used in early telerecording systems, as well as early and current non-professional/industrial videotape formats such as CV-2000, Cartrivision and V-Cord.

== See also == * Low-definition television

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