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Hi8

8 mm video cassette tape
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Summary

Hi8 is a video format[1]. Hi8 draws 1,047 Wikipedia views per month (video format category, ranking #6 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: magnetic tape cassette format with side-by-side reels[3], analog storage medium[4]
  • Based on: 8 mm video format[5]
  • Follows: 8 mm video format[6]
  • Followed by: Digital8[7]
  • Developer: Sony Group[8]
  • Subclass of: magnetic tape[9], analog storage medium[10], videocassette recorder[11], camcorder[12]
  • Has use: camcorder[13], Digital Tape Recording System[14]
  • Commons category: Hi8[15]
  • Inception: 1989[16]
  • End time: 2007[17], 2012[18]
  • Name in kana: ハイエイト[19]

Why It Matters

Hi8 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Hi8 is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Sony Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . obsoletemedia.org. obsoletemedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . obsoletemedia.org. obsoletemedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → video format, magnetic tape cassette format with side-by-side reels, analog storage medium
    Subclass of → magnetic tape, analog storage medium, videocassette recorder +1
    Inception → —
    Inception → +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 1748, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327258|Hi8 (#7327258)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
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