Are there any other advantages in favour of standard VHS?

The cost of VHS-C tapes per hour of running time is much higher than for standard VHS.

These are the first of the super-formats, and although basically compatible with standard VHS, the picture quality is greatly improved.

The standard VHS and DVD release of Tarzan was on February 1, 2000.

Again, the picture quality is essentially equal to that of standard VHS and the sound is superior.

The cassette is the same size as standard VHS but, being digital, it requires a new machine, initially priced around $1,000, some industry people say.

Compared to standard VHS, Super-VHS yields a considerably sharper picture.

However, tapes recorded in standard VHS can be played on Super-VHS machines.

The format offers about the same resolution as standard VHS, with slightly better sound quality.

Video8, the earliest 8mm camcorder format, offered similar performance to standard VHS.