Tape-based Workflows
For decades, videotape was the format for most individuals choosing to edit. The original tapes could be stored on a shelf and be available for recapture if they were ever needed in the future.
The downside of using videotape has always been the cost of the consumables—videotape—along with the restiction that acquisition was forced to be real time (compared to tapeless, which can be faster than real time).
For more information on tape-based workflows, see Appendix C, "Capturing from Tape-based Formats," on the DVD.