Maxell’s dust-free production facility and strict quality control, plus the tape’s highly conductive back coating and static-resistant cassette mechanism minimize dropout. The hard case provides excellent protection from dust and exceptional support during transportation and storage. Used widely in broadcasting operations including ENG/EFP, BETACAM SP provides better performance than 1-inch VTR tape, in spite of its light, compact cassette-type design. Maxell BETACAM SP videocassettes with exclusive ceramic Armor metal particles and other advanced tape technologies realize high reliability and image quality. A 2-3nm-thick layer of Ceramic Armor Metal Particles provides superior physical strength and anti-oxidation characteristics, and a high-performance three-dimensional cross-linking binder system dramatically improves magnetic coating layer strength. This helps keep the tape highly reliable and durable in extreme conditions (ENG/EFP) and editing operations in which long-term still modes are frequently used.