Video and Hi 8 enjoyed a significant fraction of the camcorder market as well. They were better in every way than VHS and S-VHS, respectively, but more expensive.
Late reply, but I agree, they were better. I had sort of forgotten about these. One drawback was this though: if you wanted your home video library to be on VHS tape (so you could use your VCR, and also more easily show your movie at friends and family), you dubbed from Hi 8 to VHS, with degraded picture as a result.
