VHS cassettes are the most common types of tapes we receive for transfer. Uses extensively during the 1980s-1990s.
The tape was used in home VHS recorders.
Record times of up to 4 hours are possible.

Betamax was the big competitor to VHS, however, its popularity waivered and VHS became the dominant format for home recording. Betamax tapes are slightly smaller and narrower than VHS. Record times of up to 5 hours are possible.

VHS/C is the baby to the VHS cassette and was used in camcorders. Offering recording times of 30 or 45 minutes.
You also had the ability to play the tapes on a home VHS recorder using a tape adapter

8mm tape comes in 3 variants, Video8, Hi8 and Digital8.Used primarily in camcorders from 1990's to 2000's this format was extremely common and delivered excellent results.Record time was typically 60 or 90 minutes

MiniDV or DVC tapes are very compact in size and used extensively in camcorders throughout the 1990s and 2000s. The recording was digital and the recordings excellent
Record time was typically 60 minutes

MicroMV is the smallest digital tape format. Released in 2001 by Sony this format offered up to 60 minutes of record time. However, it was not well adopted and Sony stopped offering the format in 2006