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I don't have the answer, but this has brought a possible extension of the question to mind. As I understand it the broadcast tape format M (later generations got named M2, M3, M5) was basically a VHS cassette shell usually with higher grade tape stock spooled in. (Basically what Betacam was to Betamax only with oversites like newer gens not being backwards compatible.) Later generations of it supported HD. If you consider the M formats VHS because of the shared cassette shell it's possible a M family broadcast camcorder may have been the last new camcorder to have used a VHS designed tape shell.
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