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I know that ですね is a form of saying _right?_ but in this sentence `これビデオですね`
what does that means? I understand that means "it's a video" but I don't
understand the `ね`. A friend was recording a video and some people thought it
was a photo and they posed but then she said it ain't was a photo.

>   * _focusing in some friends_
>   * _they pose_
>   * これ、ビデオですね。
>   * ビデオですか？
>   * _laughs_
>
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What's the meaning of ですね in here?
As @l'électeur asked, what is the context?

>   * It could mean `This is a Video, isn't it?`
>   * It could also mean `This is a video` as if introducing some long lost
> technology.
>   * It could also show some kind of small astonishment like having found a
> video where they were expecting something else `Oh! A video!`
>   * When addressing something you are confident is a video, without wanting
> to offend another person's interpretation of the object `This, as you may
> already know, is a video`
>   * Realisation that you are being recorded rather than photographed `You
> are taking a video right?`
>   * From the view of the person taking the video `I'm recording!` (implying
> that a video rather than a photo is being taken - as with the photo/video
> element of digital cameras and phone camera/video recorders)
>

The `ね` is either implying a question where agreement is expected (as in the
first example). Implying solid understanding of the subject (That is
definitely a video) as in the second example. Indicating a small amount of
astonishment (as in the third example). Without intending to cause offense at
stating an obvious fact (fourth example). Questioning the state of something
and expecting an answer (fifth example). Softly stating a fact that others may
have not been aware of (sixth example).

EDIT to include @Michael and @user224579's comments

Once again, without more background it could mean anyone of these things
and/or more.
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