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Bookmark or Share- Sony Betamax – Virtual tour of Museum of FailureMuseum of Failure's Collection. Sony Betamax. 1975-2002. In 1975, Sony launched an innovative home video tape recorder called Betamax. When JVC released the competing VHS format a year later, it started a decade long videotape-format war. Betamax was higher quality than VHS, but it was also more expensive. The VHS could record a full movie ...
- Learn What Betamax is and How it Shaped Home EntertainmentBetamax, also called Beta, is a type of consumer video cassette recorder (VCR) developed by Sony in Japan. This videotape format was released in 1975 and uses magnetic tapes to record home movies as well as TV programs. The Rise of Betamax.
- VHS or Beta? A look back at Betamax, and how Sony lost the VCR format ...You’re looking at Betamax, a revolutionary new product from Sony that plugs into any TV and enables you to see programs you would have otherwise missed. We’ll explain. First off, let’s take a situation where there are two shows on opposite each other and you’d like to watch both of them.
- Betamax - WikipediaBetamax (also known as Beta, as in its logo) is a consumer-level analog recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video, commonly known as a video cassette recorder. It was developed by Sony and was released in Japan on May 10, 1975, followed by the US in November of the same year.
- June 7, 1975: Before Digital, Before VHS ... There Was BetamaxTopics. 1975: Sony introduces the Betamax video recorder. Revolutionary for its day, the Betamax format was on its way to becoming the industry standard until the appearance of JVC’s VHS a year...
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