Betamax

Betamax cassette tape

Betamax (also called Beta) is a videotape format created by Sony. It was first released on May 10, 1975 in Japan and November of 1975 in the United States.^[1] Because it lost the videotape format war to VHS, Betamax is now obsolete.^[2] Despite this, production of new Betamax recorders went until 2002; and Betamax cassettes were available up until March 2016.^[3]

Betamax Media

Logo of Betamax
Three Sony Betamax VCRs built for the American market. Top to bottom: SL-2000 portable with TT-2000 tuner/timer "Base Station" (1982); SL-HF 300 Betamax HiFi unit (1984); SL-HF 360 SuperBeta HiFi unit (1988).
Sony betamax cassette L-750 SD 195min recordingtime
Rear of a blank Sony L-750 Betamax videocassette, sitting on top of another unopened in its wrapping.
The early-form Betacam tapes (left) are interchangeable with Betamax (right), though the recordings are not.
Sony Betamovie BMC-100P, the first of the Betamovie line and the first consumer-grade camcorder
Betamax tapes on display at a museum
Size comparison between a Betamax cassette (top) and a VHS cassette (bottom)

References

↑ McDonald, Paul. Video and DVD Industries (2007-08-06)British Film Institute. p. 33. ISBN 9781844571673. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
↑ Betamax (1994-12-01)Pcmag.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
↑ Beta Video Cassette and Micro MV Cassette Tape End of Shipment Announcement. Sony Japan (10 November 2015)Sony. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

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[McDonald2007-1] McDonald, Paul. Video and DVD Industries (2007-08-06)British Film Institute. p. 33. ISBN 9781844571673. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[2] Betamax (1994-12-01)Pcmag.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16.

[3] Beta Video Cassette and Micro MV Cassette Tape End of Shipment Announcement. Sony Japan (10 November 2015)Sony. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

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