Betamax was a rival to VHS, which would allow consumers to watch film media in their own home. It didn't sell well, and was abandoned long before its rival. In 2015, Betamax VCRs were relegated to being sold at antique stores.
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| - Betamax was a rival to VHS, which would allow consumers to watch film media in their own home. It didn't sell well, and was abandoned long before its rival. In 2015, Betamax VCRs were relegated to being sold at antique stores.
- Betamax was an analog video tape format created by Sony. Betamax tapes were in direct competition with VHS tapes. Betamax tapes were superior to VHS tapes in many ways, including higher video quality and smaller size, however the original Betamax tapes could only hold an hour of video. The Betamax format eventually lost to VHS because the proprietary licensing of Betamax made it less popular than VHS tapes.
- Betamax was a type of human video cassette tape recording format used in VCRs. It was distinct from VHS. The Tenth Doctor stored the Wire on a Betamax tape in 1953 and claimed that he was going to record over it. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern) In 1982, a Betamax video recorder fell through the Rift to May 2008. It was picked up by Torchwood Three and stored in the vaults. In 2009, when Harold had to get a message to Jack Harkness about the Hokrala Corp, he made a Betamax recording. (PROSE: The Undertaker's Gift)
- Betamax is a home videocassette tape recording format developed by Sony, and released on May 10, 1975. The cassettes contained 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) wide videotape in a design similar to the earlier, professional 3/4 inch (19.05 mm) U-matic videocassette format. Betamax and VHS competed in a fierce format war which saw VHS come out on top in most markets.
- The Betamax (a.k.a Sony Home International Toploader Entertainment or S.H.I.T.E), became internationally shite overnight. Its one spindle laughable technology which won the crappest design of cassette award in 1975 made it appauling (or appealing if you got one eye to match the one spindle). The quality was phenomenal until you sobered up, which is why they intruduced the tracking nob for tuning in bad films. It was very popular during the civil war of Chad (1979-1982) for torturing hostages by forcing them to watch Sheriff and the satelite kid with the tracking totally out.
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| - Betamax was a rival to VHS, which would allow consumers to watch film media in their own home. It didn't sell well, and was abandoned long before its rival. In 2015, Betamax VCRs were relegated to being sold at antique stores.
- The Betamax (a.k.a Sony Home International Toploader Entertainment or S.H.I.T.E), became internationally shite overnight. Its one spindle laughable technology which won the crappest design of cassette award in 1975 made it appauling (or appealing if you got one eye to match the one spindle). The quality was phenomenal until you sobered up, which is why they intruduced the tracking nob for tuning in bad films. It was very popular during the civil war of Chad (1979-1982) for torturing hostages by forcing them to watch Sheriff and the satelite kid with the tracking totally out. It's failed videotape format that competed with VHS and laserdisc for the prestigious title of Oh dammit, we forgot to return that rental movie. It is believed that several factors contributed to the failure of Betamax, not the least of which was that it was jointly designed by Sony and Willy Wonka. As a result, the cassette shell was made out of chocolate, and the recording tape was licorice. Unfortunately, due to problems with overheating, this meant that Betamax could not be used more than once as it would melt into a large blob of chocolate/shame.
- Betamax is a home videocassette tape recording format developed by Sony, and released on May 10, 1975. The cassettes contained 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) wide videotape in a design similar to the earlier, professional 3/4 inch (19.05 mm) U-matic videocassette format. Like the video home recording system VHS introduced by JVC in 1976, it had no guard band, and used azimuth recording to reduce cross-talk. The "Betamax" name came from a double meaning: beta being the Japanese word used to describe the way signals were recorded onto the tape, and from the fact that when the tape ran through the transport it looked like the Greek letter "Beta" (β). The suffix -max came from "maximum" to suggest greatness. Sanyo marketed a version as Betacord, but this was also referred to casually as "Beta." In addition to Sony and Sanyo, Beta format video recorders were also sold by Toshiba, Pioneer, Aiwa and NEC, and the Zenith Electronics Corporation and WEGA Corporations contracted with Sony to produce VCRs for their product lines. Department stores like Sears, in the US and Canada, and Quelle in Germany sold Beta format VCRs under their house brands as did the RadioShack chain of electronic stores. Betamax and VHS competed in a fierce format war which saw VHS come out on top in most markets.
- Betamax was an analog video tape format created by Sony. Betamax tapes were in direct competition with VHS tapes. Betamax tapes were superior to VHS tapes in many ways, including higher video quality and smaller size, however the original Betamax tapes could only hold an hour of video. The Betamax format eventually lost to VHS because the proprietary licensing of Betamax made it less popular than VHS tapes.
- Betamax was a type of human video cassette tape recording format used in VCRs. It was distinct from VHS. The Tenth Doctor stored the Wire on a Betamax tape in 1953 and claimed that he was going to record over it. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern) In 1982, a Betamax video recorder fell through the Rift to May 2008. It was picked up by Torchwood Three and stored in the vaults. In 2009, when Harold had to get a message to Jack Harkness about the Hokrala Corp, he made a Betamax recording. (PROSE: The Undertaker's Gift)
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