As consumers saw that VHS tapes could record entire movies and baseball and football games, the choice became clearer—Betamax couldn’t meet their needs, and they were saving money to boot.

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Soon after that, JVC released a competing home video recorder that was lighter, cheaper, and used VHS format tapes that could hold a two-hour movie instead of Betamax’s one-hour limit—and that ...

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VHS and Betamax, though, had some stark differences. JVC's product could record for two hours -- enough to record a full-length movie -- while Betamax had a recording capability of only an hour.

The VHS vs Betamax debate rages on even today -- but it turns out that the reason why Betamax lost the format wars isn't commonly noted.

In the 1980s, Betamax and VHS tapes fought over winning the American home video market. While VHS won the battle, Beta tapes ...