Betamax was indeed better than VHS in a number of ways. The tapes were smaller and the recorders had the ability to reproduce colors better.

Various updates and enhancements would take the cartridge systems to the end of the 1970s, but by that time Betamax (1975) and VHS (1976 or 1977, depending where you were) were beginning to assert ...

As the EngineerGuy explains, the first home video recorder to hit the market back in 1975 was from Sony, and used the company’s Betamax format. Soon after that, JVC released a competing home ...

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.

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And although its inventor, JVC, didn’t bring VHS to the market until a year after Betamax debuted in 1975, it lined up more allies and distributors than Sony did.

Reporter: You might have heard. Betamax finally bit the dust. Reader: Betamax, the video format? You must be kidding? I thought Betamax packed it in eons ago, along with Rubik’s Cube and Billy Idol.

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