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.

Betamax vs VHS was only the tip of the iceberg for the format wars of the 80'sReplay: The 1980's were a hotbed of format wars. How did we survive? And more importantly, did a company really try and ...

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Old video formats like Betamax hold lots of memories but are hard to watch today because the players are rare and outdated. A Betamax converter is a device that helps transfer or play Betamax tapes on ...

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 ...

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.

People can bring in their home movies in a variety of formats — 8-millimeter, Super 8, 16-millimeter, VHS, VHS-C, Mini-DV, Betamax, Hi-8 or digital files — and UWM volunteers will inspect and ...

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