While many people remember recording with VHS, Sony’s Betamax video recorder, which debuted before VHS, has less of an imprint on the public’s pop culture memory. Betamax had a higher resolution than ...
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Why the Betamax should have won — and what its failure said about how America makes decisions
Betamax launched a full year before VHS and was widely regarded as the technically superior format by engineers and consumer publications alike. A single practical feature — recording length — proved ...
When Sony’s Betamax video recorder made its U.S. debut in 1975, it was a cutting-edge technology that brought amazing change to American households. People who got a Betamax machine no longer needed ...
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