What is Betamax?

Betamax refers to videotapes developed by Sony & Reg: which are now essentially unused, with the exception of several fans. Initially released in 1975 and entered a hard competition with JVC, which the following year released the VHS system. For years, VHS and Beta have fought a competitive battle to see which system consumers would use more. VHS eventually won the video tapes war, although both systems are now much less used, because DVD players and DVD recorders (DVR) and services such as TOVA® produce a much better picture.

Betamax tape was smaller than a VHS tape by a few inches. Like VHS players and recorders, beta players used Beta azimuth recording and slight fishing heads to keep sounds, pictures, and the like from bleeding together. This is also called Cross Talk. The ability for people at home to record a TV program or watch a movie that was initially popular. Other electronics companies soon began to release Betamax and Bra players as aIWA, NEC, Pioneer and Zenith have created their own recorders.

Unfortunately, for the Betamax system VHS offered something that beta tapes could not immediately duplicate: a longer recording time. VHS could initially record two hours, useful if you wanted to record a few hours of television or shoot something in the VHS format. Beta could only record an hour of television. Although both systems later offered more recording times, VHS was considered a priority.

There were also many disputes over the image quality of the versus price. Beta was considered a top product, while VHS recorders were more widely available and cheaper. Given that it is reflected at that time, it is interesting to evaluate how expensive the two recorders were. The first VHS video recorders were over $ 500-700. The price for Betamax recorders was larger. However, people are really interested in the qualification of the picture can choose Betamax with a higher price because the beginningThe image quality of the image was considered better than in VHS systems, although the image quality results were actually probably straight. In fact, although both formats continued to improve and produce "super" versions, most consumers preferred to hold standard machines and were used to image quality that was not excellent.

Real technicians with money at the age of 80. Instead, they moved to using Laser Disc. However, they could not record them. This is a problem that also existed with DVD for most people until DVD and DVR trucks were created.

both systems have lost their eventual battle for DVDs, with the latest VHS system itself in 2007. You can still buy Combo machines VHS/DVD. Not everyone is ready to make the price to jump to the DVR and want to be able to play their own videotapes. The last Betamax machines were made in 2002 and some people are still collecting these machines and tape. You can often find them on flea markets and selling garages and maybeyou can pick up one on eBay. For some, they are interested in collectors, as well as eight trace tape machines.