Before there were influencers, viral videos, and billion-view platforms, there was something raw, real, and radically democratic: public access television. Born in the 1970s, public access TV was one ...

The modern traffic light, largely attributed to Garrett Morgan's 1923 invention, introduced a critical yellow warning light that improved public safety. Despite his significant impact on traffic ...

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

The Absurdly High Costs of the VHS vs. Betamax Wars The VHS vs. Betamax format war doesn’t even feel like a cultural skirmish these days. By the mid-1980s, VHS had established its market ...

With the great VHS vs. Betamax war largely having been decided in favor of VHS, the U.S. home entertainment market was primed to take off.

The Chronicles of ‘Unique’ Formats Let’s journey back to 1975, when Sony released Betamax, a home video cassette tape that was technically superior to its rival, VHS. Despite its advantages, Betamax ...

The two technology camps failed to reach a unified technological front, setting the stage this year for a format war like the costly VHS vs. Betamax battle of the 1980s.

Farley then proceeded to hand a major victory to his counterpart Elon Musk in a broader EV tussle reminiscent of the entertainment business battle between Sony’s Betamax and JVC’s VHS.

In November 2015, Sony finally announced that it would stop selling Betamax video cassettes. By this time, its battle for dominance with the rival VHS format from rival JVC was already lost. The ...