One program, one tape - great for Sony if it meant that plenty of cassettes could be sold. It wasn't until years later that 90 and 120-minute lengths were also available thanks to thinner tape ...

Thanks to the kind folks at The Autopian, I’m back with a second behind-the-scenes installment on how we made The Last Independent Automaker, a new six-part documentary series on the history of ...

In all reality Betamax was superior in almost every way but also cost a lot more. The price tag was something Hollywood knew all too well because studios had been using it since the 1950s.

Key Secondary Guide Read Pre-Export LD-Analyse Guide Here Colour-Under formats VHS, Umatic, BetaMax, Video8, Hi8 etc are a .tbc / _chroma.tbc file (Y+C) set. CVBS formats Composite, LaserDisc, SMPTE 1 ...

My dad had a Betamax at home when I was growing up, and as I'm saying this I realise this is going to make you feel old. [For our younger readers, Betamax was Sony's less successful answer to VHS.] ...

For the last 13 years, Stirling has been posting videos ripped from a mountain of old VHS and Betamax tapes he's acquired and uploading them to YouTube under his moniker, Betamax King.

In Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, Colin Stirling operates a time machine. It's housed inside a basement bunker and powered by videotapes. For the last 13 years, Stirling has been posting videos ...

Plus, the industry wondered if it was even legal to record copyrighted TV programs. If video recording was to be bought by consumers for home usage, it first had to be made simple and convenient. Sony ...

While blank tapes could be purchased fairly cheaply (relative to the absurd costs noted above, that is) purchasing a tape of a major new movie on tape would typically cost you about $80-$100 up ...

Masters profiles a group of “tape hunters” who have spent years searching the bazaars, kiosks, and market stalls of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East for musical novelty.

Betamax actually offered several advantages over VHS, including improved resolution and sound, but thanks to being an open, royalty-free standard, several manufacturers produced VHS tapes and VCRs ...