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Comparing Beta & VHS on Quality: Was Beta Really Better?9:51

Comparing Beta & VHS on Quality: Was Beta Really Better?

710K views • 9 years ago
Technology Connections
Technology Connections compares Betamax and VHS picture quality using footage from a 1979 RCA VCR and argues the Beta quality advantage was largely marketing.
Why Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1)16:29

Why Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1)

1.5M views • 9 years ago
Technology Connections
Part one of Technology Connections' account of the VHS versus Betamax format war. It argues Sony was caught off guard by JVC's cheaper, more practical VHS system.