Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Believe it or not, Betamax is still relevant to our lives It’s been a while since anyone has used, thought about or cared about ...

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 ...

“There was an astronaut walking on the moon, and we were watching it on TV.” “I didn’t see it.” “Oh, you’re kidding me!” So goes the conversation between two men in The Flying Clouds, a promotional ...

Sony announced this week that it will stop selling Betamax cassettes from March 2016. It was a format that appeared not to succeed as Sony had desired. Betamax was introduced by Sony on April 16, 1975 ...

Like a grieving widow who finally parts with her late husband’s golf clubs, Sony Corp. has given up on Betamax. The Japanese electronics giant announced Tuesday that it would stop making the last two ...

Friday night at 9, millions of Americans will sit in front of their televisions and watch the tropical police drama “Hawaii Five-0” on their local CBS station. And over the next week, roughly 3 ...

Old video formats like Betamax hold lots of memories but are hard to watch today because the players are rare and outdated. A Betamax converter is a device that helps transfer or play Betamax tapes on ...

If you’re old enough to remember or have seen the vintage advertisements, then Betamax was a videotape format created by Sony that enabled people to record their favorite programs and rent ...

Sony announces end of production of Betamax cassettes for March next year, 40 years after its introduction and 28 years after losing format war to VHS Sony has announced that in March next year it ...

In the spring of 1978, the program guide published by a Los Angeles public television station contained more than just schedules; it told viewers when they could watch its programs—and what they were ...

Betamax video recorders are finally being phased out almost 20 years after losing the battle for dominance of the home video market to VHS. Betamax's manufacturer, Sony, has announced that it will ...