Betamax
The better video format lost
Today in 1975, Sony launched the Betamax videocassette format in Japan.
Sony’s corporate history explains the origins of the name:
‘Beta’ is the Japanese word used to describe the way signals were recorded onto the tape. From this sprung the idea of using the word ‘beta.’ [In addition,] the tape path in the new loading system closely resembled the Greek l…
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