The Short Life, Slow Death, and Broad Impact of Betamax

Jonah Volk. November 20, 2008. Moving Image & Sound: Basic Issues and Training. Looking back at the history of video in the 1970s and 80s, it could be all too easy to see a format like Betamax as simply a failure, a briefly-successful format that was quickly swept away by VHS. ................
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