When Sony’s Betamax video recorder made its U.S. debut in 1975, it was a cutting-edge technology that brought amazing change to American households. People who got a Betamax machine no longer needed ...

Two decades after its closure, RST video, the store made famous in Kevin Smith’s Clerks, is set to reopen in early 2020 — and the store launched a new website recently and just shared a first look on ...

On the back of the Betamax there's this one yellow RCA-type plug that says Video Out. So the connection now is Betamax (video only)-to-MiniDV-to-PC. Yes, some progress! I do get picture! But my ...

In November 2015, Sony finally announced that it would stop selling Betamax video cassettes. By this time, its battle for dominance with the rival VHS format from rival JVC was already lost. The story ...

On May 10, 1975, Sony took out full-page ads in a bunch of newspapers to proudly announce the arrival of a new product, “The Next Thing”: Betamax. At the time of launch, Betamax was the first home ...

Robert Siegel speaks with Jon Healey, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, about Sony's decision to cease production of Betamax. Sony announced yesterday that it would stop making the Betamax ...

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