Sony was convinced that its Betamax tape format was a far superior quality recording — and it wasn't wrong. Sony's format had an overall better image with more vibrant colors, remained more ...

That gap was narrowed within a few years, though. Since Betamax cassettes had room for less tape, the fastest and highest ...

LazerDisc and Betamax might have won a few battles, but VHS won the war over the home video market. If you remembered to be ...

This is often the case. However, the situation is reminiscent of how Betamax was a superior VCR compared to VHS. Ultimately, it didn’t matter because the public overwhelmingly chose VHS for ...

It would be several years before VHS and Betamax would duke it out for home supremacy. You might wonder why it took so long. Audio recording on tape had been a thing for a number of years ...