Betamax
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This format ended up becoming the name of the famous U.S. Supreme Court case that resulted in the use of videotaping at home for time-shifting of TV programs being declared legal, due to the case being against Sony regarding the legality of its Betamax VCR. | This format ended up becoming the name of the famous U.S. Supreme Court case that resulted in the use of videotaping at home for time-shifting of TV programs being declared legal, due to the case being against Sony regarding the legality of its Betamax VCR. | ||
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* [http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/beta/betamax.html Mediacollege.com entry on Betamax] | * [http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/beta/betamax.html Mediacollege.com entry on Betamax] | ||
| + | * [http://www.fastcompany.com/3028069/the-internet-archive-is-digitizing-40000-vhs-tapes The Internet Archive Wants To Digitize 40,000 VHS And Betamax Tapes] | ||
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Revision as of 03:24, 26 March 2014
Betamax was a video cassette format which was in some respects superior to its competitor in the format wars, VHS, but lost to that format anyway.
This format ended up becoming the name of the famous U.S. Supreme Court case that resulted in the use of videotaping at home for time-shifting of TV programs being declared legal, due to the case being against Sony regarding the legality of its Betamax VCR.
