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At least it's not Betamax (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

TV stations used it...

Nope, that was a different (but sorta related) format called Betacam.

Betamax might have had a better picture quality than VHS at the original Beta I speed, but Betamax recorders as old as 1979 discontinued that speed because 60 minutes was just not enough, so VHS at SP speed looked the same or better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you're right, it was just Beta, or later on Betacam.