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[CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes

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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34776424

Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in
March 2016.  The firm revealed on its website that it will also stop
shipping the Micro MV cassette, used in video cameras.  It has not
produced a compatible camera for the Micro MV since 2005.  Sony launched
the format in 1975, a year before JVC's rival the VHS cassette - which
eventually became the market leader after a long battle between the two
brands and their fans.  Although many felt Betamax was the superior
format, most cite the longer recording length of VHS tapes - three hours
versus one - and the cheaper manufacturing costs for VHS machines as the
main factors as to why VHS eventually won out.

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[CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-11-12 19:21 +0000
  Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-11-12 21:32 +0000
    Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-12 21:51 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-11-12 22:14 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-13 12:57 +0100
        Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-11-13 16:05 +0300
  Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-11-13 10:01 -0600
    Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2015-11-13 16:08 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-11-13 12:54 -0500
        Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-11-13 22:25 -0600

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