Betamax tape format has long been forgotten citizens of the world. Who would have thought, a tough rival VHS format is still being manufactured and marketed in its home country, Japan.
However, future sales of magnetic tape-based storage media is going to be discontinued in the near future. Sony, as KompasTekno summarized from Cnet, on Wednesday (11/11/2015), decided to discontinue production of Betamax began in March 2016.
It is not clear the reason behind the termination. But, apparently, given the already small popularity of media that make Sony should forget that format forever.
"This will be the last shipment of all media Betamax-based memory," writes Sony in its official website.
Betamax itself was introduced in 1975 by Sony. Time attendance one year sooner than VHS developed by competitor Sony, which is the JVC.
Both Betamax and JVC can be used for video recording. Users must use tools specific player to play this format. Rose tool equipped with a TV tuner so users can record TV shows.
In the golden years, the second storage format that was used for recording television shows that are missed by the audience. He is also widely used for viewers who want to watch it again an event.
In the second war era this format, a lot of debate about which is the most superior format. However, technically, many consider superior Betamax. Because, it offers higher video quality than VHS.
In fact, VHS more been able to record videos longer than Betacam. Additionally, most importantly, VHS tapes have a tag of less than Betacam.
Sony also had "surrendered" to the market demand by developing its own tools VHS player.
Betamax heyday itself eventually faded after formats new video storage, such as CD, DVD, Blu-Ray to appear on the market. In Indonesia, the Betamax format was popular at least until the 90s.
Throughout the career of Betamax, Sony claims to have sold 18 million units. Pemutarnya tool itself has stopped sale since 2002.
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