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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Betamax actually found use in Television broadcast until the switch to HDTV occurred in 2009

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the later digital variants of beta weren't retired by sony until ~ 2016.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I had no clue that they did digital betamax....

That would make senes though...

There was at one point an HDVHS as well it was essentially a 1080P MPEG stream on a VHS tape