Sony will also take MicroMV camcorder cassettes, the smallest videotape format, off the shelves at that time. The failed Betamax format, introduced in 1975, was meant to go toe-to-toe with the VHS, ...

Melding a little of the new with a little of the old, Sony has recently released a Blu-Ray Betamax combo device so one can still enjoy his Beta library as well as his ever growing HD Blu-Ray DVD ...

The Betamax machine launched the video-store era, even though the recording format was quickly overwhelmed by rival JVC's VHS format. (Oregonian) Sony's "time-shift machine" was revolutionary. For the ...

Chiseling the end-date of Betamax on the tombstone of your heart, Sony has announced it will finally stop selling the video cassettes in March 2016. Those born in the ‘70s and ‘80s who remember ...

TOKYO -- Sony closed the final chapter of its legendary battle with Victor Co. of Japan to dominate the home video machine market, when it announced Tuesday that it would discontinue its Betamax VCRs.

Of all Sony’s failed proprietary formats, Betamax has to be the most iconic — the videotape format’s eventual vanquishment by VHS set the stage for countless media wars down the subsequent decades. It ...

Betamax video recorders are finally being phased out almost 20 years after losing the battle for dominance of the home video market to VHS. Betamax's manufacturer, Sony, has announced that it will ...

Cassette tapes may still be cool, but I’m afraid those of you who have been holding on to your Betamax video cassettes will have to let go. Sony announced today it will stop selling Betamax tapes in ...

Sony will stop producing Betamax video cassette tapes in March 2016, the conglomerate said in a statement on its website Tuesday. The company introduced the Betamax format in 1975, a year before rival ...

Betamax, you've had a good run. Almost 40 years since Sony first introduced the magnetic media for recording television programs, the company announced it will be retiring the format in March 2016.