Betamax, as released, was not better than VHS. It also had very low recording times of like 1 hour per tape.
Betamax was updated repeatedly, as was VHS. At no point was contemporaneous consumer Betamax able to match VHS for quality with the same recording times.
This is a persistent myth propagated primarily by people who have probably never seen Betamax in use.
Often people compare a professional version of betamax to consumer versions of VHS as well.
Betamax was updated repeatedly, as was VHS. At no point was contemporaneous consumer Betamax able to match VHS for quality with the same recording times.
This is a persistent myth propagated primarily by people who have probably never seen Betamax in use.
Often people compare a professional version of betamax to consumer versions of VHS as well.