Betamax vs. VHS

As have been discussed in my previous blog Formats Battle in the Past, we have a look at the competition between the two formats. Now, the following video will show the quality differences between the two in quite a direct way.

1985 Sony SuperBeta vs. VHS promo sales tape. Developed to show the benefits of buying a Betamax instead of a crappy VHS machine.



Betamax (also called Beta, and referred to as such in the logo) is a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format developed by Sony, released in Japan on May 10, 1975.

The Video Home System(better known by its abbreviation VHS) is a consumer-level analog recording videotape-based cassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan (JVC).

From YouTube