It is epic IT industry legend that porn decided the VHS vs BETA war. Sony who supported BETA did not want porn on the BETA format but JVC who pushed the VHS format welcomed adult films with open arms. Game over for BETA.
IF ONLY - words Sony must have used so many times - however I understand that Sony had a royalty payment from every VHS machine ever made because of some of their patents, still as a fan of old Sony (real Sony - most of the current stuff doesn't desire the name) I do wish Beta has won the war....
@Ogma01 Poor Business Decisions and Bad Advertising? Tell me what's up with that. I'm pretty curious to understand what you mean by all of that for me to believe you.
@Ogma01 Not really. Resolution-wise, VHS and beta are identical (and HiFi Beta had slightly worse quality then VHS), VHS had longer running times, *and* VHS was cheaper.
Sony played up the fact that Beta was developed from pro equipment, and *claimed* the picture was better then VHS's but they had very little to actually show for it.
If you thought that old Betamax was large, wait 'till you see how large a U-Matic VCR from the same era was.
At 0:18, you may have noticed those big black cases and then the camera pans right to show the size of Betamax cassettes in their box sleeves. Those big black cases contained U-Matic video cassettes; 3/4" video tape compared to 1/2" used with Beta and VHS.
I'd get one of the movies didn't cost 7 times what VHS costs
Rimsa 1 week ago
Poor betamax. It didn't stand a chance.
liarsclub75 2 weeks ago
use betamax
highfuturamic 4 weeks ago
I'm trying to pronounce every single dialogue this papey here is speaking.
TEACHYOUTEEWHY 1 month ago
sony betamax video-cassette
JoseFloresOficial 2 months ago
It is epic IT industry legend that porn decided the VHS vs BETA war. Sony who supported BETA did not want porn on the BETA format but JVC who pushed the VHS format welcomed adult films with open arms. Game over for BETA.
darkangel2347 2 months ago 2
@darkangel2347 los de sony son anti pornograficos y eso esta bien. ojala que siga asi sony con sus cd´s actuales.
JoseFloresOficial 2 months ago
In 1979, ¥228,000 was equal to about $1,000, which itself was roughly the price of VCRs here in the U.S.
mechaslovakia 2 months ago
11,111 views. Awesome.
WebVManReturns 3 months ago
My first VCR was a betamax. It was better picture quality than VHS.
aussietv2 3 months ago
holy crap you could fit a vhs big screen tv 3 piece suite and pc in that insane thing did it come with central heating too?
Sloposse 3 months ago
Almost 230k, that is fucking insane!
Stone8age 4 months ago
god dammn 229000 yen!
4d616c65737469636b 4 months ago
@4d616c65737469636b lol in dollar is about $228.. lol yen is crazy sometimes
HarajukuRini 4 months ago
@mattcares The adult franchise always has the upper hand.
RetroToledo 5 months ago
LOL betamax
TheJonnyEnglish 5 months ago
Puts me in mind of the Simpsons' Mr. Sparkle advert.
nebby6 6 months ago
IF ONLY - words Sony must have used so many times - however I understand that Sony had a royalty payment from every VHS machine ever made because of some of their patents, still as a fan of old Sony (real Sony - most of the current stuff doesn't desire the name) I do wish Beta has won the war....
mikeismad61 6 months ago
SONIE
supercooldude2121 7 months ago
@mattcares I know there's more to that. There's something else about VHS that also won the Video Cassette battle.
TEACHYOUTEEWHY 7 months ago
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BricktownBubba 8 months ago
W-VHS? COOL!
jjovereats 9 months ago
Beta was far superior, but a lot of poor business decisions (and bad advertising and distribution) resulted in its premature failure.
Ogma01 9 months ago 12
@Ogma01 Poor Business Decisions and Bad Advertising? Tell me what's up with that. I'm pretty curious to understand what you mean by all of that for me to believe you.
TEACHYOUTEEWHY 9 months ago
@Ogma01 Not really. Resolution-wise, VHS and beta are identical (and HiFi Beta had slightly worse quality then VHS), VHS had longer running times, *and* VHS was cheaper.
Sony played up the fact that Beta was developed from pro equipment, and *claimed* the picture was better then VHS's but they had very little to actually show for it.
spacehelmetforacow 3 months ago
I agree.
Alexvideoclip 10 months ago
Actually beta was the better format
Jdo4031 11 months ago
I love the irony in the fact he points out how small the tapes are, then there's this monstrosity of a video player right afterwards...
superjoshua7777 1 year ago
@superjoshua7777
If you thought that old Betamax was large, wait 'till you see how large a U-Matic VCR from the same era was.
At 0:18, you may have noticed those big black cases and then the camera pans right to show the size of Betamax cassettes in their box sleeves. Those big black cases contained U-Matic video cassettes; 3/4" video tape compared to 1/2" used with Beta and VHS.
Watcher3223 1 year ago
OMG where can I get one of those! LOL
NoIDidunt10 1 year ago
That smile is kinda creepy (and no, I'm not the kind of person who posts "this is creepy" on every old commercial).
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
Bideo soni, bēta makkusu!
spacehelmetforacow 1 year ago
@spacehelmetforacow
And yours is the correct pronunciation in romanized Japanese.
Watcher3223 1 year ago
0:25
Vid-ay-o-uh sonyyyyy betama-ksuh!
Teraforce88 1 year ago 14
@Teraforce88 ビデオソニーのベータマックス。
TEACHYOUTEEWHY 8 months ago
that machine was huge, must have weighed a ton
KingFahtah 1 year ago
Video wa Sony, Be... tamak... kusu!
Rogueofmv 1 year ago
The japanese talk fast,huh?
PenafilmStudios 1 year ago
@PenafilmStudios Oh yeah. At his age, Japanese was his A+ PROFESSION.
TEEYEASCHOOLS 1 year ago
Videôô Ê Sooo-neee Bêtama-xu!
PenafilmStudios 1 year ago
Japanese...yeah...Brazilian...I'm...
PenafilmStudios 1 year ago
Ah-uh sum! Bay-tuh maxxxx! Sooo-neee! Domo arigato!
uzernaam100 1 year ago
228,000 yen!?? Holy crap. That is almost $2500 US at today's exchange rate
archmiel 1 year ago
@archmiel It was "only" about $1000 at the exchange rate at the time. Not taking purchasing power into the equation.
jjqueiros 1 year ago
Lol at 0:26 "Video Sony Betamax!"
Teraforce88 1 year ago
smiley enough 4 Me ~ English translation pls *
TJae1 2 years ago