VHS vs Betamax: The Better Picture That Lost
In short: How Sony's Betamax, first to the home and sharper on screen, lost to JVC's VHS through recording time, alliances and the slow pull of a market bandwagon.
A 2:08 short film in the series “Lost Futures”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Science and Media Museum (Science Museum Group), “Before TV on demand, there was the home videotape revolution – National Science and Media Museum blog”; Invention & Technology Magazine, “Development of VHS, a World Standard for Home Video Recording | Invention & Technology Magazine”; The Christian Science Monitor, “Sony's adoption of VHS shows it has learned marketing lessons”; Los Angeles Times, “Sony Finally Throws the Betamax on Scrapheap”; Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), Business History Review, “Strategic Maneuvering and Mass-Market Dynamics: The Triumph of VHS over Beta | Business History Review | Cambridge Core”.
Sources used in this film
- National Science and Media Museum (Science Museum Group) — Before TV on demand, there was the home videotape revolution – National Science and Media Museum blog · View →
- Invention & Technology Magazine — Development of VHS, a World Standard for Home Video Recording | Invention & Technology Magazine · View →
- The Christian Science Monitor — Sony's adoption of VHS shows it has learned marketing lessons · View →
- Los Angeles Times — Sony Finally Throws the Betamax on Scrapheap · View →
- Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), Business History Review — Strategic Maneuvering and Mass-Market Dynamics: The Triumph of VHS over Beta | Business History Review | Cambridge Core · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Science and Media Museum (Science Museum Group): Before TV on demand, there was the home videotape revolution – National Science and Media Museum blog
- Also: Invention & Technology Magazine: Development of VHS, a World Standard for Home Video Recording | Invention & Technology Magazine
- Also: The Christian Science Monitor (article dated 14 January 1988, per the page URL): Sony's adoption of VHS shows it has learned marketing lessons
- Also: Los Angeles Times: Sony Finally Throws the Betamax on Scrapheap
- Also: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), Business History Review: Strategic Maneuvering and Mass-Market Dynamics: The Triumph of VHS over Beta | Business History Review | Cambridge Core
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