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Betamax

Index Betamax

Betamax (also known as Beta, as in its logo) is a consumer-level analog recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video, commonly known as a video cassette recorder. [1]

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  1. 89 relations: Aiwa, Anamorphic format, Arcandor, Auction, Azimuth recording, Beta, Betacam, Betamovie, Carrier wave, Chrominance, Coercivity, Compact Video Cassette, Companding, Cowboy Bebop, Crosstalk, David Cronenberg, David K. Backus, Digital audio, Digital master, Digital recording, Doctor Who, DVD, Dynamic range, Economies of scale, Electronic news gathering, Flea market, Flutter (electronics and communication), Fullscreen (aspect ratio), Funai, Helical scan, Hitachi, Home movie, Home video, Internet, JVC, Letterboxing (filming), List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes, List of Philippine-based music groups, Los Angeles Times, Luma (video), Magnetic tape, Marketing, MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., Micrometre, Moviola, MP3, Multi-standard television, Murphy Radio, NEC, NTSC, ... Expand index (39 more) »

  2. Audiovisual introductions in 1975
  3. Home video
  4. Products and services discontinued in 2016
  5. Products introduced in 1975
  6. Videocassette formats
  7. Videotape

Aiwa

Aiwa (stylised aiwa) is a Japanese consumer electronics brand of Aiwa Co.

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Anamorphic format

Anamorphic format is the cinematography technique of shooting a widescreen picture on standard 35 mm film or other visual recording media with a non-widescreen native aspect ratio.

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Arcandor

Arcandor AG was a holding company located in Essen, Germany, that oversaw a number of companies operating in the businesses of mail order and internet shopping, department stores and tourism services.

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Auction

An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder.

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Azimuth recording

Azimuth recording is the use of a variation in angle between two recording heads that are recording data so close together on magnetic tape that crosstalk would otherwise likely occur.

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Beta

Beta (uppercase, lowercase, or cursive; bē̂ta or víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet.

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Betacam

Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videocassette products developed by Sony in 1982. Betamax and Betacam are Japanese inventions and videocassette formats.

See Betamax and Betacam

Betamovie

Betamovie is the brand name for a range of consumer grade camcorders developed by Sony for the Betamax format. Betamax and Betamovie are Discontinued media formats, Japanese inventions and Sony products.

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Carrier wave

In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a periodic waveform (usually sinusoidal) that carries no information that has one or more of its properties modified (the called modulation) by an information-bearing signal (called the message signal or modulation signal) for the purpose of conveying information.

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Chrominance

Chrominance (chroma or C for short) is the signal used in video systems to convey the color information of the picture (see YUV color model), separately from the accompanying luma signal (or Y' for short).

See Betamax and Chrominance

Coercivity

Coercivity, also called the magnetic coercivity, coercive field or coercive force, is a measure of the ability of a ferromagnetic material to withstand an external magnetic field without becoming demagnetized.

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Compact Video Cassette

Compact Video Cassette (CVC) was one of the first analog recording videocassette formats to use a tape smaller than its earlier predecessors of VHS and Betamax, and was developed by Funai Electronics of Japan for portable use. Betamax and Compact Video Cassette are Discontinued media formats, videocassette formats and videotape.

See Betamax and Compact Video Cassette

Companding

In telecommunication and signal processing, companding (occasionally called compansion) is a method of mitigating the detrimental effects of a channel with limited dynamic range.

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Cowboy Bebop

is a Japanese neo-noir space Western anime television series which aired on TV Tokyo and Wowow from 1998 to 1999.

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Crosstalk

In electronics, crosstalk is a phenomenon by which a signal transmitted on one circuit or channel of a transmission system creates an undesired effect in another circuit or channel.

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David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.

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David K. Backus

David King "Dave" Backus (April 1953 – June 12, 2016) by Tom Cooley was an American economist, specializing in financial economics and international macroeconomics.

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Digital audio

Digital audio is a representation of sound recorded in, or converted into, digital form.

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Digital master

A digital master is an image, PDF file, digital recording or another digital asset preserved as the "original" for the purpose of archival storage, reuse and re-expression.

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Digital recording

In digital recording, an audio or video signal is converted into a stream of discrete numbers representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, or chroma and luminance values for video.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. Betamax and DVD are home video and Japanese inventions.

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Dynamic range

Dynamic range (abbreviated DR, DNR, or DYR) is the ratio between the largest and smallest values that a certain quantity can assume.

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Economies of scale

In microeconomics, economies of scale are the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, and are typically measured by the amount of output produced per unit of time.

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Electronic news gathering

Electronic news gathering (ENG) or electronic journalism (EJ) is usage of electronic video and audio technologies by reporters to gather and present news instead of using film cameras.

See Betamax and Electronic news gathering

Flea market

A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (second-hand) goods.

See Betamax and Flea market

Flutter (electronics and communication)

In electronics and communication, flutter is the rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

See Betamax and Flutter (electronics and communication)

Fullscreen (aspect ratio)

Fullscreen (or full screen) refers to the 4:3 (1.:1) aspect ratio of early standard television screens and computer monitors.

See Betamax and Fullscreen (aspect ratio)

Funai

is a Japanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Daitō, Osaka. Apart from producing its own branded electronic products, it is also an OEM providing assembled televisions and video players/recorders to major corporations such as Sharp, Toshiba, Denon, and others. Funai supplies inkjet printer hardware technology to Dell and Lexmark, and produces printers under the Kodak name.

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Helical scan

Helical scan is a method of recording high-frequency signals on magnetic tape, used in open-reel video tape recorders, video cassette recorders, digital audio tape recorders, and some computer tape drives. Betamax and Helical scan are Japanese inventions.

See Betamax and Helical scan

Hitachi

() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

See Betamax and Hitachi

Home movie

A home movie is a short amateur film or video typically made just to preserve a visual record of family activities, a vacation, or a special event, and intended for viewing at home by family and friends.

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Home video

Home video is recorded media sold or rented for home viewing.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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JVC

JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood.

See Betamax and JVC

Letterboxing (filming)

Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio.

See Betamax and Letterboxing (filming)

List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes

Magnetic tape cartridge and magnetic tape cassette both refer to a small plastic unit containing a length of magnetic tape on at least one reel.

See Betamax and List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes

List of Philippine-based music groups

This is a list of notable Philippine-based choirs, orchestras and musical bands.

See Betamax and List of Philippine-based music groups

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

See Betamax and Los Angeles Times

Luma (video)

In video, luma (Y') represents the brightness in an image (the "black-and-white" or achromatic portion of the image).

See Betamax and Luma (video)

Magnetic tape

Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film.

See Betamax and Magnetic tape

Marketing

Marketing is the act of satisfying and retaining customers.

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MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.

MGM Studios, Inc.

See Betamax and MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.

Micrometre

The micrometre (Commonwealth English) as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling (SI standard prefix "micro-".

See Betamax and Micrometre

Moviola

A Moviola is a device that allows a film editor to view a film while editing.

See Betamax and Moviola

MP3

MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany under the lead of Karlheinz Brandenburg, with support from other digital scientists in other countries.

See Betamax and MP3

Multi-standard television

Multi-standard television sets were made for use in the television industry, so that one TV set or monitor could show video content from other television systems.

See Betamax and Multi-standard television

Murphy Radio

Murphy Radio was a British manufacturer of radios and televisions based in Welwyn Garden City, England.

See Betamax and Murphy Radio

NEC

is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

See Betamax and NEC

NTSC

NTSC (from National Television Standards Committee) is the first American standard for analog television, published in 1941.

See Betamax and NTSC

Online shopping

Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser or a mobile app.

See Betamax and Online shopping

PAL

Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analog television.

See Betamax and PAL

PCM adaptor

A PCM adaptor is a device that encodes digital audio as video for recording on a videocassette recorder. Betamax and PCM adaptor are Japanese inventions.

See Betamax and PCM adaptor

Peep Search (or BetaSkipScan) is feature available on many videocassette recorders and most camcorders, whereby the unit can show you what is on the tape during rewind and fast forward operations.

See Betamax and Peep search

Peer-to-peer

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

See Betamax and Philippines

Pioneer Corporation

, commonly referred to as Pioneer, is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Tokyo, that specializes in digital entertainment products.

See Betamax and Pioneer Corporation

Pulse-code modulation

Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent analog signals.

See Betamax and Pulse-code modulation

RadioShack

RadioShack (formerly written as Radio Shack) is an American electronics retailer which was established in 1921 as an amateur radio mail-order business.

See Betamax and RadioShack

S Marks the Spot

Marks the Spot is the fifth studio album by Filipino alternative rock band Sandwich released in 2008.

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Sandwich (band)

Sandwich (stylized as <S>andwich in earlier releases) is a Filipino alternative rock band from the Philippines formed by Raymund Marasigan and Diego Castillo.

See Betamax and Sandwich (band)

Sanyo

is a Japanese electronics manufacturer founded in 1947 by Toshio Iue, the brother-in-law of Kōnosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial, now known as Panasonic.

See Betamax and Sanyo

Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago.

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SECAM

SECAM, also written SÉCAM (Séquentiel de couleur à mémoire, French for color sequential with memory), is an analog color television system that was used in France, Russia and some other countries or territories of Europe and Africa.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

Sony Corp.

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Super 8 film

Super 8 mm film is a motion-picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement over the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Tagalog language

Tagalog (Baybayin) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

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Technicolor

Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.

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Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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The Idiot's Lantern

"The Idiot's Lantern" is the seventh episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 27 May 2006 on BBC One.

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Toshiba

is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Trinitron

Trinitron was Sony's brand name for its line of aperture-grille-based CRTs used in television sets and computer monitors, one of the first television systems to enter the market since the 1950s. Betamax and Trinitron are Japanese inventions and Sony products.

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U-matic

U-matic or -inch Type E Helical Scan or SMPTE E is an analogue recording videocassette format first shown by Sony in prototype in October 1969, and introduced to the market in September 1971. Betamax and u-matic are Discontinued media formats, Sony products and videocassette formats.

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University of the Philippines Diliman

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD; Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman), also referred to as UP Diliman or simply University of the Philippines (UP), is a public, coeducational, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

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VHS

The VHS (Video Home System) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC). Betamax and VHS are Discontinued media formats, home video, Japanese inventions, videocassette formats and videotape.

See Betamax and VHS

VHS-C

VHS-C is the compact variant of the VHS videocassette format, introduced by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in 1982, and used primarily for consumer-grade compact analog recording camcorders. Betamax and VHS-C are Japanese inventions, videocassette formats and videotape.

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Video

Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media.

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Videocassette recorder

A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other AV sources and can play back the recording after rewinding. Betamax and videocassette recorder are Japanese inventions and videotape.

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Videodrome

Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and Debbie Harry.

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Videotape

Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition. Betamax and Videotape are home video.

See Betamax and Videotape

Videotape format war

The videotape format war was a period of competition or "format war" of incompatible models of consumer-level analog video videocassette and video cassette recorders (VCR) in the late 1970s and the 1980s, mainly involving the Betamax and Video Home System (VHS) formats. Betamax and videotape format war are videotape.

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WEGA

WEGA was a German audio and video manufacturer, manufacturing some of Germany's earliest radio receivers. Betamax and WEGA are Sony products.

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Wow (recording)

Wow is a relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) that can affect gramophone records and tape recorders.

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Zenith Electronics

Zenith Electronics, LLC, is an American research and development company that develops ATSC and digital rights management technologies.

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525 lines

525-line (or EIA 525/60) is an American standard-definition television resolution used since July 1, 1941, mainly in the context of analog TV broadcast systems.

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625 lines

625-line (or CCIR 625/50) is a late 1940s European analog standard-definition television resolution standard.

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8 mm video format

The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats. Betamax and 8 mm video format are videocassette formats and videotape.

See Betamax and 8 mm video format

See also

Audiovisual introductions in 1975

Home video

Products and services discontinued in 2016

Products introduced in 1975

Videocassette formats

Videotape

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax

Also known as Beta (video format), Beta Max, Beta vcr, Beta videocassette recorder, Beta-Max, Betamax Digital Audio, Betamax tapes, Betamaxed, ED Beta, ED-Beta, EDBeta, Sony Betamax, Super Beta, Super Betamax, SuperBeta, SuperBetamax.

, Online shopping, PAL, PCM adaptor, Peep search, Peer-to-peer, Philippines, Pioneer Corporation, Pulse-code modulation, RadioShack, S Marks the Spot, Sandwich (band), Sanyo, Sears, SECAM, Sony, Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., Super 8 film, Supreme Court of the United States, Tagalog language, Technicolor, Tenth Doctor, The Idiot's Lantern, Toshiba, Trinitron, U-matic, University of the Philippines Diliman, VHS, VHS-C, Video, Videocassette recorder, Videodrome, Videotape, Videotape format war, WEGA, Wow (recording), Zenith Electronics, 525 lines, 625 lines, 8 mm video format.