The Betamax was a "parasitical" device, said the MPAA's famous president, Jack Valenti. Courts shouldn't "intrude in the home," he said even as he argued that content owners deserved some ...

Sony Corp.’s Betamax videorecorder long ago vanished from store shelves, but its spirit lives on in Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod. And TiVo Inc.’s personal videorecorder. And Archos’ portable ...

Old video formats like Betamax hold lots of memories but are hard to watch today because the players are rare and outdated. A Betamax converter is a device that helps transfer or play Betamax tapes on ...

Betamax sales hit their peak in 1984, when 2.3 million recorders were sold, the Associated Press reported. But its rivals already were dominating the market, ...

Reporter: You might have heard. Betamax finally bit the dust. Reader: Betamax, the video format? You must be kidding? I thought Betamax packed it in eons ago, along with Rubik’s Cube and Billy Idol.

Betamax sales hit their peak in 1984, when 2.3 million recorders were sold, according to a report by the Associated Press. But its rivals already were dominating the market, ...

The Betamax loyalists, if there are any left, will have to scoop up whatever they can find before Sony officially makes the tapes vanish forever. The company is still shipping EL-500B, ...

Betamax Robert Siegel speaks with Jon Healey, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, about Sony's decision to cease production of Betamax. Sony announced yesterday that it would stop making the ...

Betamax Lost the Format War, Xbox Lost the Console War . Which brings me to the Betamax comparison. In case you didn't know, Betamax (a Sony format, ha!) was ...

However, the situation is reminiscent of how Betamax was a superior VCR compared to VHS. Ultimately, it didn’t matter because the public overwhelmingly chose VHS for various reasons, ...