What VHS couldn't do, digital did. Sony's Betamax video tape recorder, which famously lost the 1980s video format war but held on for decades as a niche product, will finally be laid to rest after ...

Sony launched their Betamax video recorders 40 years ago back in 1975. The company stopped selling their recorders back in 2002, although you can still buy the cassettes in Japan. Now, Sony has ...

WASHINGTON — Long before Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV and Amazon Prime, and long before DVD players (do you still have one?), there was videotape. The first consumer version of videotape hit the market 50 ...

Remember a few years ago when Blu-ray battled HD-DVD in the high-def DVD format war? Sony and Blu-ray ultimately won out, but there was a time when the electronics giant wasn’t as successful in ...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When the U.S. Supreme Court hears a one-hour oral argument in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, it will not be the first time the court’s nine justices will have the final ...

In the spring of 1978, the program guide published by a Los Angeles public television station contained more than just schedules; it told viewers when they could watch its programs—and what they were ...

Sony will stop producing Betamax video cassette tapes in March 2016, the conglomerate said in a statement on its website Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

TOKYO—Sony is ending end the shipment of Beta video cassette and micro cassette MV tape in March, 2016. The electronics vendor made the announcement at its Japan Press Center. Beta magnetic tape is at ...

Many readers are old enough to recall when catching a movie at home meant waiting for it to show up on network television. Miss an airing and you had to wait until it was scheduled again. Same with TV ...

The slow decline of Betamax for the domestic market began in the mid-1980s. JVC had granted countless licenses for VHS and the recorders were becoming cheaper and cheaper. And since Sony had ...