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After 40 Years, Sony Will Stop Producing BetaMax Tapes in March

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday January 19 2016, @02:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-is-this-still-a-thing??? dept.

From WTOP news: http://wtop.com/money/2016/01/happy-birthday-video-betamax-is-still-a-thing/

After 40 years, Sony will end production of BetaMax tapes in March.

"Sony introduced the consumer-friendly Betamax recorder, a suitcase-sized machine that recorded up to two hours of video on a cassette tape off of broadcast or cable signals, in 1975. And that ushered in era of the VCR. (That stands for video cassette recorder, millennials.)"

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  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Tuesday January 19 2016, @10:05AM

    by isostatic (365) on Tuesday January 19 2016, @10:05AM (#291484) Journal

    Interesting. I'm sure that growing up there was no such thing as "Millennial".

    I base generations on how you got your first porn, so the last 4 generations birthdates would be

    * Broadband (1990-2000)
    * Dialup (1980-1990)
    * VHS (1970-1980)
    * Playboy (pre-1970)

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by dyingtolive on Tuesday January 19 2016, @10:11AM

    by dyingtolive (952) on Tuesday January 19 2016, @10:11AM (#291485)

    Mine was probably a friend's Playboay's he swiped from his dad. Second was my dad's copy of Behind The Green Door (indicidentally on VHS) I swiped from the bedroom.

    I mean, I knew how to actually use the features of the VHS, but I guess they knew how to shove shit into the slot enough to get shit done. All things considered, logically, I wouldn't exist otherwise.

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    • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Tuesday January 19 2016, @10:12AM

      by dyingtolive (952) on Tuesday January 19 2016, @10:12AM (#291487)

      Wow. I swear I can spell when it's not 4 am and I'm drunk.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday January 19 2016, @02:35PM

    by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 19 2016, @02:35PM (#291551) Journal

    *Sheep (pre-Playboy)

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