2023-05-09

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This discussion is long-overdue.

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Looking for more info on the format war? Check out this playlist (there's other goodies in it, too!)

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What about the whole television saga?

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00:00 Intro

02:58 A closer look

04:50 The Beta / VHS Format War

11:33 Picture Quality Comparison

15:15 Home Video

17:41 What Betacam Is

21:52 Why videotape is usually pretty bad

25:57 More heads is more better

27:20 Three signals with two heads?

31:15 The tape moves really fast - this is a problem

32:40 Sony's ridiculous solution

34:28 Using the machine

37:31 Betacam's competition

39:42 bloops