• danielton@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    TV stations used it…

    Nope, that was a different (but sorta related) format called Betacam.

    Betamax might have had a better picture quality than VHS at the original Beta I speed, but Betamax recorders as old as 1979 discontinued that speed because 60 minutes was just not enough, so VHS at SP speed looked the same or better.