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VHS vs. Betamax
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VHS vs. Betamax
Presented by Shelby Witzer
For T.E.D.
What are they?
- The first ways to record TV at home
- Betamax was released in 1975
- VHS was released in 1976
- JVC created VHS and a smaller VHS-C with an adapter
- Advertized by showing special things they had
- Clock
- Record one chanel when seeing another
- Making it look easy
GOALS
VHS
Betamax
GOALS
- Small as an audio cassette tape
- Must be easy to carry
- Must include a CCD (Charged-Coupled Device)
- Must work with an ordinary TV set
- At least two hours of recording capacity
- Inexpensive
- Parts must be interchangeable
Who would want it?
- People who were not home all day
- Rereuns would show a month later
- Could watch at any time
- Betamax had better quality
- Everyone wanted to record shows they would miss
Who would want it?
Economic Events
- Just before the beginning of production, in 1973-1975 there was an economic depression. Money was low and people couldn't afford these types of luxuries.
- From 1983-1989 there was an economic boom where electronics were increasingly popular.
- Near the end of production, the Great Recession caused people to lose their jobs and they didn’t have much money for luxuries anymore.
VHS
- The VHS outlasted the Betamax - The VHS lasted almost forty one years, stopping production of any more casette tapes in June, 2016.
Sucsess
Betamax
- Betamax reached fourty years of production
- Stopped making any more casette tapes in 2015.
- Had a better picture quality, though it had shorter recording time and a higher price.