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In Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, Colin Stirling operates a time machine. It's housed inside a basement bunker and powered by videotapes. For the last 13 years, Stirling has been posting videos ...

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After 40 years, Sony is waving the white flag on Betamax. The technology giant announced on Tuesday that next March they will discontinue the video cassette format that lost the home video battle with ...

Yesterday, Sony announced that it would cease manufacturing Betamax tapes and close the last remaining factories in March 2016. The news came as a shock to the technology world, mostly because ...

In 1975, Sony introduced Betamax, a revolutionary concept into the home entertainment market. Betamax was the first consumer-friendly, simple and affordable technology that allowed consumers to record ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. TOKYO, Japan - Sony announced on Tuesday the company will stop making Betamax video tapes, ending the storied ...

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 ...