New Delhi: The first home video recorder by Sony has been officially put to rest by the company which announced today that it will no longer sell its cassettes.
Over 40 years ago, on May 10, 1975, Sony launched its revolutionary product, The Next Thing: Betamax, which was the first home video recorder to hit the market at its time of launch. The recorder used tapes that recorded one-hour programs and could be reused again and again.
The company announced that by March 2016, it will end the shipment of beta video cassette and micro cassette MV, the Betamax-compatible tapes.
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While Sony’s Betamax was seen revolutionary back then, it soon fizzled out owing to JVC’s launch of the VHS format that offered more storage on its lighter device at a lower price. Putting it to end seems fair in today’s world of online streaming.
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