The Betamax was a "parasitical" device, said the MPAA's famous president, Jack Valenti. Courts shouldn't "intrude in the home," he said even as he argued that content owners deserved some ...

Sony Corp.’s Betamax videorecorder long ago vanished from store shelves, but its spirit lives on in Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod. And TiVo Inc.’s personal videorecorder. And Archos’ portable ...

Reporter: You might have heard. Betamax finally bit the dust. Reader: Betamax, the video format? You must be kidding? I thought Betamax packed it in eons ago, along with Rubik’s Cube and Billy Idol.

Betamax Robert Siegel speaks with Jon Healey, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, about Sony's decision to cease production of Betamax. Sony announced yesterday that it would stop making the ...

Betamax sales hit their peak in 1984, when 2.3 million recorders were sold, the Associated Press reported. But its rivals already were dominating the market, ...

The Betamax loyalists, if there are any left, will have to scoop up whatever they can find before Sony officially makes the tapes vanish forever. The company is still shipping EL-500B, ...

Betamax Lost the Format War, Xbox Lost the Console War . Which brings me to the Betamax comparison. In case you didn't know, Betamax (a Sony format, ha!) was ...

Betamax sales hit their peak in 1984, when 2.3 million recorders were sold, according to a report by the Associated Press. But its rivals already were dominating the market, ...