9.9K views · 153 reactions | Developed by Sony, and released in Japan on May 10, 1975, Betamax is a consumer-level analog-recording video cassette recorder. The first Betamax device introduced in the United States, with a price tag of $2,495, was the Sony Betamax LV-1901 Console, which included a 19" Sony Trinitron TV with an SL-6200 X-1 Betamax recorder housed in a teak-wood cabinet, first appearing in stores in early November 1975. | Killer Cosmonaut | Facebook

1975 kam der Betamax-Videorekorder auf den Markt. Dieser war gut bedienbar, sah schick aus und versprach eine exzellente Bildqualität. Mit Betamax hätte Sony den Markt der Videorekorder für den Heimgebrauch erobern können. Doch Betamax floppte. Woran hat das gelegen? #flop #productfail #fails #produktflop #sony #betamax #vhs | Business Insider Deutschland