Sony announced on Tuesday the company will stop making Betamax video tapes, ending the storied four-decade history of the product that had been ousted years ago by the more popular VHS format."Sony ...

TOKYO, Nov. 10 (UPI) --Sony announced it will cease sales of Betamax video cassettes by March 2016. The format, launched in 1975, lost a format war to competitor JVC's VHS format. VHS eventually ...

Last remaining VHS VCR producer will cease manufacturing recorders at the end of this month, bringing the 40-year-long analogue videotape era to an end The 40-year-war between Betamax and VHS is ...

Sony will stop producing Betamax video cassette tapes in March 2016, the conglomerate said in a statement on its website Tuesday. The company introduced the Betamax format in 1975, a year before rival ...

Sony has decided to stop producing new Betamax tapes by March 2016, the Guardianreports. This is not surprising. What is surprising is that it took them this long to decide to discontinue the tapes.

Sony president and CEO Kazuo Hirai speaks at the Consumer Electronics Show with ... a Betamax player behind him. The company introduced the technology in 1975, stopped manufacturing players in 2002 ...

The death of Sony 's long-standing Betamax format was confirmed today as the Japanese company announced in a statement it would cease production next year. The Betamax format went head-to-head with ...

One of the first format wars is officially over, and Sony is waving the white flag. Sony announced through its Japan press center that it will cease production of Betamax tapes in March 2016 — just 32 ...

It’s one of the longest-running ‘format wars’ in history – but Sony has finally called it a day for its Betamax video tape format. The last Betamax tape will roll off the production line in March 2016 ...

After more than forty years, Sony has revealed it will cease production of Betamax tapes in 2016 - but this other tech is still going strong Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by ...