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** 1975 - Sony invented the Beta format. |
** 1975 - Sony invented the Beta format. |
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** 1977 - JVC invented the VHS format. |
** 1977 - JVC invented the VHS format. |
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** 1987 - An improved version of the VHS format was developed by JVC, called S-VHS. In the meantime, the VHS format has won the war that it once had with the Beta format. As a result, VHS gained more popularity than Beta did. |
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** 1988 - Sony began producing VHS players/recorders. |
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* The last companies to provide tape stocks for the industry were a soda and chemical manufacturing company named BASF, doing business as Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, and a battery company named Maxell. |
* The last companies to provide tape stocks for the industry were a soda and chemical manufacturing company named BASF, doing business as Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, and a battery company named Maxell. |