Betamax
Betamax (also called Beta, and referred to as such in the logo) is a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format developed by Sony, released in Japan on May 10, 1975. The first Betamax introduced in America was the LV-1901 console, which included a 19" color monitor, and appeared in stores in early November, 1975. The cassettes contain .50 in (12.7 mm)-wide videotape in a design similar to the earlier, professional .75 in (19 mm) wide, U-matic format. The format is obsolete, having lost the videotape format war to VHS. Betamax recorders ceased production in 2002, but the format's cassette tapes remain available until March 2016, when Sony will discontinue them.
Like the rival videotape format VHS (introduced in Japan by JVC in October 1976 and in the United States by RCA in August 1977), Betamax had no guard band and used azimuth recording to reduce crosstalk. According to Sony's own history webpages, the name came from a double meaning: beta being the Japanese word used to describe the way signals were recorded onto the tape, and from the fact that when the tape ran through the transport, it looked like the Greek letter beta (β). The suffix -max, from the word "maximum", was added to suggest greatness. In 1977, Sony came out with the first long play Betamax VCR, the SL-8200. This VCR had two recording speeds: normal, and the newer half speed. This provided two hours recording time on the L-500 Beta videocassette. The SL-8200 was to compete against the VHS VCRs which had 2 or 4 hours of recording time.
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ALBUMS
- Friccion released: 2014
- Disco Dracula released: 2012
- If We Never Get There at All released: 2011
- Lounge Electrique 3: The Tone Defeat Session released: 2002
- Two Hundred and Forty Volts released: 2000
- Sound of Garden, Volume 2 released:
If We Never Get There at All
Released 2011- Going to Buffalo
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- Going to Tennessee
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- Going to Malibu
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- Going to Reykjavik
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- Going to Palestine
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Sound of Garden, Volume 2
- The Mambo Craze (Ur Craze remix radio) (feat. Pat Appleton)
- Yusef
- Dancing Nuts (original Jazz Rockers remix)
- Sexy & Blue
- Beach Tempo
- No Way
- Fsck Amen
- Highland Bossanova
- I See the Morning in Yor Eyes (Strauss remix)
- Uriella
- Volume
- Romantica (live)
- I Don't Know
- Tombo in 7/4
- Contine
- Rhythmic Haze (Humble Munk's Jazzunk remix)
- L'Éminent Méconnu
- Proud to Be There
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ALBUMS
- Versão Beta released: 2011
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Wala pa ring cd o dvd
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Natutong mag gitara
Sinifra ang mga kanta
Sa cassettte at plaka
Mula sa himig ni Pepe Smith
Mag blues si Wally Gonzales
Lumaki sa layaw ni Mike Hanopol
Bumalik ang kwago ni Bosyo
Kamusta mula sa Maria Cafra
Umistambay si Heber
Sa bahay ni Gary Granada
Nagbago ang lumad ni Joey Ayala
Nagreklamo si Chikoy Pura
Sa balita ng Asin
Ang anak ni ka Freddie
Kinontra ni Edu Abraham
Dumibidoo ang Apo Hiking
Mga kababayan ni Francis M
Beh buti nga sa Hotdog
Nosibalasi Sampaguita
Wala pa nung MYX wala pa nung MTV
Wala pa nung internet
Wala pa nung ipod o mp3
Wala pa nung cable
Wala pa nung cellphone
Wala pa ring cd o dvd
Meron lang Betamax
Sa jingle magazine
Natutong mag gitara
Sinifra ang mga kanta
Sa cassettte at plaka
Ipagpatuloy ang daloy ng alon
Ipagpatuloy ang daloy ng alon
Ipagpatuloy ang daloy ng alon
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Padayon
Baby baby Rico J
Musikahan ni Ryan Ryan
Umiskul bukol kay Tito Vic and Joey
Sumayaw sa VST
Humataw kay Gary V
Bumilad sa ballad ni Martin Nievera
Request sa dj ni Sharon Cuneta
Nangako sayo si Rey Valera
Salamat sa the Dawn
Ang tatay ko, si Jack Sikat
Disyembre ni Binky Lampano
Nangarap ang Identity crisis
Wag kalimutan ang Wuds
Namatay sa ingay ng Dead Ends
Never meant to be Betrayed
Sa XB, NU at Club Dredd
Wala pa nung MYX wala pa nung MTV
Wala pa nung internet
Wala pa nung ipod o mp3
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Wala pa nung cable
Wala pa nung cellphone
Wala pa ring cd o dvd
Meron lang Betamax
Sa jingle magazine
Natutong mag gitara
Sinifra ang mga kanta
Sa cassettte at plaka
Ipagpatuloy ang daloy ng alon
Ipagpatuloy ang daloy ng alon
Ipagpatuloy ang daloy ng alon
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Padayon
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