They did, and it was a somewhat better visual technology compared to VHS. VHS won for the simple fact that a standard VHS cassette was 2 hours of record time on standard play, compared to Beta's 60 minutes (later 90 and 100 minutes.)
The format ran until 2015, however, so it wasn't a complete failure, and found a lot of success replacing U-Matic stuff in news and other broadcast media.
They did, and it was a somewhat better visual technology compared to VHS. VHS won for the simple fact that a standard VHS cassette was 2 hours of record time on standard play, compared to Beta's 60 minutes (later 90 and 100 minutes.)
The format ran until 2015, however, so it wasn't a complete failure, and found a lot of success replacing U-Matic stuff in news and other broadcast media.
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