Yeah, let's stick with obsolete (JPEG) formats, so no one needs to improve their loaders (very hard), and people can continue to use that funny video editor that came with some old version of Windows without converters (very evil, Irfanview does not have the same meme potential as WinRAR).

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

betacam was better than vhs, and was used in the broadcasting industry. It was better than vhs.

Betamax, which is the one you're talking about, is not the same format, and actually equal to or slightly inferior to vhs.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I know what Betamax is.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s not actually true. Technology connections made a few videos about it.

Beta bs VHS: https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY

The broadcasting Beta format was basically a whole different format compared to that you could get at home. Completely unrelated.

Studio Beta https://youtu.be/hGVVAQVdEOs

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

isn't that exactly what i said? Betacam (studio) vs betamax (consumer)