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Originally Posted by ARC Tech-109
Because it was Sony and they do what they want. Betamax was their own and not subject to outsiders or their input.
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Sony kept BI on SuperBeta, didn't it? Also, Super Hi-Band Beta had BIs speed - what is that, even faster speed?
EDIT: Found in "THE RISE AND FALL OF BETA": "To court the videophile, Sony brought back the BI speed to the consumer format, adding SuperBeta and christening it BI-S." So, the same thing.
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Originally Posted by ARC Tech-109
Sony did however rule the broadcast video world with the Betacam format and that outlived VHS by a decade. The Panasonic MII format video quality was superior to BetacamSP but it never gained the popularity despite being embraced by the ITV, NBC, some PBS and NHK for a time.
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I've made a video on the topic:
The format war that Beta has won.