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Betamax, n.|ˈbiːtəmæks|
[f. Jap. beta(-beta all over + -max, abbrev. of maximum n., after the condensed format in which the signal is recorded. The formation was app. influenced by beta n. (Jap. beta).]
A proprietary name for the videocassette format also known as Beta (*beta n. 4).
1975Pop. Photogr. Aug. 208/3 But Sony..won't give up: its new Betamax ½ in. cassette system uses tape very sparingly. 1975Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 2 Sept. tm21 Sony Corporation... Filed Oct. 29, 1974. Betamax for magnetic video recorders and/or reproducers and magnetic media therefor... First use Oct. 9, 1974. 1975Newsweek 8 Dec. 57/2 Sony's Betamax video recorder unit will allow viewers to tape a show on one channel while watching another and, thanks to a digital timing device, to record programs while away from home. 1977Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Jan. 95/2 Betamax..Electrical and electronic apparatus..tapes for recording and reproducing visual and/or aural signals; and reels and cassettes... Sony Kabushiki Kaisha (Sony Corporation). |