Betamax was introduced around 1975-76, but it was a high end oddity. We got our first VCR in 1985, I recall it was a Phillips 850, and I only remember the model number because it was also the PRICE.
"Betamax was introduced around 1975-76, but it was a high end oddity. We got our first VCR in 1985, I recall it was a Phillips 850, and I only remember the model number because it was also the PRICE."
Yep. I saw a Beta machine in a museum that was dated 1978 and it was an "updated" model. The technology for videotape had been around since the 1950s but it was in the hands of broadcasters until the 1970s when the cost came within the reach of consumers (high-end consumers, at first).