The skirmish between Betamax and Video Home System (VHS) began brewing in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until commercial videotape players became affordable to the general public that the war erupted.

LazerDisc and Betamax might have won a few battles ... Featuring the typical wraparound MCA watermarks and iconic cover art, ...

I doubt many record labels were clamoring to do live tapes or live Betamax. It would’ve been a loss of money. Well, perhaps.

By Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg Sotheby’s opened a new salesroom and international collectors are arriving for the inaugural Art Basel Paris fair. But visiting is one thing; buying is another.

In 1975, Sony introduced Betamax, the first popular home videotape recording system. Matsushita subsidiary JVC followed with VHS a year later. Betamax and VHS used different cassettes and ...

Though the current state of the art is a lot more advanced ... That changed with the 1975 launch of Sony's Betamax format and JVC's VHS following in 1976, which finally brought video cassette ...

Now, the looming Roman sculpture is finally back on display Julia Binswanger An exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens explores how Western intellectuals viewed the ...

The College of Art and Design is RIT’s creative hub where art, design, and technology intersect. From centuries-old and contemporary methods of producing fine art to the latest in digital media, we ...

Today, Islamic art is still being carved into the landscape of AlUla. In 2022, Desert X AlUla brought together acclaimed international artists to create monumental works amid the red sandstone ...

The old adage that you’ll make a fortune by developing a better mouse trap is not super realistic, as the engineers behind Sony’s Betamax video tape standard could tell you. However ...

Traumatized people who have difficulty explaining their feelings in words often work with an art therapist, who can help them express and process their emotions in a visual way. Art therapy is a ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...