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 ...
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Back home, I fired up the Betamax player - my parents were never ... technically elegant, art-house movie - a cinematic masterpiece. Indeed, there’s little blood in the entire 83 minutes.
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Greenbelt’s 20th Utopia Film Festival kicks off Saturday, October 19 and runs through Monday, October 21 with 40 independent ...
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 ...
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.
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VHS was the first medium, with a brief, unsuccessful experiment into Betamax. Norm’s skipped the LaserDisc and Blu-ray fads. The transition to DVDs was slow and organic. “We just floated from ...