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RIP, Betamax: No Happy Ending for First Consumer Videocassette Format

Japanese electronics manufacturing firm Sony made official a marketplace decision rendered nearly thirty years ago: By March 2016 (if not sooner), Sony will stop manufacturing all Betamax video cassettes. The news marks the end of a 40-year run for a video-recording format once hailed as a market leader in picture quality (so much so, in…