Word: beta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Beta's Success...
...your story "Max Troubles for Betamax [Jan. 16], you stated that NEC was no longer planning to build Beta VCR equipment. On the contrary, NEC has only recently entered the VCR market in the U.S. and has been highly successful with its initial Beta product, with new models scheduled for introduction in 1984. NEC is also adding VHS to its VCR line as part of its policy of offering the broadest possible product selection...
...reporting on the troubles that Japan's Sony Corp. is encountering, TIME stated that companies such as Toshiba and NEC have abandoned Sony's Beta videotape sys tem in favor of the VHS method developed by Sony's archrival Matsushita. This is not true. Toshiba and NEC are continuing to offer the Beta format to their customers. TIME regrets the error...
Still more tantalizing, the lightning was detected above two mountainous regions called Beta and Atla, which sit astride the Venusian equator. These areas appear to be supported by younger, denser rock, a characteristic of terrestrial volcanoes. (Intriguingly, this was deduced from precise tracking of the spacecraft...
Lest the consumer and our dealers be led astray, may I correct the statement in your story "Max Troubles for Betamax" [Jan. 16] that indicates Toshiba has abandoned Beta? On the contrary, Beta is still being sold by Toshiba in both the U.S. and Japan. With the advent of Beta hi-fi and Beta movies, Toshiba's business in this videotape system is booming...