My uncle still has my grandfather's Hi-Fi Betamax that he bought in '85. As old as it is, it just looks high-tech. It has the left and right audio signal strength meters, and pretty much every feature a VCR had up through the last 24 years.
"this is the best birthday i've ever had" LOL my primary school had a betamax player. i have no idea why, they were still using it in like the year 2000 when i was about 10.
The novelty of this is long gone. Now that everyone and their dog has a video camera, try pullling out a family video for "everyone to see" and they all give you glazed, horrified looks and quickly start making excuses to leave.
In 1979 and 1980, I think VHS had over 70 to 75% market share. Even though Betamax still had some market power, the format war was essentially over at that time, with VHS being the winner.
Plus I'm sure that you can find out more of the whole Betamax/VHS story online if you search. The television/film industry still utilize a form of the Betamax format as well.
"That was the best birthday I ever had!" Until she turned 94, she was received a Blu-ray Recorder! But wait! There's no such thing as a Blu-ray recorder, unless if it's a BD-R drive on a Sony Vaio! Way to go, Sony! Rendering happiness through expensive and overpriced bells and whistles.
1:05 "So tell me what you want what you really really want. I'll tell you what I want what I really really want." Ha ha, Spice Girls have got some answering to do, cause I think they made their songs based off of old commercials. LOL, or at least, that is what popped into my head when the narrator started rapping.
@ducklandwikeno Sony's "Betamax" format was first introduced in 1975 in the form of a massive Trinitron TV/VCR combo, it's promo can be found right here on UA-cam. Phillips's "VCR" format was released in 1972 & Matshashuita's "VHS" format dawned in 1977.
I get the feeling that this was being pitched as an alternative to the reel-to-reel projector for your silent eight-millimeter home movies. Taping TV shows wasn’t even considered.
south park did not bring me here, i'm here because i love the classic cheese in these older commercials, and I am genuinely interested in beta... but i do wonder wthell this has to do with south park! haha
And just to add, outdoor recording wasn't an option until a few years later when they came out with a model that would operate with a very large battery.
I have 10 beta systems. in good working order with 337 cassettes. I thought they would be worth someting but they don't go for much money. you can still get hold of them pretty easy. It seems to be the cassettes that are harder to get hold of..
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing... how did he edit in that last shot of Grandma blowing out the candles (WITH voice-over narration!) into his other tape of clips in less than 35 seconds?? Wow, Betamax must have been pretty advanced! Damn VHS... ;)
@cruzerdoozer12 Half the people in the commercial were kids the same age I was back then. So those kids are most likely very much alive & in their 40s. The grandma is easily gone
Think network television is a little boring? At the time The Dukes of Hazzard was a new show, who would want to watch that with it's car chases, ramping and crashing plus Daisy Dukes sexiness. YAWN Give me a juggling grampa anyday!
Well, you didn't really have a camcorder in 1979. You had a fairly good sized video camera that would sit on a Tri-pod. It had a light on it, room light wasn't enough. It had basic zoom features. And a cord went from it to a video tape recorder. Back then, you had the tape recorder in one box and an over the air tuner in a similar sized box. They sat beside each other with the tv. When you went to record, you only took the tape recorder box and the camera.
There's a whole long story as to why Beta fizzled out and VHS prospered, alot had to do with licensing, wider spread availability and affordability of VHS over Beta by the mid 80s. Plus people tended to go for the VHS longer tape format. Many will still argue that the Beta format was superior in sound & picture quality. I have Beta tapes from the 1970s that still play and look decent, but I have VHS tapes that arent as old but worn out.
Wait a minute, Grandma Dillon's cake is shaped like a 70s Betamax deck. And she's 102 now, gee if she is still alive she might be mistaken for an incinerated corpse, judging by how she looked at 63.
I have that same Betamax. The tuner's audio likes to not work and it weighs 40 pounds and is going to crush the Entertainment centre from under it but it still looks cool.
not exactly. VHS was the competitor to Betamax. Funnily enough, the porn industry was a huge deciding factor in the world moving to VHS since the porn industry started using it first
63rd birthday? wow people looked way older back then
Sixty-three, with about nine zeroes added.
Amazing... the video he showed already included cut footage that he recorded just a few seconds ago. What a remarkable technology!
rip grandma
18 years old.. I remember watching this life changing commercial brought initial success.
i will get this for my grandmas birthday
My uncle still has my grandfather's Hi-Fi Betamax that he bought in '85. As old as it is, it just looks high-tech. It has the left and right audio signal strength meters, and pretty much every feature a VCR had up through the last 24 years.
nice, but does it work all the time?
@@jsplinc2000 My uncle doesn’t have it anymore, says it broke a long time ago. He thinks the belts, maybe?
Back when the world was beautiful and didnt have pandemic 😢
oh...gotta love these commercials...back in the day when SONY name meant something
"this is the best birthday i've ever had" LOL
my primary school had a betamax player. i have no idea why, they were still using it in like the year 2000 when i was about 10.
I think this was intended to be shown in theaters. It was on a reel of unidentified film i bought off ebay along with some old trailers.
I had a Betamax in perfect condition, with the box, manuals and everything, worth $1,000. Wish I still had it. :(
You know what I liked best about the Beta? It had a remote control that you had to plug into the machine.
Ours had a corded remote control with only a few simple buttons and not 99 zillion like those today
My dad bought one of these with the camera. The player was so heavy it took 2 people to set it on top of the tv! Man time flies!
The novelty of this is long gone. Now that everyone and their dog has a video camera, try pullling out a family video for "everyone to see" and they all give you glazed, horrified looks and quickly start making excuses to leave.
Still some of the best audio quality you can find on tape :)
In 1979 and 1980, I think VHS had over 70 to 75% market share. Even though Betamax still had some market power, the format war was essentially over at that time, with VHS being the winner.
In 1979 my grandmother wouldn't even known how to turn that thing on. Heck turning a radio dial would have been a challenge.
"I got something I want you to see Ma, it's called 'adult entertainment' ".
that was quality editing for a 1979 home video
Grandma cries over the whole thing. This made me laugh, really SONY? Hahaha
Plus I'm sure that you can find out more of the whole Betamax/VHS story online if you search. The television/film industry still utilize a form of the Betamax format as well.
Those were the days, something special about video tape. R.I.P
"That was the best birthday I ever had!"
Until she turned 94, she was received a Blu-ray Recorder! But wait! There's no such thing as a Blu-ray recorder, unless if it's a BD-R drive on a Sony Vaio! Way to go, Sony! Rendering happiness through expensive and overpriced bells and whistles.
THIS IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY I'VE EVER HAD
All those old people are dead right now
:(
+tyrone hart You make it seem like this was a hundred years ago haha. The old people definitely are though.
Only the grandparents
All the adults definitely are by now
Are you still around ?
1:05 "So tell me what you want what you really really want. I'll tell you what I want what I really really want." Ha ha, Spice Girls have got some answering to do, cause I think they made their songs based off of old commercials. LOL, or at least, that is what popped into my head when the narrator started rapping.
1:02 I was so happy to randomly discover this Betamax machine shot is used in SunsetCorp's "Angel" Music Video
How did he edit and produce that show so quickly? that last scene was just happening. Must be TV errr Betamax Magic...
@ducklandwikeno Sony's "Betamax" format was first introduced in 1975 in the form of a massive Trinitron TV/VCR combo, it's promo can be found right here on UA-cam. Phillips's "VCR" format was released in 1972 & Matshashuita's "VHS" format dawned in 1977.
It is funny how Sony tried to say that the commercial that the family watched on tv was boring when it was difficult to differentiate
the best video system ever
The way he says, "Come on, smile." sounds like he's a serial killer filming his victim. Just...creepy.
Lmfao...we came a long way man
Happy Birthday!!
Never knew explosion noises happened when you blow out candles !
Man that would be cool to do that in today's world!
I get the feeling that this was being pitched as an alternative to the reel-to-reel projector for your silent eight-millimeter home movies. Taping TV shows wasn’t even considered.
south park did not bring me here, i'm here because i love the classic cheese in these older commercials, and I am genuinely interested in beta... but i do wonder wthell this has to do with south park! haha
I'm sold.
1:00 this was exactly like my first color TV in 1980!
And just to add, outdoor recording wasn't an option until a few years later when they came out with a model that would operate with a very large battery.
I just watched Iron Man 3
on my Betamax,gotta run my pager is going off...lol
how time flies....
Good video for relax, thanks
This was the first step to piracy...
"You can record what you want, when you want. And watch what you want when you want."
Oh, the irony.
They were obviously marketing Betamax for people who could afford it.
Paianni. Yeah the better people. The ones who deserve better things
Just wait,there's a new video format called VHS.
I have 10 beta systems. in good working order with 337 cassettes. I thought they would be worth someting but they don't go for much money. you can still get hold of them pretty easy. It seems to be the cassettes that are harder to get hold of..
Thumbs up if you're still watching this in 2014!!
hahaha its still 2013 ;)
Raquelle Ordinaria no its 2017
2019
9 people didn't have the best birthday they've ever had.
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing... how did he edit in that last shot of Grandma blowing out the candles (WITH voice-over narration!) into his other tape of clips in less than 35 seconds?? Wow, Betamax must have been pretty advanced! Damn VHS... ;)
As I recall they did. But it was too late, the paradigm shifted.
I WANT ONE NOW.
Dark and Strange commercial. That guy was quick at editing the birthday party they just filmed
The HD DVD of the past
i'v never heard of a betamax until i randomly decided to look up the history of DVD on wikipedia :/
Yes it did, it was the worlds greater replacement for fire wood for years.
Mom will live forever on tape hopefully somebody digitized her
wow! thats amazing
Just ordered the UA-cam Collection on Betamax Tape.
Can't wait 'til June 16, 2045
best birthday she ever had, imagine if she got bluray instead.
Betamax, so your grandmother can be happy!
People who were SOLD on the betamax were probably thinking. "Oh no, I'm not making that same mistake again. HD-DVD all the way!
Interesting look at an ancient technology.
say the guy writting from the past
Lol
@@noguera30 *writing
South Park brought me here.
I think there's a problem when they shoot a commercial trying to sell a video tape recorder is shot on film.
I bet that TV is a Trinitron or something.
Buttons will never beat knobs
It's a Sony grandma, it's a sony.
rofl my dad still has his lol
i thought the same thing. they said it was her 63rd bday. the casting department was off by 10 years at least
@cruzerdoozer12 Half the people in the commercial were kids the same age I was back then. So those kids are most likely very much alive & in their 40s. The grandma is easily gone
Yes, indeed. In fact, Universal sued Sony over the Betamax.
Think network television is a little boring? At the time The Dukes of Hazzard was a new show, who would want to watch that with it's car chases, ramping and crashing plus Daisy Dukes sexiness. YAWN Give me a juggling grampa anyday!
SONY FOR EVER
RIP BETA MAX in china, they just stopped using them this year they are now on VHS but good news, north korea just got it :D
VHS has been dead for a couple of years now.
Not in this house
@BlackPantherUWM
glad to hear it, she's a good actress
This reminds me of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
So true, my friend. So True
Wow. People were creepy back then.
"one more shot ma. c'mon smile. I SAID SMILE DAMMIT!!'
sirlordwhitman rip grandma
any 2019?
Actually, the grandma isn't dead, believe it or not. She was only 62 when that commercial came out, and is a young 91 right now.
Well, you didn't really have a camcorder in 1979. You had a fairly good sized video camera that would sit on a Tri-pod. It had a light on it, room light wasn't enough. It had basic zoom features. And a cord went from it to a video tape recorder. Back then, you had the tape recorder in one box and an over the air tuner in a similar sized box. They sat beside each other with the tv. When you went to record, you only took the tape recorder box and the camera.
63rd birthday?!??!?! My God, she looks like she's already 90.
LOL...Betamax! I remember those!
the one and only
Betamax was a better system but the VHS was cheaper. So it won.
There's a whole long story as to why Beta fizzled out and VHS prospered, alot had to do with licensing, wider spread availability and affordability of VHS over Beta by the mid 80s. Plus people tended to go for the VHS longer tape format. Many will still argue that the Beta format was superior in sound & picture quality. I have Beta tapes from the 1970s that still play and look decent, but I have VHS tapes that arent as old but worn out.
@TheMCMXXL true dat, the details on things back than actually WERE what youd have thought them to be, aluminum, chrome etc.
Ah, I see your point. In that case huge apologies
(That was NOT sarcasm)
thats not a camcorder thats a weapon.
jajaja
she didnt smile at all. i dont blame her either, they got her a bunch of home movies for her birthday.
The faded copyright says: © 1979 Sony Corporation of America.
Wait a minute, Grandma Dillon's cake is shaped like a 70s Betamax deck. And she's 102 now, gee if she is still alive she might be mistaken for an incinerated corpse, judging by how she looked at 63.
South Park led me here
Haha, me too
A re run of South park right me here too. I'm from the future!
nice, ending on a granny in tears.
South park brought me here too..
I have that same Betamax. The tuner's audio likes to not work and it weighs 40 pounds and is going to crush the Entertainment centre from under it but it still looks cool.
And when granny is sleep, we can watch porn. At home .
not exactly. VHS was the competitor to Betamax. Funnily enough, the porn industry was a huge deciding factor in the world moving to VHS since the porn industry started using it first
63?!?! Holy shit she looks like she's about 80.