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# Beta?
not Betamax?

You can't be that young, surely.

(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:37, archived)
# I know betamax
all the thing in the email said was "Is PAL okay or do you want beta or digibeta?"
Just wanna make sure i'm right.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:39, archived)
# I think
there may be a broadcast quality format with 'beta' in the name too - I forgot about that.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:40, archived)
# broadcast quality
beta

Better: BetaSP

digibeta is the cleanist broadcast quality
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:44, archived)
# Ooo, sounds like you know what you're on about
if so, i'm assumign beta and digibeta cant be read by an oridnary video player?
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:47, archived)
# exactly
are you sending to broadcast BBC etc. or cable TV
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:49, archived)
# Then it's almost certainly betamax.
It's an alternative video format which is still used extensively in the movie and tv industries. Digibeta is just the digital version. They never caught on commercially as consumer products, but they offer advantages for professionals in those fields.

edit: Or maybe what Bob said. Unless he's lying.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:41, archived)
# Well, it's a tv related thing
so yeah, that seems likely.
I'll just go for PAL then, as VHS I can manage easily.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:44, archived)
# but...
betamax is simply a tape format - not an alternative to PAL.

I could be wrong about the other thing - I would never have been able to afford a broadcast quality camera.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:45, archived)
# See, that's what got me confused
if it said VHS, then yeah, i would understood.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:46, archived)
# Broadcast TV Stations generally require BETA to broadcast
cable stations will accept anything
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:48, archived)
# Yes
Betamax or VHS : Video formats
PAL or NTSC or SECAM : TV signal formats
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:48, archived)
# What's
the context?

The Betamax format is still alive and well in camcorders, albeit in much smaller tapes than the original.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:42, archived)
#
there's this
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 20 Feb 2004, 22:44, archived)