VHS tapes held a full two-hour movie several months before Beta could catch up. In addition, JVC offered better licensing arrangements for making VHS players, and Hollywood studios began to favor ...

While VHS won the battle, Beta tapes are rare commodities that do really well at auction. For example, a sealed Superman ...

This decision ultimately helped lead to the demise of the Beta format as it fostered competition between the various companies making the VHS players and, in turn, eventually drove the prices down ...