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Betamax (also called Beta, and referred to as such in the logo) is a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format developed by Sony, released on May 10, 1975. The cassettes contain .50 in (12.7 mm)-wide videotape in a design similar to the earlier, professional .75 in (19 mm) wide, U-matic format. The format is virtually obsolete, though an updated variant of the format, Betacam, is still used by the television industry.
Like the rival videotape format VHS (introduced in Japan by JVC in October 1976 and in the U.S. by RCA in August 1977), Betamax had no guard band and used azimuth recording to reduce crosstalk. According to Sony's own history webpages, the name came from a double meaning: beta being the Japanese word used to describe the way signals were recorded onto the tape, and from the fact that when the tape ran through the transport, it looked like the Greek letter beta (β). The suffix -max came from "maximum", to suggest greatness. In 1977, Sony came out with the first long play Betamax VCR, the SL-8200. This VCR had two recording speeds: normal, and the newer half speed. This provided two hours recording time on the L-500 Beta videocassette. The SL-8200 was to compete against the VHS VCRs that had 2 or 4 hours of recording time.
Actors: Carole Bouquet (actress), Gisèle Casadesus (actress), Joe Sheridan (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Hugh Grant (actor), Françoise Brion (actress), Aldo Maccione (actor), Bernard Menez (actor), Jean-Pierre Castaldi (actor), Humbert Balsan (actor), Jim Adhi Limas (actor), Sotigui Kouyaté (actor), Didier Flamand (actor), Humbert Balsan (producer), Aïssa Maïga (actress),
Plot: Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love with her, her son and daughter are becoming nearly homeless since the flat's walls are demolished, the architect has new plans every day, an irregular workers fall in love with Chantal too and dance with her daughter, Martin (the son) still continue to roller blade around... Could the works go forward in this mess?
Keywords: barrister, flat, paris-franceActors: Carole Bouquet (actress), Gisèle Casadesus (actress), Joe Sheridan (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Hugh Grant (actor), Françoise Brion (actress), Aldo Maccione (actor), Bernard Menez (actor), Jean-Pierre Castaldi (actor), Humbert Balsan (actor), Jim Adhi Limas (actor), Sotigui Kouyaté (actor), Didier Flamand (actor), Humbert Balsan (producer), Aïssa Maïga (actress),
Plot: Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love with her, her son and daughter are becoming nearly homeless since the flat's walls are demolished, the architect has new plans every day, an irregular workers fall in love with Chantal too and dance with her daughter, Martin (the son) still continue to roller blade around... Could the works go forward in this mess?
Keywords: barrister, flat, paris-france