In 2002 Sony announced that it would no longer produce video recorders using this format, a rival to VHS
[DOC] [TLE] Sony is finally killing off Betamax video tapes - Telegraph [PAR] Nov 10, 2015 ... Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax tapes in March 2016 ... 
video tape format wars to VHS because Sony refused to mass produce ... Sony 
stopped making Betamax recorders in 2002, after years of ...