Betacam
Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videocassette products developed by Sony in 1982. In colloquial use, Betacam singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, a Betacam video recorder or the format itself. Wikipedia
Encoding: NTSC, PAL, High-definition video
Read mechanism: Helical scan
Released: August 7, 1982; Lifespan: August 1982-March 2016; Technical Support 1982-2023
Standard: Interlaced video, Progressive video