Betamax

analog video cassette standard
CreativeWork video_format Q690148
Betamax
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Betamax

Summary

Betamax is a video format[1]. Betamax ranks in the top 9% of video_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (857 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Betamax's image is recorded as Betamax Tape v2.jpg[3].
  • Betamax's instance of is recorded as video format[4].
  • Betamax's instance of is recorded as analog storage medium[5].
  • Betamax's instance of is recorded as magnetic tape cassette format with side-by-side reels[6].
  • Betamax's logo image is recorded as Betamax logo.svg[7].
  • Betamax's developer is recorded as Sony Group[8].
  • Betamax's has use is recorded as analog video recording[9].
  • Betamax's Commons category is recorded as Betamax[10].
  • +1975-05-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Betamax[11].
  • Betamax's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019t97[12].
  • Betamax's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0247220[13].
  • Betamax's described by source is recorded as Museum of Obsolete Media[14].
  • Betamax's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Betamax[15].
  • Betamax's NE.se ID is recorded as betamax[16].
  • Betamax's Quora topic ID is recorded as Betamax[17].
  • Betamax's subreddit is recorded as Betamax[18].
  • Betamax's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as mvidformat/betamax[19].
  • Betamax's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 베타맥스[20].
  • Betamax's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as betamax[21].

Why It Matters

Betamax ranks in the top 9% of video_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (857 views/month).[2] Betamax has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Betamax is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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