Betamax
Started on
Age
Saturday May 10, 1975
51
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1
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29
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Next birthday in
Basic information
AKA
Beta
Category
others
Country
Japan
Description
Video recorder
Consumer-level analog recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video.
A consumer-level video cassette recorder (VCR) developed by Sony. It allows users to record TV shows for later viewing
Released in Japan on May 10, 1975, followed by the US in November 1975
Sony’s Betamax eventually lost to rival JVC’s VHS (Video Home System) format.
Betamax recorders continued to be manufactured and sold until August 2002
Betamax cassettes continued to sell until March 2016
Mission Impossible is the last major Hollywood film released on Betamax (1996)
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Half birthday 
Next half birthday falls on
Monday November 9, 2026
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Planet Age
How old Betamax would be if it was started on a different planet
Mercury
212.43 years
Venus
83.16 years
Mars
27.2 years
Jupiter
4.31 years
Saturn
1.74 years
Celebrate NOW
Betamax - Celebrations from his DOB
- 50 days from now, August 27, 2026, Betamax celebrate 213rd Mercury age
- 63 days from now, September 9, 2026, Betamax celebrate exactly 27,000,000 minutes
63 days from now, September 9, 2026, Betamax celebrate exactly 450,000 hours - 124 days from now, November 8, 2026, Betamax celebrate 52nd half birthday
- 138 days from now, November 23, 2026, Betamax celebrate 214th Mercury age
- 186 days from now, January 10, 2027, Betamax celebrate exactly 620 months
- 187 days from now, January 11, 2027, Betamax celebrate 84th Venus age
- 213 days from now, February 6, 2027, Betamax celebrate exactly 2,700 weeks
- 226 days from now, February 19, 2027, Betamax celebrate 215th Mercury age
- 306 days from now, May 10, 2027, Betamax celebrate 52nd birthday
- 313 days from now, May 17, 2027, Betamax celebrate exactly 19,000 days
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