Beta Boxes & Shells

THE BETAMAX VIDEOCASSETTE BOXES AND SHELLS, page 1

Over the years, Sony has changed the Betamax logo, the tape boxes, and even the cassette shells. Here is a quick Betamax history lesson....

THE LOGOS

Original Betamax logo (an offshoot of Sony's U-Matic logo); used from 1975-79 on both the tape shells and the machines.

Revised Greek-style logo was used for a couple of years, then shortened to , which was used until the end.

THE TAPE BOXES

BELOW: The two original Sony K-30 (30 min.) and K-60 (60 min.) tapes, made for the original Beta X-1 speed.

THE SONY L-500 BOXES, SHOWN CHRONOLOGICALLY OVER THE YEARS.....

The currently available L-500; the box itself is black. Shown is the outer wrapper.

HERE ARE SOME NON-SONY BOXES THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER SEEN...SOME OF THESE ARE REALLY OLD, OTHERS ARE VERY RARE...

                                                                                                                  One of the few Korean-made Beta tapes...and
                                                                                                               it actually wasn't too bad!!