translate English to German: Sanyo marketed its version as the "Betacord", but it too was referred to as "Beta" for the same reason Betamax was. As well as Sony and Sanyo, Betamax video recorders were also sold by Toshiba , Pioneer , Aiwa and NEC .
Betamax bot zwar seinerzeit eindeutig die bessere Bildqualität, aber die maximale Laufzeit der Kassetten ist deutlich kürzer.