What Does Betacam Mean?
Betacam is a high capacity videotape format. It consists of magnetic tape that is half an inch wide, spooled within cartridges that come in two different sizes.
Techopedia Explains Betacam
The format was used for both professional and personal use, however it was largely phased out of the consumer sphere with the rise of high quality compact video recording devices. Betacam is no longer used as a professional video recording and storage format for video broadcasting and post-production.
