Sony is finally taking off the market its Betamax tapes, which have not been used for decades. They will stop manufacturing these tapes in March, 2016. Betamax was at war with the VHS format in the 1970s, but it has lost this war. VHS was launched by TVC a year after Betamax was put in the market. Betamax claimed better qualify recordings, but VHS was economical, and could store more. By 1980s, VHS had a huge market. Betamax continued losing the market. Amazon Japan still continues to sell Beta tapes.