13160_13299_betamax_player
1970s
Color
Commercial for Sony Betamax player/recorder; scene begins with camera on Sony Betamax player, then pulls out to show a television next to it, showing a football game, until a hand comes into the frame and presses stop, revealing a basketball game voiceover explains that the Betamax player can be connected to a television of a different brand, and can record a show on one channel while the viewer can watch a different station; voiceover ends with play on Marie Antoinette quote: “Sony’s Betamax: now you can have your cake and eat it, too!”