By home movies I mean replacing the super 8 format. The design behind VHS made camcorders cheaper to make as well as enabled them to be used to play video. Bet

By home movies I mean replacing the super 8 format. The design behind VHS made camcorders cheaper to make as well as enabled them to be used to play video. Betamax at the time had a more complicated solution where a separate player was needed and also initially a two stage solution where different tapes had to be used.