Consumer: Video tape: Options for the buyer: Despite competing tape speeds, cassette sizes, and recording formats, the public is buying players, cameras, timers, and software

Describes the four basic VCR systems on the market: the Beta format, the VHS format, the VX format, and the V-Cord format. Heavyweights here are the Beta format and the VHS format since each has attracted important licensees both in the US and Japan.