if people are using early vhs releases as a color reference, wouldn't it make sense to get a Betamax tape transfer?
I assume the corresponding video releases would be the same, other than the much less fuzzy picture Betamax had.
this was a promotional video I found posted, to highlight why Betamax was better. (of course, on televisions of that era, the quality difference would not be as easy to discern like it is now)
Is this fairly close to the actual difference? Because in the promo video, Beta looks like it could compete with laserdisc quality. I'd be interested to see a vhs vs Beta comparison of Star Wars simply because seeing so many screenshots of that movie, I know what to look for.
Here's another sample that's apparently from a Betamax tape.
Again, it doesn't have the fuzzyness or tape deterioration that you see with a lot of old video uploads on youtube.