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[[File:TOS 01 Beta Package.jpg|thumb|A Betamax release]]
  
[[File:TOS 01 Beta Package.jpg|thumb|A Betamax release]]
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'''Betamax''', also known as simply '''Beta''', was a home video format introduced on {{d|10|May|1975}} by [[Sony]], three years before its main rival [[VHS]]. ''[[Star Trek]]'' releases on Beta included the first six films, ''The Original Series'' and episodes of ''The Next Generation'' before the formats demise in the early 90s.
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'''Betamax''', also known as simply '''Beta''', was a home video format introduced on {{d|10|May|1975}} by [[Sony]], three years before its main rival [[VHS]]. ''[[Star Trek]]'' releases on Beta included the first six films, all episodes of ''The Original Series'' and ''The Animated Series'' and the first three episodes of ''The Next Generation'' before the formats demise in the early 90s.
   
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Beta tapes were first released in boxes that were slightly larger than the tape itself providing for a tight fit. Similar to that one had with the sleeve one gets with a blank video tape. All of the episodes, including the color version of "The Cage" were first released in this fashion. Paramount was one of the last, if not the last, studio to release video tapes in the Betamax format. Beta tapes released towards the end of the format's life were often in the boxes made for the commercially more popular VHS format. Star Trek episodes were no exception to this and Beta tapes of the episodes were released in VHS sized boxes, with a piece of cardboard inserted into the box to make for a tighter fit and a big sticker on the front of the box saying "BETA" and smaller ones on the side of the box saying beta used to cover up the VHS logo.
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Beta tapes were first released in boxes that were slightly larger than the tape itself providing for a tight fit. Similar to that one had with the sleeve one gets with a blank video tape. All of the episodes, including the color version of "The Cage" were first released in this fashion. Paramount was one of the last, if not the last, studio to release video tapes in the Betamax format. Beta tapes released towards the end of the format's life were often in the boxes made for the commercially more popular VHS format. Star Trek releases were no exception to this and Beta tapes of the episodes were released in VHS sized boxes, with a piece of cardboard inserted into the box to make for a tighter fit and a big sticker on the front of the box saying "BETA" and smaller ones on the side of the box saying beta used to cover up the VHS logo.
   
 
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{{Home Video formats}}
  
{{Home Video formats}}
 
== Release chronology ==
  
== Release chronology ==
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''Dates in italics are approximate.''
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<center>
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'''[[#1980|1980]] | [[#1981|1981]] | [[#1982|1982]] | [[#1983|1983]] | [[#1984|1984]] | [[#1985|1985]] | [[#1986|1986]] | [[#1987|1987]] | [[#1988|1988]] | [[#1989|1989]] | 1990 | [[#1991|1991]] | [[#1992|1992]] | [[#1993|1993]]'''
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{| class="grey" style="width:100%;"
  
{| class="grey" style="width:100%;"
 
|-
  
|-
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!style="text-align:center;"|Date
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!style="text-align:center; width:8%;"|Date
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!style="text-align:center;"|Country
 
!style="text-align:center;"|Product released
  
!style="text-align:center;"|Product released
 
|-
  
|-
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! colspan="3"| ''Unknown''
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! colspan="3" id="1980" | {{y|1980}}
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|-
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|[[October 1980|October]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
  ⚫
|{{BM|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}
 
|-
  
|-
 
|''Unknown''
  
|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|{{BM|Star Trek: The Original Series}}
  
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]: Television Classics'' volumes 1-5 (all)
 
|-
  
|-
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|''Unknown''
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1980}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek]] - Shore Leave'' (Mountain)
 
|-
  
|-
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! colspan="3" id="1981" | {{y|1981}}
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|{{m|October|1980}}
  
⚫
|{{BM|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}
  
 
|-
  
|-
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|[[May 1981|May]]
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1982}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
  ⚫
|''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''
 
|-
  
|-
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|''Unknown''
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|{{m|November|1982}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek]] - Where No Man Has Gone Before'', ''Star Trek - The Menagerie'' (EVC)
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|-
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! colspan="3" id="1982" | {{y|1982}}
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|-
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|[[May 1982|May]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek]] - Trouble with Tribbles'' (Mountain)
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|-
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|[[June 1982|June]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''Star Trek - Amok Time'', ''Star Trek - Dagger of the Mind'' (Mountain)
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|-
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|[[July 1982|July]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]: Space Seed''
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|-
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|[[November 1982|November]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
 
|{{BM|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan}}
  
|{{BM|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan}}
 
|-
  
|-
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1983}}
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! colspan="3" id="1983" | {{y|1983}}
 
|-
  
|-
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|{{m|March|1983}}
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|[[March 1983|March]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
 
|{{BM|Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Special Longer Version}}
  
|{{BM|Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Special Longer Version}}
 
|-
  
|-
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|[[April 1983|April]]
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1985}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek]]'' - CIC-Arena 1 of 2
 
|-
  
|-
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|[[October 1983|October]]
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|{{m|February|1985}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
⚫
|{{BM|Star Trek III: The Search for Spock}}
  
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|''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''
 
|-
  
|-
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|[[December 1983|December]]
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1987}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''Star Trek'' - CIC-Arena 2 of 2
 
|-
  
|-
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|''Unknown''
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|{{d|30|September|1987}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|Germany
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|''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''
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|-
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! colspan="3" id="1984" | {{y|1984}}
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|-
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|[[October 1984|October]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek - Double Bill]]''
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|-
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|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|Japan
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|''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''
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|-
  ⚫
! colspan="3" id="1985" | {{y|1985}}
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|-
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|[[February 1985|February]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 1-10 ("Group 1") of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]'', {{BM|Star Trek III: The Search for Spock}}
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|-
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|[[March 1985|March]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
  ⚫
|''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock''
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|-
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|[[April 1985|April]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|Volume 1 of ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (Rental)
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|-
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|[[May 1985|May]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 11-20 ("Group 2") of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]''
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|-
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|[[November 1985|November]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 21-30 ("Group 3") of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]''
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|-
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! colspan="3" id="1986" | {{y|1986}}
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|-
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|''[[April 1986|April]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 31-40 ("Group 4") of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]''
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|-
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|[[November 1986|November]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 41-51 ("Group 5") of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]''; ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Special Longer Version'', ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' and ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' re-releases
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|-
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! colspan="3" id="1987" | {{y|1987}}
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|-
  ⚫
|[[30 September]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
 
|{{BM|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home}}
  
|{{BM|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home}}
 
|-
  
|-
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|''[[September 1987|September]]''
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1989}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 52-61 ("Group 6") of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]''
 
|-
  
|-
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|''Unknown''
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|{{m|July|1989}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|Australia
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|{{BM|Star Trek: The Animated Series}} Volumes 1-11
  
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)#Australian releases|Star Trek]]'': {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} & {{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}; ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''
 
|-
  
|-
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|''Unknown''
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|{{m|December|1989}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''; Volumes 1-2 of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (Rental)
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|-
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! colspan="3" id="1988" | {{y|1988}}
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|-
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|''[[April 1988|April]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 62-71 ("Group 7") & 72-79 ("Group 8") of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]''
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|-
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! colspan="3" id="1989" | {{y|1989}}
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|-
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|''[[July 1989|July]]''
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Volumes 1-11 (all) for ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series#US releases|Star Trek: The Animated Series]]''
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|-
  ⚫
|[[21 December]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
 
|{{BM|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier}}
  
|{{BM|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier}}
 
|-
  
|-
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|''Unknown''
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1991}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tape 80 of 80 for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)|Star Trek]]'' ({{e|The Cage}} All-Color Collector's Edition)
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|-
  ⚫
! colspan="3" id="1991" | {{y|1991}}
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|-
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|[[5 September]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 1-3 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
 
|-
  
|-
 
|''Unknown''
  
|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
⚫
|{{BM|Star Trek - The Collector's Edition}}, {{BM|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}
  
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|{{BM|Star Trek - The Collector's Edition}}
 
|-
  
|-
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! colspan="3"| {{y|1992}}
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! colspan="3" id="1992" | {{y|1992}}
 
|-
  
|-
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|[[12 March]]
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|{{m|June|1992}}
  
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
⚫
|{{BM|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}
  
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|{{BM|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Director's Series}}
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|-
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|[[1 April]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 4-7 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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|-
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|[[1 July]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 8-13 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''; {{BM|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}
  +
|-
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|[[26 August]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 14-17 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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|-
  ⚫
|[[11 November]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 18-21 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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|-
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! colspan="3" id="1993" | {{y|1993}}
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|-
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|[[26 May]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 22-25 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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|-
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|[[25 August]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 26-29 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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|-
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|[[13 October]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|US
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|Tapes 30-33 of 33 for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#US releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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|-
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! colspan="3"| ''Unknown''
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|-
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|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|Australia
  ⚫
|{{BM|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}
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|-
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|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|Spain
  ⚫
|{{BM|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}, {{BM|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan}}
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|-
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|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|Turkey
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|Volumes 1-2 of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)#Turkish releases|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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|-
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|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|''[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek - Trouble with Tribbles]]'' (Videon)
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|-
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|''Unknown''
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|style="text-align:center;"|UK
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|Volumes 2-4 of ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series (Betamax)#UK releases|Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (Rental)
 
|}
  
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*{{wikipedia|Betamax}}
  
*{{wikipedia|Betamax}}
 
*[http://www.freewebs.com/betatapes/ Beta tapes]
  
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Revision as of 13:15, 17 May 2015

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Betamax
TOS 01 Beta Package

A Betamax release

Betamax, also known as simply Beta, was a home video format introduced on 10 May 1975 by Sony, three years before its main rival VHS. Star Trek releases on Beta included the first six films, all episodes of The Original Series and The Animated Series and the first three episodes of The Next Generation before the formats demise in the early 90s.

Beta tapes were first released in boxes that were slightly larger than the tape itself providing for a tight fit. Similar to that one had with the sleeve one gets with a blank video tape. All of the episodes, including the color version of "The Cage" were first released in this fashion. Paramount was one of the last, if not the last, studio to release video tapes in the Betamax format. Beta tapes released towards the end of the format's life were often in the boxes made for the commercially more popular VHS format. Star Trek releases were no exception to this and Beta tapes of the episodes were released in VHS sized boxes, with a piece of cardboard inserted into the box to make for a tighter fit and a big sticker on the front of the box saying "BETA" and smaller ones on the side of the box saying beta used to cover up the VHS logo.

This article is a stub relating to real-world information such as a performer, author, novel, magazine, or other production material. You can help Memory Alpha by fixing it.
Betamax releases
The Original Series • The Animated Series • Star Trek films • The Next Generation
Home video formats
Super 8 • Betamax • VHS • CED • LaserDisc • VHD • Video 8 • VCD • DVD • UMD • HD DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD • Digital

Release chronology

Dates in italics are approximate.

1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993

Date Country Product released
1980
October US Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Unknown US Star Trek: Television Classics volumes 1-5 (all)
Unknown UK Star Trek - Shore Leave (Mountain)
1981
May UK Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Unknown UK Star Trek - Where No Man Has Gone Before, Star Trek - The Menagerie (EVC)
1982
May UK Star Trek - Trouble with Tribbles (Mountain)
June UK Star Trek - Amok Time, Star Trek - Dagger of the Mind (Mountain)
July US Star Trek: Space Seed
November US Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983
March US Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Special Longer Version
April UK Star Trek - CIC-Arena 1 of 2
October UK Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
December UK Star Trek - CIC-Arena 2 of 2
Unknown Germany Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1984
October UK Star Trek - Double Bill
Unknown Japan Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1985
February US Tapes 1-10 ("Group 1") of 80 for Star Trek, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
March UK Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
April UK Volume 1 of Star Trek: The Animated Series (Rental)
May US Tapes 11-20 ("Group 2") of 80 for Star Trek
November US Tapes 21-30 ("Group 3") of 80 for Star Trek
1986
April US Tapes 31-40 ("Group 4") of 80 for Star Trek
November US Tapes 41-51 ("Group 5") of 80 for Star Trek; Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Special Longer Version, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock re-releases
1987
30 September US Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
September US Tapes 52-61 ("Group 6") of 80 for Star Trek
Unknown Australia Star Trek: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" & "The Corbomite Maneuver"; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Unknown UK Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Volumes 1-2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Rental)
1988
April US Tapes 62-71 ("Group 7") & 72-79 ("Group 8") of 80 for Star Trek
1989
July US Volumes 1-11 (all) for Star Trek: The Animated Series
21 December US Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Unknown US Tape 80 of 80 for Star Trek ("The Cage" All-Color Collector's Edition)
1991
5 September US Tapes 1-3 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation
Unknown US Star Trek - The Collector's Edition
1992
12 March US Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Director's Series
1 April US Tapes 4-7 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation
1 July US Tapes 8-13 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
26 August US Tapes 14-17 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation
11 November US Tapes 18-21 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation
1993
26 May US Tapes 22-25 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation
25 August US Tapes 26-29 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation
13 October US Tapes 30-33 of 33 for Star Trek: The Next Generation
Unknown
Unknown Australia Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Unknown Spain Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Unknown Turkey Volumes 1-2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Unknown UK Star Trek - Trouble with Tribbles (Videon)
Unknown UK Volumes 2-4 of Star Trek: The Animated Series (Rental)

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