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Betacam SX is a digital version of Betacam SP introduced in 1996, positioned as a cheaper alternative to Digital Betacam.

It stores video using MPEG 4: 2: 2 Profile @ ML compression, along with four channels of 48 kHz 16 bit PCM audio.

All Betacam SX equipment is compatible with Betacam SP tapes.

S tapes have a recording time up to 62 minutes, and L tapes up to 194 minutes.