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-One of the most common things for home video companies to do in the 1970s and 1980s was to add a series of movie trailers, intros, or just a compilation preview promoting their VHS tapes, at the end of a VHS tape of theirs, mainly after a movie (or in some cases, television episode) is over. This was because a VHS tape in SP mode had room for two hours' of material; most movies clock in at around 90 minutes, while four half-hour or two one-hour TV episodes, minus commercials, last about the same amount of time.
+One of the most common things for home video companies to do in the 1970s and 1980s was to add a series of movie trailers, intros, or just a compilation preview promoting their VHS tapes or Betamax, at the end of a VHS tape or a Betamax tape of theirs, mainly after a movie (or in some cases, television episode) is over. This was because a VHS tape and a Betamax tape in SP mode had room for two hours' of material; most movies clock in at around 90 minutes, while four half-hour or two one-hour TV episodes, minus commercials, last about the same amount of time.
 Related to [[The Stinger]].