What is beta video camera?

The Beta camera is a camera that uses the beta format for recording. The beta format is a tape about half the size of a VHS tape and is actually quite old and came out around the same time VHS did. It is a bit higher quality then VHS. But what people are using these days if you hear of a beta camera being used is actually a digibetacam which is digitalbeta which is much higher quality then analog beta.