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Beta was the first popular home video system. There was U-matic video tape before that. Also, of the more popular formats, Beta came first, the following year (1976) VHS came out, and Laser Discs two years after that. It took Beta and VHS to make home video popular.
Simultaneously (and independently) Sony had also been working on CDs, first demoing its efforts in September 1976. However, both Sony and Phillips would eventually partner for the commercial launch in 1982, which saw the final diameter come in at a still-small 12cm. And the rest, as they say, is history.