 EDC-55 became the final and most advanced iteration of camcorders for the Betamax format.Actually, it does not belong to the Betamovie - lineup and is only mentioned in this article for the purpose of distinguishing it from the true Betamovie camcorders.It is a semiprofessional/prosumer device that only records in the ED-Beta format, the final high-definition variant of the Betamax format.