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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (130053)7/8/2003 8:04:19 PM
From: willcousa  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 152472
 
VHS vs. Beta was more than that. The rest of the world would not let Sony have most of the machines and own the totality of the technology - so they gathered together under a competing technology and flooded the market with cheaper boxes.



To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (130053)7/9/2003 9:04:56 AM
From: LarsA  Respond to of 152472
 
Art, "The longer recording time per tape is what made VHS the standard of choice" - maybe indirectly but in my view it was the fact that the movie rental industry went with VHS that decided the outcome of the war.


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