Ah, ha! So I was right. Kinda. <g> Good summary.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Apr 15, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> <http://www.liketotally80s.com/vhs-vs-betamax.html>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/15/2014 9:29 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> I may be misremembering, but as I recall, unless a movie was on the
>> short side, it required _two_ Betamax tapes to see the whole thing,
>> whereas VHS required only one. If anything supplied the tipping
>> point, it was laziness and convenience (yes, sometimes the same
>> thing.)
>>
>> --Bob Whitmire Certified Neanderthal
>>
>> On Apr 13, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> ? Am I wrong here but… I was of the understanding that Betamax was
>>> the better system - more compact, more reliable, less prone to
>>> jamming - but VCR reached the tipping point first in the consumer
>>> market and dominated. I
>>
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