Philips? Like the Laserdisc. Trying to repeat the Musicassette story,
perhaps.
Piers
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From: Jez Cunningham [mailto:jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 April 2014 15:35
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Sony Sucks, big time
Not forgetting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_2000
Jez (no I didn't have one)
On 14 April 2014 14:31, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Your suspicions are correct. (In the interest of accuracy, VCR is the
> term for the overall tech. VideoCassette Recorder. The two standards
> in the consumer field were Betamax and VHS).
>
> JVC licensed the crap out of VHS to anybody with a checkbook. Sony
> only licensed to I believe 2 other companies.
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St.
> Hubbins
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold
> Auerbach
>
> > On Apr 14, 2014, at 9:15, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I suspect that was because everyone bought into the VCR system
> > instead -
> perhaps the VCR patent holders were doing a Microsoft approach and
> damn near giving it away to capture the market? Betamax hung in for
> while here and then gracelessly submerged, except in ENG, etc., where
> they didn't mind paying for the advantages.
> > How's the 8-track stereo working out for you? :-) Andrew Fildes
> > afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.soultheft.com
> >
> > Author/Publisher:
> > The SLR Compendium:
> > revised edition -
> > http://blur.by/19Hb8or
> > The TLR Compendium
> > http://blur.by/1eDpqN7
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 14/04/2014, at 12:25 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, the Betamax was the best system and I had an expensive Betamax
> >> player. But because Sony was so proprietary with their system, it
> >> got to the point that, when I wanted to rent a movie, it was only
> >> available in VCR. So there I was with, essentially, an expensive door
stop.
> >
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