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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