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The right tech won. Beta beat VHS, in this case.

• wilg 3y ago
  VHS was the right tech
  • pcchristie 3y ago
    Why?
    • worrycue 3y ago
      Technology Connections has a video on that, sort of: https://youtu.be/hGVVAQVdEOs https://youtu.be/hGVVAQVdEOs
      • Tagbert 3y ago
        But is the video VHS or Betamax? :)
• deleted 3y ago
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• gwbas1c 3y ago
  VHS was better, by a long shot. It won because the Betamax cassette was too small, severely limiting payback length. Feature films on Betamax used slower tape speeds compared to VHS; which meant that VHS typically had better picture quality. The mythical "better" Betamax was limited to about an hour of playback per tape. Technically Betamax could have a better picture, but in practice it didn't. (Again, because the smaller cassette meant that it used slower tape speeds compared to VHS.)