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Beta was not the superior technology, and it lost for very good reasons.
by XorNot 11mo ago
Beta was not the superior technology, and it lost for very good reasons.
- stonogo 11mo agoBeta was superior in everything but run length, and it lost because it was more expensive than VHS without being sufficiently superior to justify the cost.
- XorNot 11mo agoYes but that's not a minor issue: Beta's run length was so limited that it couldn't record or hold a full length movie or even a long TV show.
- stonogo 11mo agoOnly for the first year or two of release. Early VHS capacities were better, but by the late 70s or early 80s there wasn't a meaningful difference.