Patrick Bartek wrote: > --- On Tue, 6/15/10, Dale J. Chatham <dale@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 06/15/2010 12:28 AM, Patrick >> Bartek wrote: >> [snip] >>> There was a similar problem 35 years ago with consumer >> video recording and/or playback formats. Ultimately, >> the consumer chose which format it preferred. They >> will, again. It just takes time. >>> >> VHS/Beta? >> >> I'm not sure the consumer actually chose. The porn >> producers chose to >> go with VHS and very little Beta porn was produced. >> >> The result is that we had VHS, even though it is arguably >> not as good as >> Beta. > > The real reason VHS triumphed over Beta was the long recording times. That's what people wanted more that superior image quality. You could record a whole movie off the TV on a single standard play cassette, or on extended play, a whole evening of TV, 6 hours. Beta couldn't. > > Also, IIRC, VHS machines were cheaper than Beta ones. Cheaper. Longer playing. Sold! Consumers have spoken. ;-) > Any vendor could make VHS by getting a license. Only Sony could do Beta. Sony kept all the beta profit for itself until there wasn't any. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
