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 Posted by Allan on 04/06/06 04:29 
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:16:02 -0400, "bobukcat" 
<bobukcat@killspam.fuse.net> wrote: 
 
 
>I personally believe that Sony lost the video cassette war because of the 
>longer available recording time that VHS provided with a long tape and the 
>slowest speed (8 hours versus 6 for Beta if IIRC).  
 
Yeah... the numbers of T-180's sold decided the VHS/Beta war. 
 
Good lord. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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