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Posted by JoeBloe on 10/25/06 03:39
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:36:43 GMT, glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN)
Gave us:
>In article <kfdpj25pd8hbg3k643oab48us01vuoaf3c@4ax.com>, KimbaWLion wrote:
>>glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN) wrote:
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>>>Betamax was the better format, ask any Professional.
>>
>>For immediate gratificatiion, definitely. Far superior in picture and
>>first to offer HiFi sound. Which I think shows that the general public
>>just doesn't care for the finer details of picture and sound, leading to
>>both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray being a big yawn in the marketplace.
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>>That immediate gratification remark refers to the fact that my Betamax
>>tapes deteriorated greatly over the years, while my VHS tapes, dating back
>>26 years now, are still in fine shape. Unrelated to the current DVD scene,
>>I know, but typical of my experiences with Sony.
>>
>Well basically the economy of scale led to advances in tape formulations in
>the VHS media where as beta media went the way of the dodo bird and no money
>was put into developing formulations for a dying format.
>
BULLONEY!
BETA was and likely may still be in many TV studios around the
world, the predominant format being used. It isn't the home version
tape width, but Sony made plenty of money on the beta format in the
commercial market.
>Too bad too since a proper working super beta can kick most vhs ass.
Oh boy! I'm still not impressed.
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