Posted by G-squared on 03/08/06 05:05

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> Thats fine, and its the same thing i am doing. Sitting back and waiting to see
> who wins first. But to say betamax like it is a bad thing is wrong. Many here
> wish that beta had won out. It was clearly the better quality of the two tape
> formats.

Beta was somewhat better early on but
1: the cassette was too small so the record time was less
2: the machines broke too often

Later VHS machines caught up to Beta HiFi.
GG

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