Posted by GMAN on 10/23/06 22:36

In article <kfdpj25pd8hbg3k643oab48us01vuoaf3c@4ax.com>, KimbaWLion wrote:
>glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN) wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>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.

Too bad too since a proper working super beta can kick most vhs ass.

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