Posted by Bill Vermillion on 11/09/06 18:25

In article <ehhplg$jsn$5@news.xmission.com>,
GMAN <glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com> wrote:
>In article <ntWdnbkJJMKxvaTYnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@comcast.com>, Derek Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>>Justin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Has there been a lead yet on who is winniing this war?
>>>>>
>>>>>I read stories both ways. Personally it looks like Blu Ray is in the
>>>>>lead, but Microsoft will try to fix that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thank you all I have a chance for a free hd dvd player but wanted to know
>>>>if it was worth it. not much software out there
>>>
>>> How would it NOT be worth it?
>>
>>And not to start the tastes-great-less-fillings again, but let's be
>>honest, here:
>>Blu-Ray is SONY. The Betamax Sony. The Minidisk Sony. The DVD+R Sony.
>> The "Whatever the heck that MP3-player format was that was going to
>>crush iPod" Sony.

>Betamax was the better format, ask any Professional.

And Sony brought out the first good camcorder for home use.
And then there was the Walkman which changed portable music in ways
not envisioned. Their 'watchman' was the first small hand held TV
receiver - that actually used a tube with the neck bent at a 90
degree angle. They made home tape recording popular with the
Superscope brand in the US that they had a big hand in, and
if you look at the history of Sony, it was a small company that had
to fight to get it's idea accepted with the early tape recorders,
and suprirsed all after that.

The last few years however have not been good ones for Sony - but
they changed the way home entertainment was view in the US as
least.

Even for the first few years of the VHS the average person refered
to ALL videorecorders as betamax.

Bill
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