Posted by GMAN on 08/06/07 02:00

In article <is20b3t9ssf5vo2bokiuikt306cflebrcj@4ax.com>, My Assistant: Zhang Heng wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:24:24 GMT, Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:47:46 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
>><OneBigLever@InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:
>>
>>>> BETA and VHS were
>>>>completely different at hardware level and no practical dual format
>>>>deck sold well back then, very pricey.
>>>
>>> I do not even think there was even any such thing.
>>[snip]
>>
>>I didn't mean a VCR player that has single mechansim for both VHS and
>>BETA. I mean separate VHS and BETA mechansim in a single "combo"
>>unit. There are dual VHS deck but I don't know if there ever is a
>>VHS/BETA combo.
>
>
> Since part of the reason Sony lost was due to their proprietary schema,
>and licensing fee...I doubt it.
>
> They likely had a clause against it as well.
>
> Sony is BAD for America. They push up the price of consumer
>electronics and entertainment content at every turn. Very BAD behavior.


And usually their hardware quality represents the price. Sorry for you, the
walmart generation.


>
> The DRM rootkit fiasco alone should tell you that.
>

You mean on the handfull of CD's from duchebag music groups that only
duchebags would listen to?


>Alas, even AFTER AOL got slapped with a huge class action suit for
>RIPPING OFF CUSTOMERS, the idiots STILL lined up, and signed up for more
>ass reamings.
>
> Not this kid. I see things as they are.

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