Posted by Rita � Berkowitz on 11/03/07 22:45

Richard Crowley wrote:

>> Not true. As I said earlier, look for surplus monitors that use the
>> Sony Trinitron flat CRT. The LCD vs CRT argument is akin to VHS vs
>> Batamax. Betamax was always the best format, but VHS won out do to a
>> stiff marketing campaign and propaganda.
>
> Sony (Betamax) practically guaranteed failure by
> refusing to licence the format to other manufacturers,
> and by waiting way too long before admiting that a
> 60-minute running time probably wasn't enough. By
> then there were thousands of Hollywood movie titles
> availble on VHS because they wouldn't fit on Betamax.

It's kinda like how LCD is being forced on the masses. Ah, what the hell,
once all the CRTs are gone nobody will remember what a good monitor looks
like.






Rita

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