--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Dale J. Chatham <d...@chatham.org> wrote: > On 06/15/2010 12:28 AM, Patrick > Bartek wrote: > [snip] > > > > There was a similar problem 35 years ago with consumer > video recording and/or playback formats. Ultimately, > the consumer chose which format it preferred. They > will, again. It just takes time. > > > > VHS/Beta? > > I'm not sure the consumer actually chose. The porn > producers chose to > go with VHS and very little Beta porn was produced. > > The result is that we had VHS, even though it is arguably > not as good as > Beta.
The real reason VHS triumphed over Beta was the long recording times. That's what people wanted more that superior image quality. You could record a whole movie off the TV on a single standard play cassette, or on extended play, a whole evening of TV, 6 hours. Beta couldn't. Also, IIRC, VHS machines were cheaper than Beta ones. Cheaper. Longer playing. Sold! Consumers have spoken. ;-) B -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
