Now where was I?

[kap]

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packag...55,00.html

[bazookaman]

[hal]

that's one of the dumbest lists I've seen in a long time - the writer is a moran.

[Doc]

[decay]

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packag...48,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packag...51,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packag...49,00.html

why did Betamax make that list? it's common knowledge (or should be) that it was better than VHS in all ways, except for market saturation.

[Doc]

decay wrote:
why did Betamax make that list? it's common knowledge (or should be) that it was better than VHS in all ways, except for market saturation.

Try to fit a 2-hour movie on an original beta tape.

[decay]

Doc wrote:
[quote=decay]
why did Betamax make that list? it's common knowledge (or should be) that it was better than VHS in all ways, except for market saturation.

Try to fit a 2-hour movie on an original beta tape.
good point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_f....S._market

US consumers wanted to record TV shows. i didn't realize that the yardstick was a football game!