← Back to context Comment by XorNot 3 days ago Beta was not the superior technology, and it lost for very good reasons. 3 comments XorNot Reply stonogo 3 days ago Beta was superior in everything but run length, and it lost because it was more expensive than VHS without being sufficiently superior to justify the cost. XorNot 2 days ago Yes but that's not a minor issue: Beta's run length was so limited that it couldn't record or hold a full length movie or even a long TV show. stonogo 2 days ago Only for the first year or two of release. Early VHS capacities were better, but by the late 70s or early 80s there wasn't a meaningful difference.
stonogo 3 days ago Beta was superior in everything but run length, and it lost because it was more expensive than VHS without being sufficiently superior to justify the cost. XorNot 2 days ago Yes but that's not a minor issue: Beta's run length was so limited that it couldn't record or hold a full length movie or even a long TV show. stonogo 2 days ago Only for the first year or two of release. Early VHS capacities were better, but by the late 70s or early 80s there wasn't a meaningful difference.
XorNot 2 days ago Yes but that's not a minor issue: Beta's run length was so limited that it couldn't record or hold a full length movie or even a long TV show. stonogo 2 days ago Only for the first year or two of release. Early VHS capacities were better, but by the late 70s or early 80s there wasn't a meaningful difference.
stonogo 2 days ago Only for the first year or two of release. Early VHS capacities were better, but by the late 70s or early 80s there wasn't a meaningful difference.
Beta was superior in everything but run length, and it lost because it was more expensive than VHS without being sufficiently superior to justify the cost.
Yes but that's not a minor issue: Beta's run length was so limited that it couldn't record or hold a full length movie or even a long TV show.
Only for the first year or two of release. Early VHS capacities were better, but by the late 70s or early 80s there wasn't a meaningful difference.