Re: VHS versus Betamax

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <32FA01...@ix.netcom.com>, Chris
<URL:mailto:ct...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> All of which may be superseded by DVD (maybe, possibly, cross your 
> fingers) which will eventually require all of us to by a DVD player!

In the early 1980s the VCR market was driven by the rental companies who,
naturally, went for the cheapest option and so VHS machines predominated.
I bought a Sony Betamax SLC7-UB in 1982 on merit and it is still going
strong, with a superb picture and is incredibly easy to program.  Sony
still service them in this country and manufacture a number of Betamax
models to sell to the more discerning world outside.

--  
Malcolm Muir

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From: Malcolm Muir <mcm...@globalnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: VHS versus Betamax
Date: 1997/02/06
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