VHS vs Beta newsgroups from 20 years ago

[michaels]

http://groups.google.com/group/net.vide...5079d40e588495?&hl=en#085079d40e588495
http://groups.google.com/group/net.vide...5ebc359490787b?&hl=en#6f5ebc359490787b
:laugh:

Now, ten years down the line, your old Sony-whatever breaks down,
and its time to buy a new VCR. Your whole 1,000 tape library is in Beta
format, so you have to buy a Beta machine. You look around you, and see
that all of the engineering time and effort has gone into improving VHS
machines, and that Beta machines have all but stagnated.

How can I make a prediction like this? Well, look at the 8-inch
floppy drive. Yes, they're still around, but they haven't been improved
and worked on like the 5-1/4 inch drives have simply because THEY ARE NOT AS
POPULAR. You can get (*now*) quad-density 5-1/4 inch drives, and research
is going in to making the magnetic fields "vertical" (rather than horizontal
as they are now). 8-inch drives have only been improved as a result of
improvements in 5-1/4 inch drive technology which could be transferred.

VHS machines may be clunky, and slow, and not have the sound
quality that Beta machines do (for the same price), NOW. Wait five to
ten years, then come back and we'll have another comparison test...
including tape prices and such. I'm willing to bet (I am "betting"
several hundred dollars by owning the machine) that VHS will be a much
better investment than Beta in the long run.

 

[Colt45]

haha

 

[ElFenix]

22 years later and we're still arguing about sony and their formats

 

[BrokenVisage]

incredible stuff

 

[iamaelephant]

Severeal thousand dollars for a VCR :Q hehe I love reading old stuff like this. It's hilarious how similar these discussions are to the discussions we have now. Thanks for posting this michaels

 

[everman]

A lot of those Sony comments still ring true.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
Severeal thousand dollars for a VCR :Q hehe I love reading old stuff like this. It's hilarious how similar these discussions are to the discussions we have now. Thanks for posting this michaels

I lament the day when my children say much the same that you did in your opening sentence: "Several thousand dollars for a HDTV!"

 

[Leros]

research is going in to making the magnetic fields "vertical" (rather than horizontal
as they are now)

Kinda like how hard drives are now storing data perpendicularly. Man, times never change.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Leros

research is going in to making the magnetic fields "vertical" (rather than horizontal
as they are now)

Kinda like how hard drives are now storing data perpendicularly. Man, times never change.

Holographic storage is just around the corner now.