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AtNightWeCode 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How RSS beat Microsoft

They were both terrible quality. The thing with VHS is playtime. One movie could fit onto one tape.

FuriouslyAdrift 11 months ago | [–]

The only real advantage VHS had was that JVC broadly licensed the tech so anyone could manufacture devices and/or tapes while Sony heavily restricted Beta.

HPsquared 11 months ago | [–]

Laserdisc also had that annoyance; max duration about an hour per side.

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