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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You aren't wrong with this theory. It's why betamax and hd-dvd lost too

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Oh fuck, i completely forgot about betamax and HD-DVD. Back in Uni I wrote a 20 page paper about failed formats. I sent my first draft to my professor for feedback. He called me in and asked "Have you thought about porn?" I bet my facial expression must have been priceless.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's a myth. Betamax lost because it couldn't record long enough. Movies had to be on two tapes. By the time they finally extended the time VHS was already dominant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also licensing out the VHS format to 3rd party manufacturers also played a not insignificant role in beating Betamax. More conpanies making more VHS machines won a lot of the battle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So it's twice as difficult to hide your porn on betamax then VHS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also licensing out the VHS format to 3rd party manufacturers also played a not insignificant role in beating Betamax. More conpanies making more VHS machines won a lot of the battle.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Betamax may have been higher quality, but the fact is that consumer TVs of the time couldn't display the difference in quality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Classic Tropic Thunder scene.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was one of the five people who owned the HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360 🫡