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1366098 2014-01-28 22:29:00 The VHS v Beta was won by VHS because Sony wouldnt allow the porn studios to use Beta.

Well that is a new slant on the debate.

Where did you get your information/answer from? Please provide a source :)
Zippity (58)
1366099 2014-01-28 22:32:00 Have you ever seen porn on beta or hddvd plod (107)
1366100 2014-01-28 22:33:00 [QUOTE=pctek;1188172]In fact music and maths go together in the brain apparently......
And marketing IS everything......VHS versus Beta for instance?

QUOTE]The VHS v Beta was won by VHS because Sony wouldnt allow the porn studios to use Beta. The inferior product won. Same reason we have Bluray and not HDDVD

I thought it had more to do with the fact that porn studios just started using VHS tapes which made the format very popular.

VHS has since been surpassed by the interwebs :)

As to Bluray.. that kinda got superceded before it had a chance to take off.
Webdevguy (17166)
1366101 2014-01-28 22:37:00 [QUOTE=plod;1188193]I thought it had more to do with the fact that porn studios just started using VHS tapes which made the format very popular.VHS has since been surpassed by the interwebs :)As to Bluray.. that kinda got superceded before it had a chance to take off.Nope, sony didnt want porn on beta plod (107)
1366102 2014-01-29 21:09:00 [QUOTE=Webdevguy;1188200]Nope, sony didnt want porn on beta

Interesting, I never knew that. :thumbs:
Webdevguy (17166)
1366103 2014-01-29 21:48:00 The VHS v Beta was won by VHS because Sony wouldnt allow the porn studios to use Beta.

another old wives tale
Go into any local vid rental store. Compare the tiny selection of Porn to the huuuuge selection of 'mainstream' movies.
was the same when vid rental stores were all tape.
I doubt anybody bought VHS machines simply because porn wasnt available on Beta. It was all to do with who did the better marketing job.

HDDVD VS BR war: nothing to do with porn.
"The format war's resolution in favor of Blu-ray was primarily decided by two factors: shifting business alliances, including decisions by major film studios and retail distributors,[38] and Sony's decision to include a Blu-ray player in the PlayStation 3 video game console"

BR won out completely when most of the major film studios gave up & decided to just go with BR.
1101 (13337)
1366104 2014-01-29 21:50:00 [QUOTE=Webdevguy;1188200]Nope, sony didnt want porn on beta

You still haven't quoted or provided a source for your idiotic claim..................

Maybe you could read here (en.wikipedia.org).
Zippity (58)
1366105 2014-01-29 22:03:00 [QUOTE=plod;1188201]

You still haven't quoted or provided a source for your idiotic claim..................

Maybe you could read here (en.wikipedia.org).

or here
en.wikipedia.org

"The main determining factor between Betamax and VHS was the cost of recorders and the length of video tape"

importantly, this
"JVC, while designed the technology, licensed the VHS technology to any manufacturer who was interested; thus causing OEMs to compete against each other for sales, and a lowered cost to the consumer"
"Sony was the only manufacturer of the Betamax initially, became too complacent, and reacted to the OEM market far too late"
1101 (13337)
1366106 2014-01-29 22:34:00 So many broken quotes... pcuser42 (130)
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