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Offline nO-One

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NOOOO!!! Sony kills BETAMAX
« on: August 27, 2002, 05:05:01 PM »
say it isn\'t true, say it isn\'t true. It\'s the superiour format.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20020827/tc_nm/tech_sony_betamax_dc_3

:crying: damn you Matsushita corp, damn you and your VHS!!!
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2002, 05:07:25 PM »
Whoopady-freaking-do. It\'s been dead for 20 years here. I\'ve abandoned VHS for a couple years now. DVD\'s own joo.
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2002, 05:08:04 PM »
I thought it has been dead for 10 years :)
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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2002, 05:19:13 PM »
I didn\'t even know there was a beta max.
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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2002, 05:39:34 PM »
It was liike VHS but actually better. VHS only won because of marketing.
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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2002, 06:05:59 PM »
VHS won because Sony tried to implement to many standards and rules when using the Betamax format. Its kind of like how Nintendo had so much BS involving cartridges so most developers moved to Sony and their CDs.
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« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2002, 06:14:31 PM »
I see. Thanks for clearing it up for me.
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« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2002, 09:34:54 PM »
dvd\'s get scratched too, easily, tapes last for ever dvd\'s on the other hand one nick and its ruined forever ever.
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2002, 10:46:20 PM »
Tapes don\'t last forever. What if your VCR eats them or some crap. Happened to me lots of times.
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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2002, 01:31:24 AM »
Nothing worse than a chewed up tape stuck in a VCR!
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« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2002, 09:28:13 AM »
Uh oh!!! Do you think sony will continue and kill the PS2?!?!?!
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« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2002, 11:00:31 AM »
DVD\'s don\'t "own" VHS...

Try finding as many movies on DVD as VHS...
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« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2002, 11:21:35 AM »
DVD has so much features that makes it so much better than VHS. True the VHS has sh!tload more movies than DVD. But the advantages the DVD has is:

better sound quality
better picture quality
no rewinding (i love this one.:D )
Extra features (music videos, documentaries,photo galleries, etc.,)
Easier to carry around
Extended scenes
Deleted scenes
DVD-ROM games
More space on DVD for movie (no double or more tapes)

The only thing the DVD doesnt do better than VHS is the ability to record.

there is prolly more but as you can see the DVD is just a lot more technologically (sp?) advanced than the outdated VHS. ;)
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« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2002, 02:07:45 PM »
yup i prefer dvd too
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« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2002, 02:49:29 PM »
Of course everybody prefers DVD, Betamax is dead and has been for like 20 years.

It\'s just funny that Sony just officially declared it dead
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