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You had to hold it up to a candle. (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/microblogmemes

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[–] AngryCommieKender 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Betamax was the superior format. VHS was cheap crap.

[–] wildcardology 5 points 9 months ago

Yes it was, but it was Sony so they locked everyone out of the tech. Paving the way for VHS to win the format war.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What about Video 2000? The audio quality was so much better that when we finally switched to a VHS player I thought there was something wrong with the cable connecting it to the TV.

[–] AngryCommieKender 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Never saw that one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I don't think it was ever available outside of Europe, but it had some major advantages such as a completely bonkers 8 hours run time per tape, perfect still images without distortion, and the ability to reverse or fast forward without the artifacts you'd see on VHS and Betamax.

[–] FangedWyvern42 3 points 9 months ago

Betamax was a Sony proprietary format, so they decided to lock everyone else out like morons.