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    cletar: Bela Lugosi died in 1956, so I call shenanigans on him shilling for Sony video recorders. Anyway... One of the things that killed Betamax was conten... more »
    philibuster: List of failed Sony formats: Minidisc ATRAC audio codec Betamax Memorystick At least they're trying new things. New things that are proprietary and e... more »
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I remember going to the Video store and it was split 50/50 Beta vs VHS and within 2 years it had shifted almost completely to VHS. Of course, my fami... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: I would like to find a way to mention porn in my comment on this article. Is there anyone with a suggestion for how I might be able to do that? more »
    bornonbord: The crazy thing about 3/4" UMatics are they became the de-facto format in the post-production world for 'screener' copies of everything from features,... more »
    Matt0505: We had Beta in my house for a long time growing up. And of course being younger and just generally happy about life, I didn't notice a difference and... more »
    gqcarrick: I always heard that it was the Porn industry that basically decided the format war and killed betamax. Interesting read. more »
    tande04: Good read. Doesn't look like Sony has changed much in the last 30 years. Hopefully they start waking up. more »
    Randy87: good article. although beta tapes aren't totally dead. they're used every day in the broadcast industry still today. i work at an ad agency and we ... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: My dad, notorious for buying quality technology that was doomed for obsolescence, bought us a Betamax after it was clear to everyone else that it was ... more »
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