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[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

The result of VHS’s open system still enabled porn to show up on it sooner. And that helped more dudes want to drop $1-2k on a VCR.

Beta_cam_ did live on as a TV video format, I used one in high school and our local cable access still ran on betacam S in the late 90s.

It was the same sized tape as Betamax, but ran at a much higher speed for better quality (more info per inch of tape), they even switched to digital at some point, but I’d move on to MiniDV in college by then.

[-] daltotron@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Good to know, so it's not all urban legend, a little bit of truth to it.

Also good to know about the betacam stuff, I couldn't quite remember what the situation was there.

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