• Olap@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You aren’t wrong with this theory. It’s why betamax and hd-dvd lost too

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      1 year ago

      That’s a myth. Betamax lost because it couldn’t record long enough. Movies had to be on two tapes. By the time they finally extended the time VHS was already dominant