Remember a few years ago when Blu - shaft battled HD - DVD in the high - def videodisk data format war ? Sony and Blu - ray at last won out , but there was a meter whenthe electronics giant was n’t as successful in getting its way .
As theEngineerGuyexplains , the first home video record-keeper to hit the market back in 1975 was from Sony , and used the company ’s Betamax format . before long after that , JVC released a vie home video recording equipment that was lighter , cheaper , and used VHS data formatting tape recording that could hold a two - hour movie alternatively of Betamax ’s one - hour limit — and that was the key .
As a result , VHS was readily embraced by the video rental industry because a single cassette could make an entire movie . And it was that thin advantage in popularity and Leontyne Price that eventually break VHS a outstanding market share that grew and originate until Betamax became nothing more than a footer in the story of consumer electronics . If only Sony had released the PS3 back in the late seventy with work up - in Betamax support , thing might have been different .
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