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Originally Posted by haertig
Betamax technology was far superior to the rival VHS. But VHS won out in the consumer market because of better marketing (Beta won out in the professional market however).
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That...
...is debatable...
...and has been debated for decades now.
It depends on the yardstick you used.
Beta supporters fall back on video tech specifications to "prove" Beta was superior technology while VHS supporters fall back on mission suitability to "prove" VHS was a superior *product*. Both being equally right in their own definitions. Beta dominated for broadcasters who mostly archived clips and ad-free content and VHS dominated with consumers who needed to record full two-hour movies or a week of soap operas on one tape.
Different markets, different needs, different definitions of what "better" meant.
Not terribly useful to simply claim "better" without definitions of market or figure of merit.
Besides, it was Laserdisk that was "better" anyway.
It is the core technology that has been used all over for decades now for everything to music to video to games to data storage and distribution. It outlasted them both.
