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[-] bjg13@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

A time when the height of mobile audio was an 8 track mounted under your three on the tree.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Betamax was the superior format. VHS was cheap crap.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Yes it was, but it was Sony so they locked everyone out of the tech. Paving the way for VHS to win the format war.

[-] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Betamax was a Sony proprietary format, so they decided to lock everyone else out like morons.

[-] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

What about Video 2000? The audio quality was so much better that when we finally switched to a VHS player I thought there was something wrong with the cable connecting it to the TV.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[-] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I don't think it was ever available outside of Europe, but it had some major advantages such as a completely bonkers 8 hours run time per tape, perfect still images without distortion, and the ability to reverse or fast forward without the artifacts you'd see on VHS and Betamax.

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