Matthew Perdue <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:<[log in to unmask]>...
> Reminds me of the debate between Betamax & VHS.
>
> Betamax: better picture quality which is why it's used for commerical
> video cameras (news crews); longer picture quality life on tape; rougher
> on tape (is wrapped around video pickup heads during fast forward and
> rewind operations); smaller cassette size; more...
>
> VHS: lower cost of recorder/player; lower picture quality; shorter life
> span for video quality; kinder to tape in fast forward & rewind
> operations - unloads tape from video pickup heads; more...
>
> VHS won out in the consumer market based largely on cost
> Beta won out in the professional market for broadcast quality
>
> Actual experience: play a Beta tape 10 times & VHS 10 times, you can
> still make a very good video quality copy from the Beta tape, VHS is
> basically trash at that point. VHS's sound degrades faster as well.
>
Now DVD, No one care Beta or VHS ;-)
 specially with DVD writer.... It only devate until obsolete by itself.

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