Despite it being funny, beta didn’t lose over porn. VHS with a larger tape length captured consumers with ability to record for longer.
Both formats were at first for home tv recording, pre-recorded distribution only came once many households had VHS and this was viable. The formats weren’t designed for it.
I think he may have been referencing blu-ray vs hd-dvd. oh and DIVX! Not the encoder, the disc type. DVDs, but you had to fucking pay per watch lolololhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX
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VHS won over Betamax. This one was over porn despite Beta being technically superior.
DVD won over VCD. This one was over copy protection since VCD were trivial to decrypt and copy at the time.
Despite it being funny, beta didn’t lose over porn. VHS with a larger tape length captured consumers with ability to record for longer.
Both formats were at first for home tv recording, pre-recorded distribution only came once many households had VHS and this was viable. The formats weren’t designed for it.
I think he may have been referencing blu-ray vs hd-dvd. oh and DIVX! Not the encoder, the disc type. DVDs, but you had to fucking pay per watch lololol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX