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Post by theMOESIAH on Nov 10, 2015 12:56:36 GMT -5
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Post by bad guy™ on Nov 10, 2015 13:01:06 GMT -5
I was seriously about to just come in here and post about them still making those.
Dammit.
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Post by Word™ on Nov 10, 2015 16:15:54 GMT -5
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Post by Darkhawk on Nov 10, 2015 18:46:17 GMT -5
I have no idea what those are.
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Post by Nivro™ on Nov 10, 2015 18:49:48 GMT -5
my dad still has 2 betamax players that still work. Also has 2 Ataris and a commodore 64
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Post by theMOESIAH on Nov 10, 2015 18:50:59 GMT -5
I have no idea what those are. The loser from the first home video format war. From what I understand, they were superior to VHS tapes but lost out because they were more expensive. Also I think there was a period where only Sony movies where available on Beta. But, from what I've read, their refusal to allow porn to be released on the format is what killed them. This was a little before my time so I could be bit off on the details |
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Post by @.@ Hempsterdance @.@ on Nov 10, 2015 20:08:49 GMT -5
They still made betamax?
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Nov 10, 2015 20:22:17 GMT -5
I have no idea what those are. The loser from the first home video format war. From what I understand, they were superior to VHS tapes but lost out because they were more expensive. Also I think there was a period where only Sony movies where available on Beta. But, from what I've read, their refusal to allow porn to be released on the format is what killed them. This was a little before my time so I could be bit off on the details In which Sony learned from their mistake. That's why bluray won the HD war. The porn industry wanted to use them. Granted I still think they were superior to HD DVD. |
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Nov 10, 2015 20:26:07 GMT -5
NOOOOOOO
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Post by John Zero on Nov 10, 2015 20:31:01 GMT -5
Dammit, now I have to switch to Laserdisk.
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Post by cmiller79 on Nov 10, 2015 20:45:53 GMT -5
What the hell are betamax tapes?
Lol
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Post by theMOESIAH on Nov 10, 2015 23:16:44 GMT -5
The loser from the first home video format war. From what I understand, they were superior to VHS tapes but lost out because they were more expensive. Also I think there was a period where only Sony movies where available on Beta. But, from what I've read, their refusal to allow porn to be released on the format is what killed them. This was a little before my time so I could be bit off on the details In which Sony learned from their mistake. That's why bluray won the HD war. The porn industry wanted to use them. Granted I still think they were superior to HD DVD. Ehh. I think the internet mostly made porn irrelevant in the HD DVD/Blu-Ray thing. I was more of an HD DVD guy myself because the format was actually finished when it came to market, unlike BR which in its first few years had constant firmware updates. The problem was that no BR players at the time were internet connected so everytime Sony updated something you needed to buy a new player. If you were lucky some features on some movies wouldn't work but other movies wouldn't work altogether. It would all depend on the movie and the player. And this was back when BR players started at $1,000. The PS3 eventually canceled out most of those problems but it was released a few years after BR. Plus HD DVD had other cool features like the ability to share movies with people other players and more interactive features, plus their movies were region-free. I didn't want to gamble on one format though so I got a $150 disc drive for my computer that played both. And this was back when people were paying a small fortune for the players. Source: I'm a gigantic  ing nerd. |
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Post by A-Rob on Nov 11, 2015 1:52:16 GMT -5
Betamax is still a thing?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 1:54:05 GMT -5
I was born in 1988 and have never heard of a Betamax tape until now.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Nov 11, 2015 2:25:44 GMT -5
I was born in 1988 and have never heard of a Betamax tape until now. I was born in 84 and I've only seen them in person once. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 5:09:52 GMT -5
Good to know they're keeping up with the times then.
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Post by JC Motors on Nov 12, 2015 19:36:20 GMT -5
Why on earth would they still sell Betamax Tapes?
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Post by theMOESIAH on Nov 12, 2015 19:58:43 GMT -5
Why on earth would they still sell Betamax Tapes? More importantly, who is still buying them and why? |
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Post by JC Motors on Nov 12, 2015 20:42:20 GMT -5
Why on earth would they still sell Betamax Tapes? More importantly, who is still buying them and why? I read that TV Studios use them to backup their news broadcasts |
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Post by LA Times on Nov 12, 2015 20:44:11 GMT -5
I have boxes of unused, blank Beta tapes but I had no idea they were still making them in 2015
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