Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!cornell!biar!trebor
From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re^2: TRON (message from the project leader)
Message-ID: <754@biar.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jul 89 03:18:50 GMT
References: <389@h> <2700017@prisma>
Organization: Biar Games, Inc.
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mo@prisma writes:

>I believe the US is the only country in the world where VHS won.

	You believe wrong.  VHS is the most used standard for
	_consumer_ videotapes in many countries, not the least
	of which is Japan.

>Certainly in the real world of television production,
>ED-Beta and Sony's new 8mm pro format are the *current* hands-down
>winners.

	So?  Comparing what television production people use and
	what Joe Consumer uses is like comparing Apples and Oranges.
	Sure, 8mm pro is worlds better than VHS.  That's not the
	point.

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