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From: hamilton@intersil.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CDTV
Message-ID: <257.280349fa@intersil.uucp>
Date: 10 Apr 91 17:23:06 GMT
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In some previous message Jonathan David Abbey said:
>>The reason that VHS blew the doors off of Betamax included the fact that
>>only Sony supported Betamax, whereas the rest of the industry were
>>making cheaper and better VHS machines.  In this case, the Betamax lesson
>>points the wrong way at Commodore, unless the rumour of Commodore licensing
>>of the CDTV technology comes true in a serious way. 
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Jonathan David Abbey              \"Take your place on the great Mandela" P,P&M
>>the university of texas at austin  \  jonabbey@cs.utexas.edu     "Love me, love
>>computer science/math?/psychology?  \ (512) 472-2052              my Amiga" -Me 

Actually, there were plenty of other manufacturers making Beta machines 
besides Sony.  And I still haven't seen a VHS machine that has a jog
shuttle wheel for editing that is 1/10 as responsive as my 5 year old
SLHF900.  Something about VHS tape handlers is screwy, I don't know
why they can't get it right after all this time.

They definitely made cheaper, but now way did they make better.

(OK, from now on I'll stay in alt.vcrformat.wars)
-- 
Fred Hamilton                          "Unlike most of you, 
Harris Semiconductor                    I am not a nut..."
Santa Clara, CA  (Although I own and love two Beta VCRs) -Homer Simpson