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From: andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: The Fate of Beta Format
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 12:35:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 12:35:26 1985
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> Also, SONY does not have to share its piece of the VCR market (latest 
> estimates are that the BETA format has an approx. 20% of the new VCR 
> sales) with hundreds (thousands?) of competing VCR manufacturers like the 
> VHS group does, hence SONY has a greater potential for more profit ($$$).

There are three VHS VCR manufacturers, all in Japan.  There are lots of
companies that buy custom runs, with slightly different features and
their own nameplates, from these manufacturers.  Likewise there are
lots of companies that buy Beta equipment runs, like Radio Shack.  Sony
is not the only vendor of Beta equipment and does not have a lock on
the 20% (and diminishing) VCR market share.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA]