VHS won the battle vs Beta. Why?
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Beta was only supported by Sony (there may have been a few other small manufacturers but no one cares), but VHS was more of an independent standard with many suppliers of both tape and machines. And VHS was cheaper (more suppliers => more competition). And VHS recoreded significantly more video on a tape cassette (tapes weren’t cheap, so even if they cost the same $ they recorded more video so were cheaper to a user). It was easier to find video rentals on VHS (so there was more source material, even tape rental places that had both types of tapes had more selection on VHS).
If money were no object, beta would’ve been the winner. Money is *the* object, so VHS won.
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