Originally Posted by
reno96teg
porn was part of it, but i wouldn't ever say it was the defining reason for betamax's failure.
- initial recording time for betamax was only 1 hour, VHS was 2 hours
- betamax was more expensive and players were harder to find for rent (people were opting to rent instead of buy because they didn't want to invest in a doomed format)
- by the time betamax became readily available for rent, VHS had 70% of the market
- sony also failed to sign enough licensing agreements with studios to have films made in betamax, this is aside from the porn issue
there's more that isn't coming to mind.. but again, porn or the lack of was only a part of it.. i would also argue that porn is not one of the lead reasons for technological adoption, but that's another thread.
don't forget that JVC allowed other companies to manufacture VHS players and recorders, while beta was sony-only. if you were to go the beta route you only had one option, and no competiton to drive prices or features other than the VHS market.
Originally Posted by
iNteGraz92
blu-ray will fail because of sony's exploding laptop batteries? :rofl:
:wtf:
the sony hate is ridiculous
two of the major backers of Blu ray are dell and apple. their decisions are considered paramount to the success of the format (imagine if every dell and apple computer came packaged with blu-ray in the future...)
after the laptop battery fiasco these companies are going to be looking in other directions, HP, another member of the blu-ray association has already started shipping HD-DVD drives with it's computers, something which many other companies might start to do just because of sony's strong ties to Blu-Ray