Cassette Tapes

[imastawka]

Watch these kids try and figure out what they are and how they're used.

Now tell me how old you feel

[davidc4430]

AH! The Good Old Days

[not_for_sale2025]

At the time I was very proud to have been one of the first people in my neck of the woods to buy a Beta VCR. It wasn't long before it was near useless because VHS won the format war and Beta became obsolete. That seems so long and so many technologies ago that I do feel real old. And I bet most young people wouldn't have a clue what I'm talking about, yet it was the revolutionary state of the art technology at the time. Sigh.

[imastawka]

I don't understand how the Betamax format lost the race.

It was a smaller and more compact cassette and loaded immediately

VHS was huge and ugly and you had to wait for it to load before watching it.

[bushies.girl]

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@imastawka wrote:

I don't understand how the Betamax format lost the race.

It was a smaller and more compact cassette and loaded immediately

VHS was huge and ugly and you had to wait for it to load before watching it.

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Never had that prob with our VHS,  put in the tape, hit the play button 'n off it went, no waiting for it to "load"

[imastawka]

You'd notice the difference if you had a Betamax, Bushie.

[bushies.girl]

Cant see how? Popped  in the tape n it played straight away, no waiting for it to "load"   

[davidc4430]

i bought a betamax too, and it was a supirior format

but

they had every other company building VHS machines, they just got outsold.

[davidc4430]

remember this must have item?

[bushies.girl]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i bought a betamax too, and it was a supirior format

but

they had every other company building VHS machines, they just got outsold.

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I looked both of them really couldnt see much difference, when Beta carked it, I was pleased I chose a VHS

Bought a new Blue Ray dvd player earlier this yr, cant see much difference to a "normal" dvd player   ....

[domino-710]

I had Beta - it was a superior platform.

Think VHS - in the end gave more choices.

So..............VHS won out. 

It was quality in its day.