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Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes

From RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes
Date 2015-11-13 16:05 +0300
Message-ID <20151113160524.1fc46a65@koala> (permalink)
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On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:57:21 +0100
"Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> >
> Yes the Philips machines had the best tech but were too late to
> market.
> 
> I've always heard Sony refused to allow porn on their platform which 
> made VHS the system of choice.
> 
> Until a few years ago I had two Sanyo Betamax machines and they just 
> lasted and lasted.

Imagine if DARPA and successors had prohibited or coded against porn on
the Internet.  It would've never taken off!  (tongue in cheek: not sure
how you code against porn and certainly don't want to find out).

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[CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-11-12 19:21 +0000
  Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-11-12 21:32 +0000
    Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-12 21:51 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-11-12 22:14 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-13 12:57 +0100
        Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-11-13 16:05 +0300
  Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-11-13 10:01 -0600
    Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2015-11-13 16:08 +0000
      Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-11-13 12:54 -0500
        Re: [CM] Bye Bye, Betamax tapes philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-11-13 22:25 -0600

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