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Why Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1)

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Watson compares Beta and VHS cassettes against a household task: recording a whole program. Changing tape speed changes how much fits on a cassette, so a comparison of formats also needs the recording mode.

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a 2 hour recording time
Why Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1) · ▶ 10:19–10:23
cut the tape speed in half and thus doubled the recording time.
Why Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1) · ▶ 13:05–13:10

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