Things I don't 'get' in this modern world

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keithmac

Guru
and it was , theoretically , technically superior . but Sony were not good at selling themselves or licensing so VHS won. Sadly

Early Betamax could only record one hour and Sony were adamant the would not reduce quality to extend recording time.

Early VHS started off at 2hrs out of the box.
 

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
"It's the remotely controlled lavatory flusher." Yes, he could ask it to flush from the bottom of his garden using his smartphone.

Brilliant for getting rid of unwanted guests. Before they go, warn them your bog is haunted and watch them run screaming from the house with their trousers round their ankles when you flush it while they're mid-poo.
 
2 hours of grainy crap.
The quality was very close with both systems - and on a new tape on a typical TV, VHS was indistinguishable the original broadcast quality.

And even if betamax was noticeably better, so what? A noticeably better 1 hour? The VHS is a movie, with high production values. The betamax was 2 episodes of a shitty multi-camera 70's sitcom. I know which one is going to look better.

Friends invested in laser disk players. High quality movies were 30 minutes per side, so you kept stopping to turn over or change the disk. Reminded me of my parents playing 78s. The much higher image quality did not make it appealing to me, I stuck with VHS until DVDs came out.

When extended play came out, I went for that too. Sure, you could tell it was recorded, but most television that's not a problem compared to 8 hours of recording time. Sure, if I was going to keep it, I'd record it at normal speed, but an episode of Law & Order? No, it was fine on extended play.
 
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Brilliant for getting rid of unwanted guests. Before they go, warn them your bog is haunted and watch them run screaming from the house with their trousers round their ankles when you flush it while they're mid-poo.
Yup, only thing better than an unwanted guest is an unwanted guest leaving your house with a trail of poo behind them, and all their stuff still in the guest room.
 

Cycleops

Legendary Member
Location
Accra, Ghana
The quality was very close with both systems - and on a new tape on a typical TV, VHS was indistinguishable the original broadcast quality.

And even if betamax was noticeably better, so what? A noticeably better 1 hour? The VHS is a movie, with high production values. The betamax was 2 episodes of a shitty multi-camera 70's sitcom. I know which one is going to look better.

Friends invested in laser disk players. High quality movies were 30 minutes per side, so you kept stopping to turn over or change the disk. Reminded me of my parents playing 78s. The much higher image quality did not make it appealing to me, I stuck with VHS until DVDs came out.

When extended play came out, I went for that too. Sure, you could tell it was recorded, but most television that's not a problem compared to 8 hours of recording time. Sure, if I was going to keep it, I'd record it at normal speed, but an episode of Law & Order? No, it was fine on extended play.

Why the **** are we arguing about an old outdated method of recording TV progs?
 

Cycleops

Legendary Member
Location
Accra, Ghana
He's the Anti-Obama. He doesn't waste time blowing hot air, he just simply goes and does what he thinks needs doing. I completely dig what he's about.
You gotta hand it to Putin's PR machine.
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