Sony's Betamax was technically superior to VHS in almost every measurable way. It lost anyway. The story of why is one of the most instructive cautionary tales in consumer electronics history.
Read more →They were bulky, they degraded, they ate your favourite film if the mechanism was having a bad day. And yet the VHS tape was the foundation of home cinema for two decades.
Read more →Walking into Blockbuster on a Friday night was an experience. The smell, the blue-and-yellow lights, the wall of new releases, the crushing disappointment when your film was already gone.
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