On 10/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yan Seiner</b> <<a href="mailto:yan@seiner.com">yan@seiner.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've heard the theory that Beta failed because Sony wouldn't license it<br>to the porn industry, so all the porn came out on VHS. Bingo, VHS got<br>the market.<br></blockquote></div><br>That's the popular story but it's not true - porn was available on Betamax (
e.g. Playboy released their stuff on both formats). Betamax's downfall was due to a combination of factors including cost and capacity. Betamax tapes could initially only hold one hour - not enough for a movie. This was probably the biggest single factor.
<br><br>Steve<br>