[mythtv-users] Cheap SCSI scanners - was:The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Mon Oct 22 17:18:53 UTC 2007
Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 9:43 AM, Yan Seiner wrote:
>
>> I've heard the theory that Beta failed because Sony wouldn't
>> license it
>> to the porn industry, so all the porn came out on VHS. Bingo, VHS got
>> the market.
>
> Specifically, Sony wouldn't strike a deal with Playboy so they went
> with VHS and the rest is history. I heard this from Playboy when my
> company was in talks with them about a distributed content management
> system.
And the same thing is happening with HDDVD vs. Blu-Ray. Sony doesn't
want "porn" on "their" format.
beww
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