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Why Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1)16:29

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

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Technology Connections
Part one of Technology Connections' account of the VHS versus Betamax format war. It argues Sony was caught off guard by JVC's cheaper, more practical VHS system.