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Eeyore wrote:
I always assumed Panasonic was the premium brand of Matsu****a. They are
or were heavily into the broadcast market. MII was the rival to Sony
Betacam, and arguably of better quality - so the VHS/Beta situation got
reversed there as Betacam was by far more popular.

You're definitely right about Panasonic being a Matsu****a brand now that I
come to think of it.

JVC invented VHS though.

It became part of the Matsu****a group - they bought 50% - in the early
'50s, so I'd guess it's simply a marketing thing.

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