"NewsGroups" spar@plaus wrote in message
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Same death as Beta VCR. A better system but more advertising weight on
the lower
quality machines.



"Better" in the case of Beta is debateable, I still remember when movies
came on one VHS or two Beta tapes, that right there is enough to push me to
VHS.

The ironic thing is that in this recent case "Beta" won, BD is the more
expensive proprietary Sony standard, with higher storage capacity, but in
terms of picture quality and other features I can't tell the difference and
doubt most consumers will either.