VHS had longer playing time.
In 1977 RCA was selling VHS machine with a 4 hour playing/recording time
while Sony's Betamax had only a 2 hour playing/recording time.
Also, it is not clear one type of machine was technically superior.
Liebowitz and Margolis discuss the Beta/VHS history in their book
"Winners, Losers and Microsoft"
Scott
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Steve Young wrote:
> Anybody know why VHS beat out beta? Was there some preference other than
> technical superiority in this case?
>
> Steve
>
