----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: June 9, 2001 13:28 Subject: [USMA:13608] RE: Market forces > Stephen Gallagher writes: > > > My opinion is that customers preferred the cheaper price of > > VHS, over BETA, not necessarily the longer record time. > > That may well be. I got my info from a college professor teaching a > marketing class. It's been too long for me to remember where he got his > info, but I remember clearly the issue of recording time. It was a combination of both. Followed by the appearance of video rental stores, which catered to the larger VHS market because there were more VHS players, which in turn caused more people to favour VHS players. Stephen
