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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoIt was probably sports that made VHS the winner. Porn was on both technologies (and available at local video rental places in Australia at least). VHS could handle a full gridiron game (but not a cricket match) but Betamax couldn’t.
minus-squaregwl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-214 hours agoThe real truth is it’s probably both, and also other factors, but over time people have simplified the explanation to be “it’s just one of the factors that did it!”
It was probably sports that made VHS the winner. Porn was on both technologies (and available at local video rental places in Australia at least).
VHS could handle a full gridiron game (but not a cricket match) but Betamax couldn’t.
The real truth is it’s probably both, and also other factors, but over time people have simplified the explanation to be “it’s just one of the factors that did it!”