Why VHS Was Better

otis wildflower writes "An article in the UK's Guardian describes why, in the end, VHS is better than Betamax. While this may not be terribly useful knowledge on its own, the author then makes a pretty convincing case that viewing something's success or failure purely on technical merit is not an entirely accurate way of looking at things. For better or for worse, success of new products and technologies is determined by a broad range of factors that make up "the whole product", quality being only one, and possibly a minor one at that. Kind of explains what happened to the Atari Lynx and Jaguar, dunnit?"

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What a load of crap

[UrGeek]

I own my second S-VHS because I cannot stand the lousy quality of VHS. The point of this article is if everyone buys it, then it must be better. What a load of crap. Popular has never meant better - not if you are talking about true quality.

The majority of people are just plain STUPID.