• wildcardology@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Yes it was, but it was Sony so they locked everyone out of the tech. Paving the way for VHS to win the format war.

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      10 months ago

      What about Video 2000? The audio quality was so much better that when we finally switched to a VHS player I thought there was something wrong with the cable connecting it to the TV.

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          10 months ago

          I don’t think it was ever available outside of Europe, but it had some major advantages such as a completely bonkers 8 hours run time per tape, perfect still images without distortion, and the ability to reverse or fast forward without the artifacts you’d see on VHS and Betamax.