Back in the day when we used to have to fedex vhs tapes to clients for review, I would insist that we do an output around 5pm to make sure we at least had something we could send... and then we could keep working til the last moment... And as always, thanks to this community...
Sony developed Betamax cassette tapes a year before VHS in an effort to control the industry. In spite of the company's efforts, VHS became popular because it was less expensive and the tapes lasted three hours instead of one. 1976: Telstar gaming console Keith Pomakis // Wikimedia Commons...