However, industry conflicts can arise similar to the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray format wars or the even older Betamax vs. VHS showdown. HLS is currently the best option for streaming media protocols, but it wasn’t always that way—nor will it remain so forever. Let’s review several past and...
1975: Betamax Dr. Marioli // Wikimedia Commons 1975: Betamax 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. ...
1975: Betamax Dr. Marioli // Wikimedia Commons 1975: Betamax 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...
Orbitzappeared on the beverage scene in 1997with a non-carbonated, fruit-flavored drink that looked more like a lava lamp than a bottled beverage. The balls of gelatin and the medicinal taste did not appeal to many taste buds; Orbitz was off the shelves in the same year it arrived. ...
Betamax and VHS were dueling for supremacy in the video recording wars, but by the end of the decade VHS had come out on top. Cassette tapes, introduced in the '60s, became increasingly popular throughout the '70s and pushed the 8-track into the dustbin of history. The '70s heralded th...
It comes out later this year. Anyway, Claudia ran a positive piece about the letters. So when I was contacted a few weeks ago by All in the Mind producer Lorna Stewart about making another contribution to the programme, it was easy to say yes. This time, it was to ask for my ...
Well, back then our Betamax or VHS player (you can Google “Betamax” if you were born after 1987) was impressive if it could record. So as marketers, other than telling compelling stories, we couldn’t rely on video or other forms of content to adapt. But with many recent technological...
Last year. Right, yeah. Certainly eh… expresses the onset of the overall depression pretty well, I’d say. I’m still trying to analyze why repetition seems to be so incredibly hard to handle for some people. Why Is Phillip Glass’ repetition so intriguing, where this is immediately borin...
1975: Betamax 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 // Wik...
1975: Betamax Sonydeveloped Betamax cassettetapes a year before VHS in an effort to control the industry. In spite of the company's efforts, VHSbecame popular becauseit was less expensive and the tapes lasted three hours instead of one. ...