The forgotten home video formats
Do you have any memories of that time when there was a format war between VHS and Betamax? Perhaps you’re too young to remember, but there were other formats apart from VHS and Betamax trying to become mainstream.
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While VHS and Betamax were released simultaneously and became popular immediately, LaserDisk could only maintain a niche market. Then, VCC, CED, and VHD never attracted the general public as much as other formats that used magnetic tapes.