said by BlitzenZeus:HD DVD wasn't inferior, the drm with blu-ray was the big reason the studios wanted it, and came with it the need for firmware updates to players to play the newest disks when they change the drm. They do have more capacity, but Sony has never been known for being consumer friendly with drm. Remember the cd audio rootkit scandal where they installed a rootkit without user permission, or intervention? All of those cds were recalled, and felt like they had the right to install software on computers without the users permission.
They also make the VHS to DVD Recoder that COPYS, COPY protected VHS tapes.
The transfers from the VHS to the DVD-R format has better picture quality and audio
DAC is removed from the equation resulting in better video output and audio
said by Hayward0:said by jabarnut:Since nobody else has, may I be so bold as to ask why no Sony products?
Let me count the ways
1 The abandoned the superior quality Betamax long before the end of the VCR era. When they said they wouldn't.
6 Trinitron TVs almost always turned green after a few years.
Betamax was not abandoned it was used commercially. up in tell a 2-3 years ago and is still used in places were they can not afford to upgrade.
Have a Trinitron that is 27 years old still works perfect and bright as the day it was bought. one from 2004 and a High definition Trinitron 2006 that still works good.
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