Even in the early days of the format wars, Betamax was the clear winner. Every Hollywood studio executive had one in the office and one at home. But Sony may have won the battle but lost the war.  JVC was willing to license their VHS to more manufacturers.  It ran for up to two hours and even though it didn’t look as good, consumers embraced it and the rest was history.

Sony learned it’s lesson after that one which is why 20 years later Blu-Ray has prevailed over HD-DVD and means there is a silver lining in every cloud.

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