First Betamax - Salesman Training Video 1977

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betamaxed

- 2015-08-04

As if I wasn't going to upvote this out of the hopper.

betabox

- 2015-08-04

You and me both!

Two notes: The guy in the grey suit has the worst haircut of the entire 70s, and it seems very convenient the sample customer didn't bother asking how much this beast cost -- because they were a small fortune.

Also, it seems only to have used the Beta I speed. It's amazing they sold any units at all.

Old_Zircon

- 2015-08-04

Trinitrons really do look good though.

boner

- 2015-08-05

Trinitrons are awesome. I hope the OLED will put an end to our LCD nightmare

hammsangwich

- 2015-08-04

This looks like a scene from Jim Henson's "The Cube."

Jet Bin Fever

- 2015-08-05

60 whole minutes per tape!

Nominal - 2021-04-08

Just last week I had a coworker trying to pass off the myth that VHS won the format war over Beta all because of the porn industry throwing in with VHS.

It all came down to Sony swearing that customers would choose quality over everything else. After all, TV stations chose Beta for the same reason. Why wouldn't every Joe Consumer?

They honestly were completely blindsided by the fact that people preferred a longer tape time than 60 minutes so you could actually watch a damn movie on the thing (or record sports games).

fedex

- 2015-08-05

damn i want that shelf in the background for my obsolete computer collection

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