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Old 03-16-2017, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
It was the same with consumer betamax camcorders. They wanted to use a MUCH smaller head drum than standard...They did, but it used some oddball method of recording that was too difficult/expensive to play back off that mini drum, but played fine on a stand alone deck...Part of what hurt beta in the format wars.
Thanks - I vaguely recall that now that you mention it.
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