70's ad... In the comfort of your home!Submitted by XaltotunTheUndead t3_zze2xb in OldSchoolCool
Nite01007 t1_j2b214q wrote
If you called that number 100% they’ll say vhs is better cause it’s the same number as the porn line and beta didn’t allow porn on it. It’s one of the things that really killed it.
tok33 t1_j2b2us3 wrote
It says VHS or Beta right in that porn ad.
Nite01007 t1_j2b32p4 wrote
So it does. Odd. I remember (and have seen since) that beta was a closed ecosystem and specifically disallowed porn. Shows what I know.
Effective_Purpose_23 t1_j2b54pg wrote
I had heard the same thing. The porn industry is what allowed vhs to win out.
wellmaybe_ t1_j2bgixm wrote
i think thats how dvd became the new standard medium aswell
l0u1s11 t1_j2bu4d7 wrote
and blu-ray
XaltotunTheUndead OP t1_j2c91d3 wrote
I remember the same. This company may have made their own home brew Betamax porn tapes then perhaps?
Turbo_Homewood t1_j2b5l8j wrote
My Dad had Betamax porn tapes
Arquen_Marille t1_j2bemzq wrote
Beta did allow porn but not as much was put on Beta as it was on VHS. Also, Beta was already a dying thing by the early ‘80s because the player was $1000 instead of $300 like VHS, and only held 2 hours instead of the 4 hours of VHS.
ke_co t1_j2bkdx2 wrote
It appears that maybe these guys were copying the videos they licensed onto whatever medium the customer requested and shipped direct. Sony wouldn’t have any leverage over them as they didn’t go through any of their authorized distributors.
For perspective, $99 a video in 1976 would be the equivalent of over $500 today.
reddit_again_ugh_no t1_j2bprgc wrote
In the US? In South America we had porn in Beta, American porn particularly.
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