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Old 2007-03-28, 11:08 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Cleo View Post
I think the big difference with Betamax was that, unlike DVD disks, there was no way to make the tapes play in players that also played VHS tapes.
I was thinking that they did make a hybrid machine but can't find it anywhere. I seem to remember a vcr with 2 slots...one for betamax and one for vhs. I could be wrong.

I just read that Time Warner is going to make hybrid disks that will hold both formats. That might make it interesting.
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