End of an era

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I remember Block Buster opening up their first stores. It was all the rage. Especially in my hood. No cable yet. Then there was the Betamax or VHS wars. VHS winning out in the end. But, yeah, I remember jumping in my mom's Buick to go score a new release.

VHS didn't win. The top dog spot was given to them because the chairman of Sony would not issue licenses to the porn producers to use their Betamax.

Either way, Tape recording has too many problems inherent to magnetic media. We learned that from the eight tracks.
Disc storage media has all but wiped out magnetic tape.

Good riddance I say.