Trevor Wilson wrote:
"John Williamson" wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson wrote:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/19/tech...ney_technology


I told you so.

Trevor Wilson
Makes a change for Sony to win a format war. ;-)

**BTW: More than 20 years production of the Beta system can hardly be
regarded as failure. Nor can many other Sony innovations. Trinitron picture
tubes, Walkmans, et al. Like any company engaged in high technology, they
can be expected to stumble once in awhile. I guess the bigger the company,
the bigger and more embarrassing the stumbles.

I was thinking that Beta only ever had a small part of the market, even
though it was produced for a long time, MiniDv & VHS-C have mostly seen
off Digital 8 & the other 8mm tape formats, the Walkman used the Philips
Compact Cassette, & so on. I wouldn't say that Trinitron was a format as
such, although it did give a better picture than shadowmask, if you
could live with the shadow of the wires. Oh, & I know DVD was *partly*
created by Sony.

Sony have done a *lot* of good stuff, some of which I have bought & used
regularly, their formats have never been market leaders, IIRC. Now, in
the Broadcast market, it's a different story. Digibeta, anyone? :-)

I was smiling as I wrote the first reaction, though. And as someone else
has said, good for Toshiba for conceding defeat so soon. It's saved me
having to buy at least one new player.

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Tciao for Now!

John.