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NARRATOR: SO PROGRESS CAN BE JERKY, TECHNOLOGY IS EQUALLY AS UNPREDICTABLE. WHEN HOME VIDEO SET OFF THERE WAS THE GRUNT VHS, THE DOUBLE SIDED VIDEO 2000 AND THE CUTE BETAMAX
NARRATOR: THERE WERE NO MEGASTORES JUST A HUMBLE SHOP IN LONDON THAT WENT ON TO PRODUCE FILMS. YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY WAS THE BEST BET, HAVING TO STOCK 3 COPIES OF THE SAME THING ON DIFFERENT FORMATS. NO ONE SAW IT AS A FORMAT WARS, THERE WERE NO IR REMOTES, HAVING A TIMER WAS EXTRA, THERE WERE 8 TUNABLE CHANNELS AND ONLY 3 TV STATIONS.
NARRATOR: RUMOUR HAS IT WAS THE VCR RENTAL MARKET (USED TO HAVE SHOPS IN THE HIGH STREET), CHOSE A FORMAT SO IT PREVAILED, OTHERS SAY THE PORN INDUSTRY SWUNG IT. HELL THERE WERE NO RATINGS, IT WAS WILD OUT THERE
NARRATOR: SO IT ALL WENT GLOBAL, HUGE RENTAL MEGASTORES, THEN THE SMALL DURABLE OPTICAL DISK, THEN THE MAIL ORDER RENTAL CRUSHED THEM YET SOME SAY BETAMAX WAS BETTER, VINYL WAS BETTER, VALVES WERE BETTER
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