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Why do they always cite the Beta - VHS War?

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In Reply to: Defining the DVD war..... posted by millen on September 15, 2006 at 19:02:09:

There have been many other wars.
MP3 v WMA (undecided)
MP3 v CD (undecided)
Dolby v DTS (Dolby won)
SACD - DVD-A (both lost)
CD - 96/24 discs (CD won)
DVD - VHS (DVD won)
CD - records (CD won)
CD v. cassette (CD won)
DAT v. reel to reel v cassette (cassette won)
DCC v. cassette (cassette won)
8-track v cassette (cassette won)
33 record v 78 record v 45 record (33 record won)
And many others.

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Because its about video, and the public relates to those two. - DWPC 14:18:25 09/25/06 (0)
The formats in your list are audio and only we geeks would relate to most of them. And with some, you're comparing media (CD) to data format (mp3); apples and oranges.
According to your format war's obsevation.... - millen 14:59:39 09/24/06 (0)
The cd and cassette are even right now as they both won 3 times.

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