La Guerra Donde el Mejor Perdió | Betamax vs VHS

One Friday afternoon, a few decades ago. The whole family would go into the video store, wander the aisles debating which movie to take home, and return with the tape. That "click" as it was inserted into the VCR was the sound that the fun was about to begin. And when it was over, the most sacred law of the time: "Please rewind before returning." But behind that familiar tape was one of the most brutal wars in the history of technology: Sony with its Betamax versus JVC with its VHS. Only one could win, and the winner took over the entire world. And here's the incredible thing: Betamax, the one that lost, was the SUPERIOR format. Better picture, better sound, more advanced. And yet it was swept from the market. How does the best product lose? In this documentary, we tell you the three exact reasons why Sony lost a war it thought it had won: the recording time gap, JVC's masterstroke that's still studied in business schools today, and the final battle fought at your local video store. And above all, the blunder in attitude that cost the world's most admired company everything. If you had a VCR at home, if you experienced the drama of rewinding and the late fees, this video is for you. Subscribe to keep unearthing these stories. Every week, a new collapse. Did you have a Betamax or VHS player at home? What was the name of your local video store? Tell me in the comments. I read them all. #VHS #Betamax #Nostalgia #80s #90s