[00:27] <jrwren> VHS or Beta?
[00:28] <Scary_Guy> VHS :(
[00:28] <Scary_Guy> Beta was the superior format, but as we all know VHS won out because there was more porn on it
[00:28] <jrwren> is THAT what happened?
[00:29] <jrwren> oh, and the porn was on it because Sony wanted Betamax licenses.
[00:29] <Scary_Guy> wow, no wonder VHS won out then, fuck Sony
[00:29] <Scary_Guy> although back then I think they were a lot less evil
[00:30] <jrwren> sony just keeps doing that.
[00:30] <jrwren> MiniDisc
[00:30] <jrwren> MemoryStick
[00:31] <jrwren> DSS (what was the DAT alternative?)
[00:33] <jrwren> DDS
[00:33] <Scary_Guy> proprietary formats always lose out because lack of access
[00:34] <Scary_Guy> not to mention it usually doesn't matter anyway because of the analog hole
[00:34] <jrwren> hrm... wiki pedia page makes me think I'm wrong and that DDS was precursor to dAT
[00:35] <jrwren> actually, not much on the 80s and 90s formats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Data_Storage
[00:36] <Scary_Guy> I remember using old (at the time) CTR's in highschool, those were fun
[00:36] <jrwren> CTR?
[00:36] <jrwren> I don't think I know that format.
[00:36] <jrwren> I'm trying to remember the DDS audio player I played with at a store in the early 90s
[00:37] <Scary_Guy> oh I've probably fucked up the acronym
[00:39] <Scary_Guy> oh, it was fucking U-matic
[21:40] <cmaloney> Evening
[21:41] <cmaloney> Evening ++