This is a lie. I was a video hardware salesman at the time and the reason Beta failed was lying salesmen (of which I wasn't but I marveled that MOST were). Customers would query, "Which is better?"
The salesmen, making higher profits on VHS, which was also selling for less, would answer something like, "I can't tell a difference (a LIE) but VHS has six hours and Beta only has four and a half, so which one is better?"
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