Beta and Communism
Andrew Bowers
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Current Beta Machines: Newer Toshiba front-loader w/o remote
My history teacher is quite rough on me. One day in class I was
showing a friend my Zenith/Sony Beta two-piece camcorder [manufactured January 1982!]
when the teacher walked by. He stopped and gave me that "Why do you
have that old piece of crap??" look, which was followed by "Why
do you have that old pile of junk??". Once I told him it was Beta, he
looked at me and said "BETA??? What are you, a Communist??". This
was followed by snickers, pointing, and "Beta... hehehe!" from some
classmates, and astonishment by some others [One really fine chick thought
it was 'cool'] when I explained that Beta was a superior video recording
format that died out due to poor parkenting strategies.
I sure was pissed when my English teacher wouldn't let me do my research
paper on the video format wars of the 1980s...
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Submitted Sun, 13 Jun 1999 07:58:11 GMT