Its not who has the better format or equitment its about what the People like or except. Sony had Beta was great machine everything VHS did Beta could do with only 2 heads while VHS had 2, 4, or 6 heads. Beta Had a deck that could record in stereo and 2 heads. VHS had 2,4, or 6 hrs on a Tape, Beta had up to 51/2 hrs on a tape. Beta the winner, but the people choice VHS. Than you have Camcorders 8mm was better than CVHS. Hi/8mm was better than CVHS. Better who cares about BETTER its all about MONEY. HD, Blu-Ray who win out the Company that can put out a Deck at Consumer price. Cheap,Cheap,Cheap the more you ask people to change formats the cheaper that format has to before People jump in. Like DVD it was out 4-5 yrs before it took off. Cheap is what people want not Better. How many times are you going to buy a movie or a song???.