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Same with Blu Ray. People claim that porn was responsible for the adoption of it over HD-DVD, but Bluray was a disc with nearly double the capacity in the same form factor. In what world would people choose HD-DVD?
People didn't care that betamax was technically better quality. You couldn't record an entire sports game on a betamax tape.