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The Lion King is the best-selling VHS tape in history
“And then The Lion King eclipses it in 1995 when it comes out on VHS with thirty-two million units. The best-selling VHS of all time period in history ever.”
Hastings: Eight-dollar shipping costs made VHS mail rental economically impossible
“VHS cassettes, which was the way movies were distributed weighed about a pound and cost about four dollars to ship. So if you got shipped a VHS cassette, And then shipped it back. That was eight dollars on top of the three or four dollar rental. So that didn't…”
Sony co-founder Akio Morita wanted a studio because Betamax lost to VHS
“Mr. Morita came to see me and wanted to buy, get into owning content because he was upset that Betamax, which was a superior technology to VHS, was losing to VHS. So he wanted to own a studio”
Arthur: Betamax Was Technologically Superior to VHS
“Betamax was better, and I started to wonder why VHS dominated the market.”
Arthur: Positive Feedbacks Cause Tech Markets to Lock In Dominance
“There weren't diminishing returns. If VHS got ahead, it would get further advantage. The whole thing was quite unstable, and if small events tilted you towards beta or VHS, my analogy was this was like bowling a ball perfectly down the middle of an infinitely …”