[Arkinsaw]

Am rather surprised the number was this high :-)

I'm surprised to see its obituary so many years after it died. I thought it had been abandoned years ago.

Why did 2800 people purchase a Betamax recently? What retail outlet still carried Betamax in order for 2800 people to buy it?

[Charles Martel]

Why did 2800 people purchase a Betamax recently? What retail outlet still carried Betamax in order for 2800 people to buy it?

That was in the Japanese home market, though I'm sure a few of the Beta machines managed to sneak into the U.S. each year. There is still a small number of Beta faithful who would rather fight than switch. Amazingly, it seems that the Beta format is going to be around as long as VHS, which is currently on life-support.