Word: recordsized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although there will be confusion in every buyer's mind for a while, the general effect of the two records is definitely good for the consumer. Both records have greater quality possibilities than old-type records, and they are cheaper. The Columbia record has the advantage of presenting classical music...
The big question is what are the real differences between the two records. The leading considerations are speed of revolution and playing time. Both records use speeds slower than ordinary. Victor uses the gain in time to reduce the size of the record; Columbia puts more music on the standard...
Columbia, meanwhile, has introduced the long playing advantage, which is extremely desirable for classical records. Victor tried to make up for this with a "rapid" changer. Although the drop mechanism of this new changer is extremely fast, the actual break is two seconds longer than on the Webster changers. No...
Equipment for playing these records presents a confused mess of odd gagdets. A curved pickup arm cannot be used with both records because of the tracking error mentioned above. If an arm is designed to minimize the tracking error on a twelve-inch record, that error would be very great...
Victor and Columbia developed their systems simultaneously. Each offered its process to the other, but neither would give in, preferring to carry the battle to the field of sales. Now, as the companies maneuver with new prices and improving quality, most consumrs stand by and watch, refusing to buy what...