There were many other formats that came and went between vhs and dvd. There is a lot of media history being conveniently forgotten to make it seem like VHS was the only video format until 1995.

I owned many of them at the time they came out. They all had advantages and drawbacks.

when using the tv’s in most homes at the time, the advantages didn’t matter. You needed to use high resolution composite computer monitors with the video sources and surround sounds equipped receivers to get a significantly different experience. That was such an expensive niche .

The killer thing that vhs had over the numerous formats that came and went was price.

Once dvd got inexpensive enough it took over. That was about a decade after DVD’s introduction.

I agree that dvd will likely outlive the legacy of VHS in pure years.