Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ritcv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!rochester!ritcv!jeh From: jeh@ritcv.UUCP (Jim Heliotis) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: If one is good, two must be better! Message-ID: <1272@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 09:15:28 EDT Article-I.D.: ritcv.1272 Posted: Wed Sep 19 09:15:28 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 03:25:15 EDT References: <4681@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 28 I feel that one machine of each format is definitely the best way to go. Then you can exchange and copy tapes with anyone. It does not make the "Beta vs VHS?" decision much easier, because you will want to decide which machine will produce your own personal library. That is the machine which should probably be the expensive one. Also, did you consider that maybe one machine should probably be portable? Even if you never get a camera, I find it convenient to carry over a portable VCR to a friend's house, bring a battery, and leave the tuner/timer at home. This decision should not conflict with the other one, though. Most portables are high-quality units with lots of features (except for Hi-Fi?). As an extraneous comment, I'd like to blast the person who said that Beta technology has been haphazard. The worst thing he/she said is that BI BII and BIII speeds are not simple proportions. They are! Just like SP, LP, & EP(SLP). An L-750 plays for 1.5, 3, or 4.5 hours, depending on the speed. Perhaps he/she was thinking about the bizarre L-830 which pushes BIII to 5 hours. Beta will die someday, but it will be no sooner than VHS. Think of it... someday you'll be getting your 1/2-inch format VCR out of the attic and blowing the dust off to watch those old movies, same as you do with your dad's old 16mm projector now! Jim Heliotis ritcv!asgard!jeh