Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!zehntel!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!rht From: rht@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: VHS vs. Beta Message-ID: <58300016@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 14:42:00 EDT Article-I.D.: trsvax.58300016 Posted: Wed Oct 10 14:42:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 06:00:42 EDT References: <1026@ucla-cs.UUCP> Lines: 24 Nf-ID: #R:ucla-cs:-102600:trsvax:58300016:37777777600:1115 Nf-From: trsvax!rht Oct 10 13:42:00 1984 >There is something I've always wondered about VHS--why do all >VHS machines have to unload the tape when not playing? What >is it about the VHS format that makes it impossible for some >manufacturer to change the drive logic so that it leaves the >tape loaded, as in all Beta format machines? I will post responses. This question from the individual that recently expoused the virtues of VHS over Beta??????? Maybe he really wants to know, after he made all the statements concerning thhe "inferior" Beta system. As far as I am aware, Sony invented VHS, but then sold the unfinished rights to Panasonic to go after the Beta format. As to the VHS unloading the tape, early VHS systems were pretty rough on the tape. Fast forwarding and rewind were thought to be so bad for the tape that it would be withdrawn into the cartridge for any fast movement. The new logic controlled VHS decks will leave the tape loaded so that it is now much easier to edit and find things on the tape. You may like your VHS, I like my Beta, but next time get the facts straight or else state it as an opinion. mikey at trsvax