Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site tellab2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab2!thoth From: thoth@tellab2.UUCP (Marcus Hall) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Re(2): Future Considerations -- CLARIFICATION Message-ID: <182@tellab2.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 10:17:08 EDT Article-I.D.: tellab2.182 Posted: Thu Oct 4 10:17:08 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Oct-84 06:08:30 EDT References: <595@trwspp.UUCP> Reply-To: thoth@tellab2.UUCP (Marcus Hall) Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, Ill. Lines: 29 Summary: In article <595@trwspp.UUCP> stassen@trwspp.UUCP writes: >Besides, you obviously don't care about availability of movies -- you own >a Beta deck because technology means so much more. > I think I'll stick to buying the things that satisfy me >most ... I like lots of movies. If you like slick lights and buttons, well, >that's your business. From this article, one could easily get the idea that there is a lack of movies for Beta. I have never had any problems getting any movie I wanted in Beta format. Every advertisement I can remember for any video tape stated availability for both Beta and VHS. Are there really any movies available only on VHS? Incidently, there certainly are more movies in Beta hi-fi than in VHS Hi-Fi, but they're sure to get the VHS Hi-Fi tape duplicators working someday. :-) I bought Beta because my friends had Beta, and it was nice that it had slightly better specs. I don't really think that it makes that much difference, but I'm very pleased with Beta. One feature that my 2700 has that no VHS deck has, however, is a tape counter that works in hours, minutes, and seconds. It reads the control track and counts frames. This and the tape indexing system are easy to start relying on. When I use a deck without these (any VHS and many Betas, to be fair) I feel so lost... marcus hall ..!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab2!thoth