Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Beta L-830 tape Message-ID: <3648@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Sep-84 09:06:06 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3648 Posted: Sat Sep 15 09:06:06 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 02:44:14 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 18 > From: uwvax!neves 11-Sep-1984 13:28:13 > > Anyone have experience with ... 830 tape (the > 5 hour Beta tape)? Is 3 hour tape going to last longer or give > better quality than 5 hour tape? Well, there doesn't really seem to be a detectable difference in quality between the different length tapes. However, from all that I've read, the consensus ap- pears to be that the L-830 tape is thinner than is really desirable. I use it to "archive" things that I'd like to save, but won't watch too often, but otherwise I'll stay with the L-500 or L-750 lengths. At the Beta-III speed, the L-750 is 4-1/2 hours, which should be good enough for most purposes. Unless that extra half-hour is really crucial, you're better off with the L-750. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA