Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2f.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hou2f!pvlm From: pvlm@hou2f.UUCP (P.LAMASTER) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: If one is good, two must be better! Message-ID: <357@hou2f.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 12:39:18 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2f.357 Posted: Thu Sep 20 12:39:18 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 20:00:53 EDT References: <4681@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 20 From what I've seen, the Beta recorders are capable of features not (yet if ever) available on VHS (like reverse play for instance), so I would guess that if you get both VHS and Beta that the Beta should be the fancy one. Unfortunately, I own a top-of-the-line VHS so I didn't follow my own advice. My plan was to get a camrecorder (camera and recorer all in one) so I wouldn't need a portable and I would have two recorders anyway. Now it looks like VHS camrecorders aren't going to happen, so I have to decide what to do. Friends of mine who have over 600 movies on tape own 3 VHS machines. I guess that's something to consider: if you're going to build a big library and you have 2 different standards, which standard do you build the library in? That might weigh in favor of 2 of the same type of machine. Lastly, I've heard that Beta degrades much less with copying than does VHS. If you plan to do much editing, that could steer you toward two Beta machines. I'll be interested in watching the discussion. Pete LaMaster NJ (201)949-5009 ihnp4!hou2f!pvlm