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From: rht@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: VHS vs. Beta
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Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 14:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 10 14:42:00 1984
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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that it would be withdrawn into the cartridge for any fast movement.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