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From: pvlm@hou2f.UUCP (P.LAMASTER)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: If one is good, two must be better!
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Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 12:39:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 12:39:18 1984
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  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