Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rdin.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!rdin!perl From: perl@rdin.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: VHS vs. Beta Message-ID: <472@rdin.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 13:12:32 EDT Article-I.D.: rdin.472 Posted: Tue Sep 18 13:12:32 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 03:05:56 EDT Organization: Resource Dynamics Inc., New York Lines: 12 <> 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. Robert Perlberg Resource Dynamics Inc. New York philabs!rdin!perl