Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!figmo From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.video Subject: Re: why *NOT* VHS-HiFi? Message-ID: <327@tymix.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 00:25:54 EST Article-I.D.: tymix.327 Posted: Mon Dec 3 00:25:54 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:49:26 EST References: <267@aesat.UUCP> Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 35 Xref: watmath net.audio:3627 net.video:776 > Why should I not spend $1100 or so on a VHS-HiFi unit instead? > Several reasons: 1. VHS Hi-Fi is NOT compatible with VHS Stereo. This means that you won't be able to do anything with your friends' tapes or rental tapes other than look at the boxes. 2. VHS blank tapes are more expensive than Beta tapes. Therefore, you'd be spending more money for the same outcome. 3. There have been problems with producing (duplicating) VHS Hi Fi tapes; this is why you will find so few of them in your video stores. > BTW, Beta won't do for me (unfortunately) as 80% of (locally) available rental > tapes are VHS, and all of my aquaintances who have VCRs run VHS. > > > Bruce Walker {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!aesat!bmw MY suggestion is to get a standard VHS Stereo unit so you can rent and share with your friends, and to either get another cassette deck or get a cheap Beta Hi-Fi deck (or BOTH). I own a Beta Hi-Fi and two standard Beta decks and have been quite pleased. I should also note, though, that in the SF Bay Area, it is just as easy to get Beta tapes as it is VHS tapes. If you want to exchange tapes with a friend who has a VHS recorder, you can bring the two together and hook them up and copy away (the voice of experience is talking here). --Lynn Gold Tymnet, Inc. [The following views are not necessarily those of Tymnet, Inc.]