Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ritcv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!jeh From: jeh@ritcv.UUCP Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Threading Time, Beta Machines Message-ID: <1460@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 11:55:10 EST Article-I.D.: ritcv.1460 Posted: Thu Jan 3 11:55:10 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 02:00:40 EST Distribution: net Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 13 I have now used 2 Sanyo machines for copying tapes, and I found that they both act like VHS machines, in that they thread and unthread before and after playing/recording. Is this true of all their machines? Do other manufacturers do it as well? It is unfortunate, because that is one thing that convinced me to buy Beta -- it seemed it must be gentler on tape if it does not have to be unthreaded for '>>' or '<<'. Jim Heliotis {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!jeh rocksvax!ritcv!jeh ritcv!jeh@Rochester