Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site hammer.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!hammer!seifert From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: HiFi Compatibility With Dolby Stereo? Message-ID: <1440@hammer.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 21:40:45 EDT Article-I.D.: hammer.1440 Posted: Wed Aug 14 21:40:45 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:01:40 EDT References: <668@ihu1g.UUCP> <632@psivax.UUCP> Reply-To: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) Distribution: net Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 22 Keywords: NEWSPEAK Summary: In article <632@psivax.UUCP> jerry@psivax.UUCP (Jerry Askew) writes: >In the beginning...(of VHS tape,) the format was quite simple. > [...] > Somewhere along the line, some brilliant engineer figured that if >video could benifit from the extrordinary bandwidth & flattness of helical >recording, why couldn't audio?? Hi Fi was created. The only problem now >is where to put the helical audio tracks. A new recording technique was >developed...called deep layer recording. Hi Fi audio information is >recorded UNDERNEATH the video information, therefore you have 2 independant >stereo audio 'channels' on a hifi recorder. Ah, *VHS* invented HiFi! Gee, I didn't know that! Has anyone told Sony about this? Well, you'll have to excuse me, I'm late for my NEWSPEAK class, and Professor Orwell doesn't like tardiness. Snoopy tektronix!hammer!seifert Why do you think I believe what you've said? Few of your words ever enter my head. -Emerson, Lake