Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hplabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!follmer From: follmer@hplabs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.video Subject: VHS vs Beta (#'s please!) Message-ID: <97300002@hplabs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 18:52:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabs.97300002 Posted: Fri Aug 16 18:52:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:13:36 EDT Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #N:hplabs:97300002:000:1250 Nf-From: hplabs!follmer Aug 16 14:52:00 1985 As I understand it, the VHS vs. Beta comparison really boils down to the issue of Frequency Response and S/N ratio, for both video and audio. Lines and all that other stuff fall out of these figures. Yet I have never seen clear numbers comparing Beta and VHS on this basis. To further fuel the debate, here are some quotes from the August 12 issue of Electronics: "Most observers believe Sony is trying to arrange an orderly switch to 8-mm without appearing to abandon the Beta system" Regarding SuperBeta, the article quotes competitors as saying that "Sony really had no choice... the video resolution of the firm's VCRs was superior before it opted for hi-fi audio... these earlier VCRs have resolution superior to that of today's HiBand [SuperBeta] Beta HiFi VCRs." I've gone with SuperBeta BetaHifi myself. CompuStore carries the SLHF 600 (list $1K) for $666 delivered. However, they have already taken 2 months and I still don't have it. I've had better luck with 42d st. photo; they cost a little more, but they've never made me wait that long. So, if we could get the S/N and Response of the top JVC and Sony decks, maybe we can resolve the resolution issue. For that matter, what do the 8mm decks deliver? ucbvax!hplabs!follmer