Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 ggr 02/21/84; site bocar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!bocar!man From: man@bocar.UUCP (M Nevar) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Beta recorder advice needed Message-ID: <229@bocar.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 08:50:42 EDT Article-I.D.: bocar.229 Posted: Thu Aug 15 08:50:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:51:04 EDT Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Piscataway Lines: 16 I am looking for advice in the BETA recorder line. I presently own a VHS HI-FI unit and I want another HI-FI unit to make dubs with. One question before we get to far into this. Is there anything wrong with copying from BETA to VHS or visa versa ? I wouldn't think so, but has anyone had any problems/successes doing this. If it is possible, I would like to purchase a BETA HI-FI machine. That way I could rent or borrow tapes of either format and make a copy of it in the other format. The machine I presently own is the Hitachi VT89A which does everything and more. I'm not sure I need another machine with all the features. I'll use the VHS machine as my main tuner, so the BETA machine won't need random-access tuning. It must be HI-FI, and Super Beta seems to come on all the new machines anyway. The Sony model SLHF-400 has been recommended to me. Does anyone have any suggestions in the line ? Any advice will be appreciated. Mark Nevar