Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tilt.FUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!tilt!lopresti From: lopresti@tilt.FUN (Dan Lopresti) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: help me choose a VCR Message-ID: <334@tilt.FUN> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 09:34:19 EDT Article-I.D.: tilt.334 Posted: Fri Aug 16 09:34:19 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 08:26:31 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Princeton University EECS Dept Lines: 18 I'm new to the video game and I'm trying to make that initial VCR buying decision. There are two decks I'm attracted to: a standard VHS deck for $300 (a Video Concepts/Mitsubishi) and a HiFi, Superbeta Beta deck for $380 (a Sanyo). I would be using the machine about 50-50 for recording off the air and playing rented movies. My primary concern is the availability of movies in the Beta format. Would I be making a mistake in buying the Beta deck? I would appreciate any comments, recommendations, facts, or rumors. As an aside, I know of no other electronic component where so few manufacturers produce so many different models. Panasonic alone seems to make at least 40 different VCR's. Dan Lopresti princeton!tilt!lopresti