Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version VT1.00C 11/1/84; site vortex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!vortex!lauren From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: VHS vs Beta (#'s please!) Message-ID: <748@vortex.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 16:36:46 EDT Article-I.D.: vortex.748 Posted: Sat Aug 17 16:36:46 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 21:09:43 EDT References: <97300002@hplabs.UUCP> Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles Lines: 13 8mm ain't gonna replace Beta or VHS for home use. Remember that the original wars were fueled by pushes for longer and longer playing times--which now run up to 6 hours or so. It is unlikely that people are going to settle for 2 hours for new machines (and that is still down the path a ways for 8mm; the current generally available top is 90 minutes). There are limits to how thin a tape you can use before tape jams and print-through become significant problems. The small size of the 8mm package severely limits the amount of tape that can go into the cassette. It'll do GREAT for portable operations, but people will still want larger formats for recordings made at home, particularly typical time-shifting of commercial broadcasts and movies. --Lauren--