Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site omen.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: VHS vs Beta (#'s please!) Message-ID: <220@omen.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 08:48:01 EDT Article-I.D.: omen.220 Posted: Sun Aug 18 08:48:01 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 05:22:01 EDT References: <97300002@hplabs.UUCP> Reply-To: Wecaf@.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Organization: Omen Technology, Portland Lines: 19 In article <97300002@hplabs.UUCP> follmer@hplabs.UUCP writes: >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." When I worked at a TV station, "High Band" video recording meant using a high (8+ mHz) FM carrier frequency, recording the entire composite signal without any conversion or hetrodyning of the color information. Of the home video media, only LaserDisc uses high band recording, and its the only one that looks good on a projector. Neither VHS, Beta, Super Beta, nor 8 MM are high band by this definition. I've also read that 8MM gives no better resolution than the home 1/2" formats. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf CIS:70715,131 Omen Technology Inc 17505-V NW Sauvie Island Road Portland OR 97231 Voice: 503-621-3406 Modem: 503-621-3746 (Hit CR's for speed detect) Home of Professional-YAM, the most powerful COMM program for the IBM PC