Re: VHS versus Betamax (was: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!) -> Sewage

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From: David Woods
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <5dd6rr$b...@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, William F. Finch
<URL:mailto:ali...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> Beta was and is the best format. It is the format used by the TV
> stations for coverage of location (news) events. It has several
> advantages over VHS ... the image has a better transfer function and
> editing is easier. I own several Beta and several VHS machines of
> recent vintage. I use them both as needed. I shoot originals with a
> Betacam and transfer to "C" or disk for editing then distribute with
> VHS because that's what everyone has. I could not get the same results
> shooting with VHS or SuperVHS. Ask anyone at your local TV station and
> see what they tell you.    ...Bill

I think you are confusing Betamax and Betacam here. The broadcast
industry uses Betacam SP. Except for the ability to but a Betacam
cassette in a Betamax machine and it will record and playback, the two
are utterly different in EVERY way. They are two different formats.

Betamax was a good format. Way better than VHS. But not as good as
V2000. (comparing contemporary formats circa 1982)

Quality of format implementation seems to be inversely proportional to
eventual market penetration.

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-----------David Woods, Bearsden, Glasgow.-----------
-----------email david@wdwoods.demon.co.uk-----------
---------WWW http://www.wdwoods.demon.co.uk/---------

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Subject: Re: VHS versus Betamax (was: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!) -> Sewage
Date: 1997/02/06
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