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In article <5dg9fp$7...@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>, 
dal...@freenet.columbus.oh.us says...
>
>William F. Finch (ali...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: 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
>
>Be careful.  We're really off-topic here, but the Betacam that you use to
>shoot pro-video is entirely different from the consumer Betamax format. 
>The cassette is the same (unless you are using the extended play
>cassettes) and the tape is wound in the machine using the familiar B-wind
>(used in Betamax and 3/4" U-Matic machines) rather than the more familiar
>M-wind (used in VHS and Hi-8 machines).  But the actual recording format
>has more in common with Super-VHS than with Betamax, as Betacam is a
>component format while Betamax is composite.  Furthermore, a PB-30
>cassette, which will run for 30 minutes in a Betacam machine, is the same
>length tape as an L-750, which will run for three hours at B-II in a
>Betamax machine.
>

sorry, all consumer vhs (including s-vhs)--like betamax--are composite, 
color-under formats.  s-vhs is more akin to betamax than to betacam.  the only 
difference in s-vhs (and hi8 and extended definition betamax) vcrs is that they 
use a y/c connector to keep from unnecessarily mixing/seperating the color and 
luminence information.


>That said, Betamax does have significantly higher resolution than VHS.  I
>found that out years ago when I had a VHS camcorder recording iso, while
>feeding a Beta recorder through a passive switcher...so both the VHS and
>th Beta recorders got fresh, straight-from the camera signals.  More
>detail was discernable on the Beta tape.

...and you should see ed beta....can make betacam sp users smile:-)  (still 
wish i could justify sp at home.)
-- 
regards,
greg
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Greg L. Kimnach
NASA Lewis Research Center
Power Technology Division
216-433-6251
I opted for Betamax, the world for VHS. I for Amiga, the world for IBM clones.
"Do or do not.  There is no try!"  --Yoda.
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