Xref: utzoo rec.video:7082 sci.electronics:6919 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!shinobu.sgi.com!watson From: watson@shinobu.sgi.com (David M. Watson, Jr.) Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics Subject: Re: S-VHS this generation's Beta? Message-ID: Date: 12 Jul 89 16:34:01 GMT References: <2727@blake.acs.washington.edu> <692@lopez.UUCP> <26267@amdcad.AMD.COM> <3184@wpi.wpi.edu> <26327@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: news@shinobu.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 18 In-reply-to: phil@diablo.amd.com's message of 12 Jul 89 19:54:22 GMT I routinely drill TDK E-HG tapes for S-VHS, and the results are excellent, even after dozens of plays. My roommate has tested other brands of non-S tape and no tape type worked better for S-VHS. However, there is one slight annoyance, most noticeable when taping black and white movies with a drilled non-S tape: the picture is excellent, but just slightly darker than the original. That is, the highlights on the tape (white) are a less bright white. But the dark areas, and everything about color material, looks just fine. Interesting that the effect is more noticeable in black and white. I haven't checked to see if the same problem exists on a true S-VHS tape. -David Watson Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA. [ To Jerry Lotto: hi! :-) ]