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From: roc@sequent.UUCP (Ron Christian)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: S-VHS this generation's Beta?
Message-ID: <18579@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 15:55:11 GMT
References: <2727@blake.acs.washington.edu> <692@lopez.UUCP> <5833@lynx.UUCP>
Reply-To: roc@crg2.UUCP (Ron Christian)
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In article <5833@lynx.UUCP> neal@lynx.UUCP (Neal Woodall) writes:
>In article <692@lopez.UUCP> flash@lopez.UUCP (Gary Bourgois) writes:
>
>>WILL SVHS survive?  I think it will, since the format has made significant
>>inroads into the Professional Market, where it is an obvious successor to
>>3/4".

Sorry.  Not in a million years.  Remember, folks, we're talking CONSUMER
electronics here.  Broadcast stuff is entirely different.

>What about Sony's BetaCam 1/2 professional systems? I have seen many
>professional users of video equipment (TV stations, post-production
>houses, etc) that use BetaCam, and only a few that use S-VHS.

Do *any* TV stations use S-VHS???  I personally doubt it, unless it's
student run.  You may be mistaking MII (which uses a cartridge that looks
the same) with S-VHS.



				Ron