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From: may@richsun.UUCP (Mark Yedinak)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: S-VHS this generation's Beta?
Keywords: S-VHS sales popularity upper side band
Message-ID: <444@richsun.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 89 14:05:53 GMT
References: <2722@blake.acs.washington.edu> <2727@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: may@richsun.UUCP (Mark Yedinak)
Organization: RICH Inc. , Franklin Park,IL
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In article <2727@blake.acs.washington.edu> mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) writes:
>In article <2722@blake.acs.washington.edu> cfogg@blake.acs.washington.edu (Chad Fogg) writes:
>>To quote a recent article:
>>      it's time to
>>      consider whether [S-VHS] .. is this generation's Beta.  (1)
>>(1) Martine Levine, "S-VHS: What's Taking So Long?," _Video_Review_,
>>July, 1989, p. 21.
>
>than the author intends.  I've played a fair amount with my S-VHS deck
>(Magnavox 9770) now, and it seems that it performs comparably to Beta.
>
>Of course, it has a dreadful user interface.  99.9% of what you want
>to do *has* to be done with on-screen menus.  It doesn't even show the
>tape counter on the VCR's LED's!  Any change in tape operation
>(between play, search, FF, REW, stop) involves truly amazing kerchunks
>and clicks...and it takes forever to do anything.
>
>Mark Crispin / 6158 Lariat Loop NE / Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2020

Hate to say it but it sounds like you bought the wrong model. I bought a
Mitsubishi HS-U70 and it works great. It is easy to use, very *user* friendly
and the picture, as well as the sound, is fantastic. IMHO, you bought a lemmon.
Most everything can be done from the on screen menus, however, everything can
also be done manually. Both the screen and the machine will display any of the
information that you want to see. All operations are clean, quick and silent.
All in all, I love the machine.

As another side line, S-VHS may be todays BETA, however there is one major
difference. It is fully compatible with normal VHS tapes. You can record in VHS
if you like and you can play any VHS tape. I think the industry will come
around to S-VHS eventually. After all, the picture is far supior to normal VHS.

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