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From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: YES, Let's clear the air...
Summary: VHS vs BETA - hope this dies soon...
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.204132.16821@grebyn.com>
Date: 14 Apr 91 20:41:32 GMT
References: <1991Apr8.191453.13243@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <296@atacama.cs.utexas.edu> <1991Apr13.165038.19410@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <1991Apr13.165038.19410@en.ecn.purdue.edu> wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Art Warner) writes:
>In article <296@atacama.cs.utexas.edu> jonabbey@cs.utexas.edu (Jonathan David Abbey) writes:
>>The reason that VHS blew the doors off of Betamax included the fact that
>>only Sony supported Betamax, whereas the rest of the industry were
>>making cheaper and better VHS machines. 
>
>  Wait just a minute, while I don't want to turn this into a VCR format debate,
>I have to put my "two cents worth" in and say that VHS (& SVHS) HAS NEVER
>been as good as Beta (quality-wise).  I have owned/repaired  many vcrs.  I 

I don't believe Art was speaking of the picture quality.  VHS never was
as good as Beta (nor S-VHS as good as ED-Beta), but aside from that, in 
features and quality,  the VHS machines were superior to the Beta
machines available, and for less cost.

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