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From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
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Subject: Re: Needed: long recording times! Help
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Date: 17 May 91 13:52:47 GMT
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In article <11991@uwm.edu> sethb@fid.Morgan.COM (Seth Breidbart) writes:
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}In article <11945@uwm.edu> baxter@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
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}> I am looking
}>for something capable of recording several hours of music at a time
}
}A dat deck can record for 2 hours.  Some of them, using extended play
}mode, can record for 4 hours.  In EP mode, you only get signal up to
}15 kHz, but if you're recording from FM radio, the signal is
}bandwidth-limited to 15 kHz anyway.

Perhaps if we knew how long a recording time you need, we could come up
with the perfect recommendation.  

If your purpose is the longest possible recording without a break, then a
Hi-Fi VCR, or one using PCM encoding, will give you 9 hours on a T-180
tape.  

If you simply want as much time as possible in the smallest space, I would
suggest 8mm tape, using the 8-bit non-linear PCM tracks; a single MP-120
cassette will hold 6 4-hour recordings, for a total of 24 hours.

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Norm Strong  (strong@tc.fluke.com)
2528 31st S.   Seattle WA 98144   USA