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From: jjb@pyuxnn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Bye bye Beta?
Message-ID: <203@pyuxnn.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Jan-84 09:14:48 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 25 09:14:48 1984
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Piscataway
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It seems to me that the only people who are claiming BETA superiority
over VHS are BETA owners.  Consumer Reports didn't do it.  Popular
Science didn't do it.  Popular Electronics didn't do it.  I read every
review I could find before making my purchase and not one of them found
any clear cut advantage of one format over the other.  So I bought a VHS
because prerecorded VHS tapes are more readily available and have a
wider selection.  I'd still be interested to know why people think BETA
is superior.  I've owned my VHS (a GE) for a year know and
couldn't be happier.

			Jeff Bernardis, AT&T Western Electric @ Piscataway NJ
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