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From: whm@arizona.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Availability of Beta Movies
Message-ID: <7631@arizona.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 00:29:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 27 00:29:07 1984
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Organization: CS Dept, U of Arizona, Tucson
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The availability question is an interesting one.  I've had a Beta
machine (Sony 5800) for about two and a half years and for a while,
I felt that the VHS people had a better selection of movies, but my
ideas on that have changed.  Of late, when I go to a movie store, I
often look at the VHS tapes to see if anything interesting is available,
and I seldom see anything (that I want to watch) that I can't find
in Beta (though perhaps at a different store).  Also, on weekend
nights, the VHS tapes are totally picked over while there's usually
a pretty good selection of Beta tapes around.  I don't know how it
might be in other areas of the country, but here in Tucson, I think
that Beta has the upper hand.  If I had to replace my machine, I'd
go with Beta again.

					Bill Mitchell
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