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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.movies
Subject: Cable TV movie tapes
Message-ID: <332@vortex.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-May-84 02:14:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 30 02:14:18 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jun-84 07:30:05 EDT
Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles
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Ya' think the cable companies use stinkin' VHS machines?  The most
common new equipment found at such operations for running movies
is Type C one inch helical.  The standard tape that most people
use on these machines is one hour max.  It is possible to buy thinner
tape and get 90 minutes, but most people stick with 60 since the
thinner tape often causes tape transport problems.  Older operations
sometimes still use 2 inch quad-type tape.  Maximum run time for
these is one hour, period.  The budget operations sometimes use
3/4 inch U-MATIC cassettes.  The standard run time for these is
60 minutes.  Once again, 90 minute cassettes are available, but they
fail to work reliably in about 90% of the U-MATIC units in the field,
so one hour remains the standard.

--Lauren--