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Subject: Re: VHS Hi-Fi - Are you really there?
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Date: Mon, 27-Aug-84 09:25:08 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 27 09:25:08 1984
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I would like to offer these observations on having bought and used
a VHS HIFI recorder for almost a month now.

Here in the NY/NJ area there are already around a half dozen VHS HIFI
machines available for sale.  The first to appear was the RCA VKT-550,
which showed up MONTHS ago.  So much for the "They can't make them/nobody's
selling them" argument.

As for the lack of available pre-recorded material, GIVE THEM A BREAK!
As I recall, it took several months for any titles to be released in
BETA HIFI, so give the duplicators a little time to get up to speed.
Just last weekend I rented the Herbie Hancock "Rockit Band" tape
(which IS recorded in VHS HIFI) and it sounded tremendous!  (Not that
I liked the music, but I liked the range/fidelity/etc.)

By the way, the recorder I have is the Panasonic 1730, a top-of-the-line
tabletop VCR with all the features SONY said VHS couldn't do, like
reverse play, forward/reverse slow motion, although the triple speed
playback is without sound (but a Beta machine I heard 2X with sound
sounded like the audio was run through a gargling filter).

As to which is better, they're probably close enough that you won't
be choosing on that basis, but which format machine you'd rather have.

Happy trails!

Walt Morris	AT&T Technologies	btlunix!wsm