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From: billb@teklabs.UUCP (Bill Beran)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Audio recording on Beta Hi-Fi
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 15:18:56 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 15:18:56 1984
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     About six months ago I bought a Beta Hi-Fi portable vcr primarily
for making video tapes of Josh the baby. I decided on Beta because of
the purported better picture quality and tape handling, as well as the 
fact that Beta was the only Hi-Fi system available then. As a side note,
in support of that decision, I have been very pleased with the picture
quality both in home made video tapes as well as rented movies.

     The Hi-Fi audio recording and playback capability in my opinion
is nothing short of astounding! I have yet to record any of my friend
Jimmy's CD stuff, but it is on the schedule. I try to rent Beta Hi-Fi
movies whenever I can, because the sound is so fantastic. Subjectively,
I guess I feel that the quality is not quite as good as CD, but I think
it's the next best thing. Eventually we will do an A/B comparison.

     I recently wrote for a catalog from a company called *Direct-to-
Tape Recording Company*. They sell a small listing of mostly classical
recordings digitally mastered on Sony PCM equipment. They record your
purchase to order, on the format of your choice. They offer PCM digital
cassettes (Beta or VHS), reel to reel (2 track,4-track,etc. etc.),
standard audio cassettes in a variety of tapes including metal shell,
and last but not least, Beta Hi-Fi! (whew!).

     If I didn't want the recording capability and the portability, I
think I would have chosen a CD player for best audio quality. The 
video capability also clouds the issue. In any event, I am very pleased
so far with the audio quality of the Beta Hi-Fi.

     For reference, I am a serious hobbyist musician, a physicist by
profession, and a Silverear (-:

     

Bill Beran
Imaging Research Lab
Tektronix
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