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Subject: re: Re: Delayed Listening
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Date: Sat, 11-May-85 04:59:19 EDT
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> From:	mtgzz!ecl	(Evelyn C. Leeper)

>> cassette tapes are so short (typically 45 minutes per side,
>> or an hour if you use C-120s) that using a timer to tape a show
>> while I'm out wouldn't do much good for a long show
>>
>> Best thing to do is get a Beta HiFi or VHS HiFi videotape deck
>> and use it for audio-only
>
> Well, this won't answer the problem of programming the tuner,
> but get a timer and a reel-to-reel audio deck.  These take 3600'
> tapes (on a 5" reel--the more expensive ones take 7" reels and
> hence even more), which is enough for 3 hours of recording at 3.5ips.
> Just leave the tuner on, or hook it to the same timer.
>
> We record a 3-1/2 hour show of soundtrack music every Sunday at 5AM by
> using the 1.75ips speed.

Your solution certainly works, but there are a couple of advantages to
getting a hi-fi vcr instead of the reel-to-reel deck and timer:

(1) The timer comes imbedded into the vcr. Hook-up is less of a problem.
	I happen to have an second, stand-alone timer which I can hook up
	to the tuner so that I can have both vcr and tuner timed to go on
	when I want.

(2) The recording on a hi-fi vcr is better than you can get on a reel-to-
	reel, even with a dbx unit on the latter, and recording at 7.5 ips.

(3) At the cost of <$7, you can record 4-1/2 hours of music on a Beta L-750
	or 6 hours on a VHS T-120 at their slowest speeds. The way the
	hi-fi recording is done on a vcr, the speed does not affect the
	quality of the recording, as it does on a reel-to-reel. The cost of
	this much reel-to-reel tape is significantly more, I believe.

(4) A videocassette is much easier to handle and load than a reel of tape.

(5) With a vcr, you have an indexer that lets you find a specific item on a
	multi-program videocassette. You can't do this with a reel-to-reel.

(6) You can also use your hi-fi vcr to record pretty pictures. :-)


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)

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