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From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Update on $99 VCR Rumor
Message-ID: <185@octopus.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 19:55:23 EST
Article-I.D.: octopus.185
Posted: Mon Dec 16 19:55:23 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Dec-85 04:58:25 EST
Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino, CA
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I just talked to a video store guy who seems to know what he is talking
about. The clear facts:

JVC holds the U.S. Patent on the VHS tape system.  It expires in a few months;
when it does, a bunch of Korean and Taiwanese companies will start shipping
cheap VHS VCR's into the U.S. market. Some will be pretty good, some will be
junk.

What is JVC doing about this? They have been developing new technologies on
which they DO hold patent rights. Thus, VCR's with the latest fancy features
will not drop in price. (JVC licenses the technology to everyone else, like
NEC, Panasonic, etc). The latest features that most people want...

	MTS Broadcast Stereo recording
	HI-FI stereo recording (much better quality)
	HQ video playback (electronic image enhancement of 20% on ANY tape)
	'White chip' recording enhancer (10% image enhance when recording)

VCR's with this stuff will still cost many hundreds of bucks.

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