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From: kolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: re: No Beta, no choice (really: yes, Beta, yes, a choice)
Message-ID: <139@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Date: Sun, 22-Dec-85 13:40:00 EST
Article-I.D.: decwrl.139
Posted: Sun Dec 22 13:40:00 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 25-Dec-85 01:24:12 EST
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA
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> It seems that the Beta format is going away on the
> West Coast.....Most stores cannot move enough volume of Beta tapes in order
> to pay for them.  If you get Beta in California, you are REAL lonely.
> Beta is still recommended if you are primarily taping off TV, since
> it is still the best quality, but if you want to rent tapes, having
> Beta is a handicap here.

Well, I have no trouble getting Beta tapes in the Palo Alto area, 10 (?)
miles away from Sunnyvale.  The video store I go to most, Movie World on
Crane and also Avy in Menlo Park, tells me they carry more Beta than VHS
tapes.  But, who knows what goes on in the boonies in Sunnyvale :-)