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From: aat@packard.UUCP (AA Triolo)
Newsgroups: net.analog,net.misc,net.tv
Subject: Re: TV & VCR standards
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 16:42:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 16:42:56 1986
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I too have a problem with US/European standards.
We had our wedding ceremony and reception video taped (VHS).
My wife has relatives in Norway who have a beta system.
They had asked for us to copy our tape from VHS to beta
and send them the tape for those people who could not attent
the wedding. This sounded good to me. I went to my local
video store who had quoted me a price over the phone for
$25 to copy a 2 hour tape from VHS to beta. When I got there
with the tape we spoke about about what I was doing and he
informed me that the copy would not work due to the different
standard. He told me it could be copied digitally for about
$175 for a two hour tape. He said the quality of the tape
would suffer however. I should expect colors to wash-out
and at times could lose verticle hold.

My wife and I are debating whether to go ahead now with the
copy now that it will cost us $150 more than we origionally
planned especially when the quality of the copy will be poor.

My question is: first, is all of Europe on the same standard?
Secondly, has anyone had an experience with such a copy effort?
Will the quality be worthwhile? I would hate to tell our relatives
that the tape is on the way and have them let down with a trashy
copy job. Does anyone know of a firm that would do such a copy
for me (I live in central NJ, but would be willing to send it away)
my local video store would have to send it out himself.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, both here and abroad.
If there are sufficient interest and/or responses I would be
glad to post a summary to the net.

Tony Triolo
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Room 3N-D12
P.O. Box 4908
Warren, N.J.  07060-0908

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