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From: tjo@gypsy.UUCP
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Subject: E-180 VHS tapes
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 11:32:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 11:32:00 1986
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Nf-From: gypsy!tjo    Jan  6 11:32:00 1986


  I've come across blank VHS tapes by Akai that are 3 hours long;
  the designation is E-180, and the price is pretty good: $5.25.
  (This price is at a place that sells Scotch, TDK, JVC, etc. 
   T-120's for about 4.50)

  Has anyone used these, or any other 180 minute tape?  Are they 
  prone to breaking?  Is the recording quality better or worse than
  120 tapes?  What does the "T" in T-120 mean?  What does the "E"
  in E-180 mean?

  The blurb inside the Akai tape says they also make E-240's; anyone
  ever see these?

                     Tom Ostrand
                     Siemens Research, Princeton, NJ
                     ...ihnp4!princeton!siemens!gypsy!tjo