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From: ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: E-180 VHS tapes
Message-ID: <1569@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 11:26:24 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 18 11:26:24 1986
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> >  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.
> I think these are European tapes, and are actually only 2 hours.
> I don't know what the E stands for.

They are two hours long.  I just got one in Ecuador that plays perfectly well on
my VHS machine, and it's two hours (and a tad) long.  The "E", "T", and "L"
designations have also been a mystery to me.

					Evelyn C. Leeper
					...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl

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