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From: jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: copying rented videocassettes
Message-ID: <534@tekcbi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 16:30:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 16:30:45 1986
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Summary: no problem with Sony betas

In article <563@nicmad.UUCP>, brown@nicmad.UUCP writes:
>Beta machines, especially ones made by Sony, still wanted perfect vertical
>sync, so they tended to not record any picture if 'copyguard' was used.
>A couple of people I know ran into this problem.  They have cheaper units,
>so I don't know what the top-of-the-line Beta decks do with damaged vertical
>sync.

I disagree. 
I have never (yep, an all inclusive word - but it is true in this case) had
any problem in copying a tape with copyguard on Beta.  I was dubbing from
a Sony SL5400 to VHS or other beta machines.  I have had trouble dubbing from
some VHS machines, but never beta machines.  The machines I used for Beta
were all Sony's -  SL 5200,5400, 5600, 5800, 2700, 2710.  The tapes were
marked as having copyguard on them and you could tell some were.  However,
they dubbed just fine with no external gadgets or add-ons.  I always dubbed
video-video, never RF.
Note: these dubs were never kept.  Call it "delayed to be shown at a more
      convenient time".