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From: billk@tektronix.UUCP (Bill Kenworthy)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: copying rented videocassettes
Message-ID: <6765@tektronix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 13:41:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 13:41:38 1986
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Summary: it depends

In article <354@ihlpf.UUCP>, heneghan@ihlpf.UUCP (Heneghan) writes:
> 				. 
> > Almost everything that comes out on videocassette will be available on HBO,
> > etc., within a year.  If you've got cable, you might just want to wait
> > until they broadcast the movie you want; you'll usually get a better
> > copy that way.
> >			Bob Fishell
Not always.  It depends on the quality of the signal you get on the cable.
If the cable signal is noisy, if the solid colors (i.e. blue) have little
black noise dots or whatever - as on my cable system--  then I'd rather stick
with the VCR.  I also get stereo that way.  HBO is currently not in stereo.
They don't send it out in stereo from New York.  Currently, only Movie Channel
has stereo.

> 
> An alternative would be to find a video rental store that doesn't do a
> lot of volume, especially if you have a hifi deck and want to tape in
> hifi.
> 						Joe Heneghan
And preferably in Beta Hi-Fi.  Less time base errors.  Particularly noticeable
on big screens.