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From: MRC%PANDA@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Mark Crispin)
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Subject: Re: audio comparison of VCR formats
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Date: Sat, 15-Mar-86 20:00:11 EST
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Jim -

     I believe that Pioneer actually makes their own stuff.  There are
differences between audio and video performance in different makes of
VCR's.  Did Stereo Review state *why* they used a Pioneer Beta Hi-Fi
(remember, Pioneer builds all four consumer video formats -- Beta, VHS,
8mm, and Laser, but only specializes in Laser) for their Beta reference
instead of a Sony?  After all, if anything other than a top-of-the-line
JVC were used for the VHS reference people would be screaming "fix" --
rightly too, because there are plenty of trashy VHS VCR's out there.

     In any case, I don't consider a test significant unless it compares
the products from the primary sources for the comparitive products.  As
repeated tests in Video and Video Review have shown, all Hi-Fi VCR's are
emphatically *not* the same.
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