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From: cb@hlwpc.UUCP (C Blesch)
Newsgroups: net.wobegon
Subject: Re: TAping the show
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 10:07:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 10:07:05 1986
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> How the devil do you manage to get two hours of show on to tape automatically?
> Your technology must be superior -- what's your secret?

I don't know how the original poster gets two hours of show on tape while
she's gone, but I do know of a couple of possible ways to do it:

1. Beta HiFi or VHS HiFi videotape machines (minimum tape capacity of
two hours -- can be MUCH longer), with tuner plugged into the VCR's
switched outlet

2. C-120 cassette in an autoreverse tape deck (you'll lose ten or so
seconds of show when the tape reverses, however) and outboard digital timer.

3. Reel-to-reel tape deck (don't know much about these, but I've heard
you can buy tapes that go for two hours on one side) and outboard timer

By the way, I have none of these.  I use C-120 tapes in my conventional
deck.  I wait until I've flipped the tape at 7 p.m. before I go out
(PHC is on between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. here in the east),
and then just let the machine stop itself when the tape runs out at 8.

Carl Blesch