Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 02/12/06 03:02

UCLAN wrote:
> blackburst@aol.com wrote:
>
> >>Since some have inquired about brands/models, > VCR 2 just says Sears Roebuck Among other switches,
> >> has a selector switch for Dolby.
> >
> > Well, that settles it. If it has a Dolby switch, it is almost certainly
> > linear stereo, not HiFi stereo. Your VCR 1 is recording stereo HiFi in
> > the video, and a longitudinal mono track. Your VCR 2 can't play the
> > HiFi tracks, and plays only the longitudinal mono track.
>
> If his VCR #1 is an older 2-head VCR (as his original post suggests)
> how is it operating in Hi-Fi mode? More likely, his VCR #1 is playing
> the linear stereo track, and the Hi-Fi model VCR #2 only has a mono
> linear track.

2-head VCRs CAN include HiFi audio. 4 heads are not necessary for HiFi.
The 2 extra heads are for stable slomo and stills.

I think the giveaway is the Dolby switch on VCR 2. Why would a HiFi VCR
have one? As I recall, nearly all of the linear stereo decks had Dolby
B.

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