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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 11/09/06 18:25
In article <uvmtj2tlcuv45dcob20at9m032uaj12818@4ax.com>,
JoeBloe <joebloe@nosuchplace.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:36:43 GMT, glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN)
>Gave us:
>
>>In article <kfdpj25pd8hbg3k643oab48us01vuoaf3c@4ax.com>, KimbaWLion wrote:
>>>glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN) wrote:
>>>
>>>>Betamax was the better format, ask any Professional.
>>>
>>>For immediate gratificatiion, definitely. Far superior in picture and
>>>first to offer HiFi sound. Which I think shows that the general public
>>>just doesn't care for the finer details of picture and sound, leading to
>>>both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray being a big yawn in the marketplace.
>>>
>>>That immediate gratification remark refers to the fact that my Betamax
>>>tapes deteriorated greatly over the years, while my VHS tapes, dating back
>>>26 years now, are still in fine shape. Unrelated to the current DVD scene,
>>>I know, but typical of my experiences with Sony.
>>>
>>Well basically the economy of scale led to advances in tape formulations in
>>the VHS media where as beta media went the way of the dodo bird and no money
>>was put into developing formulations for a dying format.
>>
>
> BULLONEY!
>
> BETA was and likely may still be in many TV studios around the
>world, the predominant format being used. It isn't the home version
>tape width, but Sony made plenty of money on the beta format in the
>commercial market.
It's the same width but not the same formulation. The Betas in
studios - before digital - was a metal based tape - and the same
cartridge shell as the home beta.
The standard formulation pro Beta tape actually could be used on
home machines [eg the non-metal tapes]. The 30 minutes pro
version would run 3 hours on a home unit at BII.
And I used the Metal tapes in my EDV-9500. Size was always the
same but formulation was quite different.
Bill
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