Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 02/12/06 04:32

UCLAN wrote:
> blackburst@aol.com wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Yes. As I said, why would a hi-fi VCR, 2- or 4-head, bother with
> Dolby linear stereo? None did, IIRC. Can you think of any?

I think Doc said VCR 1 was HiFi, VCR 2 just said stereo with a Dolby
switch. If VCR 2 was linear stereo as I think, that would explain his
problem: His tape from VCR 1 has HiFi tracks, but VCR 2 can't play
them. VCR 2 can only see the linear mono track.

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