Posted by David McCall on 01/11/92 11:45

"Steve King" <steveSPAMBLOCK@stevekingSPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message
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> No, you just had to play every take to confirm no drop outs ;-) At least
> BetaSP was better than 3/4 inch, which was better than 1 inch, which was
> better than 2 inch, which was not nearly as good as 16 mm.
I'll buy that BetaSP is better than 3/4", but the ONLY thing better
about 3/4" over 1" was the weight of the equipment, and perhaps
the convenience of a cassette. 2" quad was at least equal to 1",
except that you needed an engineer close at hand to clean and
tweak the machine every time you changed a tape. 16mm was
one of the best consumer formats ever developed, but it pales in
comparison to 35mm for robustness.

16mm a consumer format? Yes it was early on. As was 3/4" and
DV. They all just turned out to be "good enough" for the professional
market to adopt them.

David

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