Posted by Paul Hyett on 11/20/06 08:14

In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sun, 19 Nov 2006, Citizen Bob wrote :
>
>>but I wouldn't
>>buy a DVD recorder that didn't have a 3hr mode - that's just too big a
>>gap.
>
>3-hour is rather odd for the US. The ones I have seen most often have
>2-hour (standard DVD-5 resolution) and then it skips to 4-hour.

In the UK, there were 2 standard lengths for videotapes - 3hrs & 4hrs,
that's why it's seen as standard here.
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Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

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