Posted by Bill Vermillion on 04/24/07 02:25

In article <1176212181.089168.277300@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
SFTVratings <SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Bill Vermillion wrote:
>> >
>> >> Horizontal Resolution (per picture height)
>> >> Standard 4:3 ratio:
>> >> -------------------
>> >> 240 - standard VHS or Betamax
>> And about 300 - Super Beta.
>>
>> >> 330 - cable tv
>> >> 400 - S-VHS or laserdisc
>> And about 525 - Extended Defintion Beta.
>
>No 500. Super Beta and ED beta were failed standards (only on the
>market for ~2 years), so that's why I did not include them.
>
>> >> 540 DVD

A late followup. I have Super-Beta on my SL-1000s.

I also just got a model 900 - from a friend who was tossing it
because it ate tapes [sounds like a brake problem] and it too
has Super-Beta. The Super-Beta-I was pretty much limited to the
1000s, but the Super-Beta mode was in earlier models. The
introduction of the comb-filter to extend the chroma to pretty much
the full bandwidth of broadcast did make a big difference.

Super-Beta was just an extension while ED really was a failed
standard - but wonderful to look at.

I also searched and found the SL-750 also has Super-Beta. That was
a neat machine with a tray-loading magazine.

And thinking about this later my NEC 75 [or was it 70] also
had Super-Beta I - a 'mahvelous' picture. In some respects it
was better than the Sony in features - with the timer being
able to use one of the two video inputs in addition to the
standard TV channels, while the Sony only worked with the
TV channels.

Bill


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