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- From: kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH)
- Subject: Re: Great Simpsons Quote from 11/3/92 episode
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- References: <4396@vidiot.UUCP> <F6HauB2w165w@amigans.gen.nz>
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 10:03 EST
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- In article <F6HauB2w165w@amigans.gen.nz>, zoltar@amigans.gen.nz (Grant Thoms) writes...
- >brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
- >
- >> <>>>best was from the crook:
- >> <>>> Oh No! Beta!
- >> <>
- >> <>>Not even remotely funny! Well, maybe slightly.
- >> <>
- >> <>Aw - c'mon Greg. I thought it was funny - and you and I are both
- >> <>hardcore Beta-Philes and ED Beta fans.
- >> <>
- >> <>Just look at how hard it would be to sell a 'hot' Beta machine.
- >> <>
- >> <>And we can rest easier knowing our machines are not a prime target :-)
- >> < ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >> <That's part of the reason that I found it to be funny. I've often
- >> <considered placing a warning on my home indicating--not that there is a
- >> <burglar alarm--but, rather that "this home has Betamax only".
- >> <
- >> <The other reason I'd rather not mention, because Vidiot seems is very
- >> <knowledgable about video and he would, no doubt, take offense.
- >>
- >> Why would I take offense? I like a good VHS joke like anyone else. Jokes
- >> I like, inaccuracies I don't.
- >>
- >> Lay on the joke, we all want to read it.
- >> --
- >
- >I thought that betaCam was one of the highest formats available and is
- >used for television! Am I wrong?? Have I been mislead? Am I part of a
- >consumer trap fooling us citizens into thinking that betacam is the
- >highest Television grade of recording system available?
-
- Grant,
- Yes Betacam (specifically Betacam SP) is probably the best professional,
- non-digital family of VTRs and "camcorders." However, these are not the
- same as the consumer Betamax. The only thing the two have in common is the
- tape and tape shell (for the short recording times of 30-minutes or less)--
- longer recording times require the Large cassete case.
-
- And if you have doubts about Betamax: Don't. It is the best consumer
- format (in all of its subformats). Beta is better than VHS, SuperBeta is
- better than VHS-HQ, and ED Beta is much better than S-VHS. Period.
-
- Greg
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ED-Beta: Simply THE BEST!
- "ED Beta is simply the best consumer videotape format available."
- --VIDEO Magazime, Nov. 1992, page 30.
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