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- From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
- Subject: Re: Is S-VHS dead?
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:52:11 GMT
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- M.D. Shepherd (mds5142@ultb.isc.rit.edu) wrote:
-
- > Is it safe to say that Super-VHS is dead?
-
- As a technology, no. As a pre-recorded title medium, yes.
-
- S-VHS is essentially the only game in town for people (like me), who can't
- stand VHS image quality and want a way to perform time-shifting with
- tolerable results. S-VHS "EP" is even superior to VHS "SP". If you do a
- lot of 6-hour recording, S-VHS is the way to go. Of course, the deck will
- also record and play regular VHS (yuk) when the need arises.
-
- For home video media, most people start with VHS. If they are dissatisfied
- (and clearly many aren't), the next upgrade is LD. LD is superior to S-VHS,
- so the only reason to then further add/upgrade-to S-VHS is for improved
- off-air recording. It's not surprising that it's a small market.
-
- > I've never seen a video store that rents S-VHS tapes,...
-
- As far as I know, nobody rents S-VHS. The only source for pre-recorded
- S-VHS titles is some mailer-order place called "Super Source", but their
- catalog is limited. LDs provide better quality, and on average are probably
- cheaper than 'Source's S-VHS tapes, so no S-VHS market is likely to develop.
-
- Regards, Hewlett-Packard
- Bob Niland Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road
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