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- From: t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Akira Mito)
- Subject: Re: Is S-VHS dead?
- In-Reply-To: jdavidso@teknowledge.com's message of 24 Dec 92 17:21:03 GMT
- Message-ID: <T90534AM.92Dec25162203@cs1.sfc.keio.ac.jp>
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- Organization: Department of Environmental Information,Keio University Shonan
- Fujisawa Campus(SFC),Japan.
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- <JDAVIDSO.92Dec24092103@tigger.teknowledge.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 07:22:03 GMT
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- In article <JDAVIDSO.92Dec24092103@tigger.teknowledge.com>
- jdavidso@teknowledge.com (Jim Davidson) writes:
-
- |The big strike against S-VHS as a rental format is that it's incompatible with
- |VHS. I.e., S-VHS tapes won't play in VHS VCR's (except for the new
- |"quasi-S-VHS" VCRs).
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- That's why current VHS decks have equipped with SQPB.
- Some leading companies of VHS party, such as Panasonic
- and Victor have worried with Hi8 camcoders and cheaper
- Multi-disc LDs.
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- Akira Mito(E-Mail:t90534am@sfc.keio.ac.jp)
- Junior@SFC(Keio Univ. Shownan Fujisawa Campus)
- Department: Environmental Information (It's so COOL,isn't it?)
- Director of the SFC Hi-Vision Club, and member of SFC TiME, C-music.
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