lionel@babel.DEC (Steve Lionel) (03/13/85)
It is true that on non-NTSC Beta Hi-Fi VCRs the recording method is similar to VHS Hi-Fi, but that doesn't mean that the NTSC method is inferior. The other systems couldn't accomodate the NTSC solution, so Sony, wanting to provide some sort of hi-fi in the other markets, resorted to the alternate method. I would think that this shows Sony believes the method used in its NTSC recorders to be superior, rather than the other way around. Also, it has been noted that Sony's new SuperBeta recording method is NTSC-only - there does not seem to be a way to adapt the technology to PAL or SECAM systems. Steve Lionel Posted: Wed 13-Mar-1985 08:39 EST To: NET_VIDEO