[net.video] Request for articles on VHS and Beta formats and specifications

rhc@lems.UUCP (Richard Currier) (02/04/85)

  I have recently purchased an RCA VKT 275 VHS recorder, and have had
  much fun using it.  I am very much interested in reading about
  the recording methods (method of putting the video and audio signal
  on the tape) that both the VHS and Beta systems use.	I am looking
  for good overview articles on this subject in some video or other
  magazine.  Would anyone who knows of such an article please mail me
  the magazine and issue date where I could find it.  Thanks in advance.
					 Rich

lef@nlm-vax.ARPA (Larry Fitzpatrick) (02/10/85)

In article <lems.161> rhc@lems.UUCP (Richard Currier) writes:
>
>  ... I am looking for good overview articles on this subject
>  [tech. discription of BETA VS VHS formats] in some video or other
>  magazine.  Would anyone who knows of such an article please mail me
>  the magazine and issue date where I could find it.  Thanks in advance.

A new magazine, VIDEO & SOUND (proclaiming themselves as a "high
fidelity" publication -- and in my estimate they are) has run an
excellent, concise article addressing this question in Vol 2. (No
date on the cover). The article describes NTSC format and how BETA/VHS
formats represent this on tape and how each accomodates Hi-Fi stereo.

 I bought this magazine at a local drug store, so it is probably
available where you are.



	-fitz
	nlm-vax