[net.video] Hi-Fi Duplication Question

gant@convex.UUCP (10/05/84)

Is it possible to duplicate Beta Hi-Fi tapes using non-Hi-Fi VCRs?
This would seem to be a real possibility, since the Hi-Fi tracks are
simply placed within the wideband video signal and the same heads are
used.  (I suspect that this would NOT work with VHS Hi-Fi, since new
heads are required to read the "layered" audio tracks.)

The only prevention I can think of would be filters in older decks which
would affect the frequencies now used for the Hi-Fi information.

Has anyone actually tried this?

Thanks,
			Alan Gant, CONVEX Computer Corporation
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jeh@ritcv.UUCP (Jim Heliotis) (10/16/84)

You have to understand that audio and video are split even before they get
to the line jacks of your machine, so it is not possible to duplicate
Beta Hi-Fi with a non Hi-Fi machine (I think!).

				Jim Heliotis
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