moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (08/29/84)
I just wanted to thank everyone who took the time to drop me a line and give
their opinion of the different Beta Hi-Fi VCR's out there. It was of great
help to me in choosing my machine (a SONY SL-2710), and I thank you very
much.
A brief summary of the responses I got, for those of you who may be
considering the purchase of just such a device:
The three models I had enquired about (after reading reviews for the first
two) were the NEC VC-739E, the SONY SL-2700 and the SONY SL-2710. While
most of the reviews pointed to the 2700 as the best machine Beta Hi-Fi
machine on the market (no one seems to dispute this), the 2710, which had
earlier been described as a bottom-line Beta deck with Hi-fi slapped on, was
said by many to be as good in video and audio quality as the 2700. It
lacked many of the features of the 2700 (slow-motion and reverse viewing in
particular, as well as a camera jack), but had more events in memory for
recording shows, as well as more cable channel accessibility; the 2710
appealed to me more as a machine to record programs on (with a Betastack
thrown in), as I was not as interested in the swing shift and slo-mo
functions. The NEC got high marks in the VIDEO magazine review, but many
people on the net pointed out that they used four heads to do what SONY did
with two, and why bother?
Anyway, thanks again; the help was appreciated.
"The bigger they are, the nicer they are..."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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