lionel@orphan.DEC (Steve Lionel) (08/28/84)
I thought that the following might be interesting in light of the questions about VHS Hi-Fi's possible problems. I picked up the 1985 Radio Shack catalog the other day. The inside front cover shows off their new Beta Hi-Fi VCR, and a couple of BHF tapes (MTV excerpts). I find this particularly interesting in light of the fact that their previous VCRs have been VHS only. It appeared that the new one was a variant of the Sanyo 7200. Later, I stopped into another Radio Shack and mentioned my observation. He said that there could be a number of reasons why RS didn't introduce a VHS Hi-Fi unit, such as the supplier didn't have one. But Radio Shack's VCRs are made by Sanyo, who also make Fisher VCRs, and there is a Fisher VHS Hi-Fi unit. Then the salesman said he had his own theories on the subject. I asked if one of them was based on the possibility that VHS Hi-Fi machines just don't work? He said "Yes." This doesn't prove anything, but I'm another happy Beta Hi-Fi (SL-2700) customer who hopes that VHS falls on its face with this. Steve Lionel ARPA: lionel%orphan.DEC@decwrl.ARPA UUCP: decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-orphan!lionel MCI: Steve Lionel (177-0623)