whm@arizona.UUCP (01/27/84)
The availability question is an interesting one. I've had a Beta machine (Sony 5800) for about two and a half years and for a while, I felt that the VHS people had a better selection of movies, but my ideas on that have changed. Of late, when I go to a movie store, I often look at the VHS tapes to see if anything interesting is available, and I seldom see anything (that I want to watch) that I can't find in Beta (though perhaps at a different store). Also, on weekend nights, the VHS tapes are totally picked over while there's usually a pretty good selection of Beta tapes around. I don't know how it might be in other areas of the country, but here in Tucson, I think that Beta has the upper hand. If I had to replace my machine, I'd go with Beta again. Bill Mitchell whm.arizona@rand-relay {kpno,mcnc,utah-cs}!arizona!whm