VHS Quality

mark@unicorn.com
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:29:06 -0700 (PDT)


Warrl kyree Tale'sedrin [warrl@blarg.net] wrote:
>Now if you can't tell the difference between VHS at its worst and broadcast at
>its best, how much of an advantage can Beta's higher quality be?

Ah, but that's NTSC... you should try PAL sometime. PAL VHS is lousy
compared to broadcast video; Hi8 recordings are almost indistinguishable
from the original PAL broadcast but there are still a few color problems.
I assume S-VHS is roughly the same.

>Now if you can't tell the difference between VHS at its worst and broadcast
>at
>its best, how much of an advantage can Beta's higher quality be?

But in that case I'd agree with this point.

Mark