Beta tapes

Mechaman · Post by **Mechaman** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:33 am

look on your face 20 years from now when my betamax is still running and you've bought your 5 VCR.

My expression on seeing someone still using a magnetic tape storage format in 20 years: quizzical.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:52 am

Also someone who can't figure out that Beta & VHS are both considered VCRs(Video Cassette Recorders). :\

~klinky

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 2:05 am

Hey they are both 3 letter acronyms that start with V, it's a simple mistake. oh, do any of you people know what a beta's resolution is? If I were using any any form of magnetic tape storage 20 years from now it would sooner be beta than VHS. Do you people even know what a beta's resolution is compared to VHS? 400 to 250. I would say that that is a decent difference, and I could probably record off a satelite and get a better picture than a store bought VHS tape.

dj-ohki · Post by **dj-ohki** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:00 am

actually.. IIRC beta has around 500 lines of resolution vs VHS's 240 (SVHS has 400, along with various other 3/4 formats.)

i wouldnt rely on beta myself. VTRs are already hard to find, and if the one you're using dies, you're gonna be hard up for getting replacement parts. not to mention only sony makes the tapes now.

not to mention NTSC is going to be long dead in 20 years. and so will those oh so holy beta tapes of yours.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:55 am

Just think

It'll be like that episode of Cowboy Bebop, where Spike & Jet go back to either to get a VCR to view that tape delivered to Faye

~klinky

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:18 pm

dj-ohki wrote:actually.. IIRC beta has around 500 lines of resolution vs VHS's 240 (SVHS has 400, along with various other 3/4 formats.)

i wouldnt rely on beta myself. VTRs are already hard to find, and if the one you're using dies, you're gonna be hard up for getting replacement parts. not to mention only sony makes the tapes now.

not to mention NTSC is going to be long dead in 20 years. and so will those oh so holy beta tapes of yours.

THere are plenty of places online where I can buy parts if one breaks. And NTSC may be dead in 20 years, that means that for the next 19 I use a VHS instead?

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 4:25 pm

You sure a DVR or DVD-R deck wouldn't be better? Ok, $300some vs the $60 or whatever, but still :\
NTSC SHOULD for all intents and purposes be dead by '06. However, thats a bit of wishful thinking with HDTV in the state that it is

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 4:56 pm

well add up how much a DVD-Rdeck would be to set up compared to the beta one. and evne though beta has 80 less lines or resolution, the video and audio isn't compressed so it isn't like it is THAT much worse than DVD would look. (I'm not saying beta is better, just that it isn't THAT much worse.)

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:00 pm

klinky wrote:Just think It'll be like that episode of Cowboy Bebop, where Spike & Jet go back to either to get a VCR to view that tape delivered to Faye

~klinky

It was funny when the store owner started talking about how beta was better (which it is) and its poor fate to be outsold by VHS products.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:22 pm

I remember the deck started chewing the tape up and Spike kicked it and the guy freaked out :p

<priceless> Bebop just kicked ass</priceless>

~klinky