Does anyone know what thickness tape was used in the L-625 (2h 30m) Beta tapes. I believe it was regular thickness tape, just as VHS was able to create T-140s (2h 20m). These were exclusively for duplication, though I swear I remember seeing Sony L-625's for sale in the original black striped box back in the very early 80's
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It didn't exist back then because they didn't really try. It was self-fulfilling prophecy. T120 was all you needed -- like 64kb of RAM.
And when they did try, it was still to push the envelope for SLP/EP.
~T150 was very possible in the 80s, as a T120 isn't full anyway, and the thickness was often not to spec in non-BASF brand tapes. I forget the exact lengths and thickness. The T180 and T200 are the only really "thin" tapes out there compared to T160. T150 could have existed for 2.5 SP or 5 LP hours. I forget the math on PAL tapes, but the E180 is not as small as a T120. (The E180 always existed, right? I forget.) I know I have a few T140's somewhere, from around 1987.
I can attest firsthand, as a former video rental store manager (at "the Movie Store" in Austin, a progenitor of the collector's/art/boutique store format - by my direction), that even by the mid 80's, porn had already sided with VHS and was markedly instrumental in the tide turning in favor of that format. No BS necessary, just fact.
We'll see. I lost ~18 months of my life (threads at digitalFAQ.com), and am still playing catch-up.
I hope you're being facetious about this. Maybe I've never owned a VCR that could record or play back LP with anywhere near the quality of SP.Want my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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Can someone explain the NTSC speeds please? I'm from PAL land and we have (240 tape):
SP = Full resolution 4 Hours
LP = Lower resolution, narrower heads, cue and reveiw quite distorted 8 Hours
EP = Fair resolution and cue and review without LP on screen disturbance 12 Hours
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