-> I could swear I've seen front loading Beta machines. Mine's in storage
-> so I can't check.

They did produce them but it was all over for Beta except the shouting!
:-)

->  JN> More hours of recording time on VHS than with Beta.

-> Yeah, and the quality sucks in EP mode.

Not with my recent Sony and Mitisubshi VCR's the quality difference its
detectable but is Fully usable for Time shifting.
Of course for Arciving a Treasure it might be unsuitable. Mostly becauee
you would at one point want to make a copy and as the Saying Goes
"Garbage IN, Garbage OUT!!  :-)
For the serious videophile though they would record on a Hard Drive and
then transfer it to a DVD.


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