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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Beta tape quality
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Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:40:05 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:40:05 1984
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In regard to tape thickness, all of the Beta tape lengths up to
and including L-750 are all the standard thickness tape.  For an
L-830 tape, there isn't enough room on the reel for the standard
thickness tape, so a slightly thinner tape is used.  (In VHS, all lengths
up to T-120 are standard thickness, T-160 is the thinner tape).

Some decks have a switch for thin and thick tape.  I would assume that any
new deck would work with both, whether it has a switch or not.  (Especially
if the deck advertizes a max. playing time that's only possible with the 
thin tape.)  I have seen some warnings that the thin tape is more prone to
breaking or strtching, but have no first-hand knowledge of this.

Bob Schleicher
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AT&T Bell Laboratories