Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxk!rs55611 From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Beta tape quality Message-ID: <569@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:40:05 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxk.569 Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:40:05 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 02:20:51 EST References: <1336@druxv.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 15 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 ihuxk!rs55611 AT&T Bell Laboratories