A note from the analog world re Beta

[Chris Nicholls]

Thanks John, well... now I know. BetaMax and BetaCAM are different.It's a silly argument anyway ;-)

Chris

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From: 	John Julian[SMTP:jjulian@silas.cc.monash.edu.au]
Sent: 	Tuesday, 27 June 1995 15:56 PM
To: 	link@charlotte.anu.edu.au
Subject: 	A note from the analog world re Beta

>Tony et
>al
>
>If you are using a properly configured and installed version of Win95,
>then Windows is far from the worst case. By the way, you can buy Betamax,
>it is used by professional users like television
>companies.
>
......

>Regards
>
>Chris
>

Just to put this myth to rest - no you can't. Professionals (and most
educational institutions) use BetaCAM which is not the same as BetaMAX.
Similar physical cassette - totally different tape formulation and
recording method.  Add this to your "things I never really wanted to know"
archive!


John Julian, Manager Technology and Communications
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Phone + 61 3 903 8920    Fax + 61 3 903 8966
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