[QuadList] OT: is S-VHS "obsolete" in copyright law's eyes?

John Fletcher jfletcher at frontiernet.net
Mon Feb 27 11:27:32 CST 2012


Could this be just because these DVD/VHS combo decks are aimed at the
"consumer" set who never bought into SVHS... so no need to go the extra
step to provide full SVHS playback capability?

- John


On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 10:56 -0600, Walter Forsberg wrote:
> Hi All-
> 
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone might corroborate my impression that there are
> no DVD/VHS combination decks currently being manufactured that support
> native output of S-VHS. Looking around, it seems like while S-VHS
> tapes can be read by some of the combo decks still-in-production, the
> signal is down-rezzed (terms like "quasi-playback" are used) to VHS
> levels of resolution.
> 
> 
> Thanks, in advance, for any thoughts!
> 
> 
> Walter Forsberg
> Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.
> 
> Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.
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