"Quasi S-VHS Playback"
Kevin Schlueter
had (their words) "quasi S-VHS playback". This is probably an attempt to
dupe a consumer into thinking that they are getting S-VHS when they are
not, however I'm curiousas to what constitutes "quasi S-VHS playback".
I gave the VCR a quick once over, but didn't notice anything unusual.
William R. Cruce
>I was out looking at VCRs the other day and noticed a Hitachi model which
>had (their words) "quasi S-VHS playback". This is probably an attempt to
>dupe a consumer into thinking that they are getting S-VHS when they are
>not, however I'm curiousas to what constitutes "quasi S-VHS playback".
It usually means that the VCR will play back S-VHS tapes but with
standard VHS quality. My son has a Panasonic model (I forget the #)
which does this and I regularly loan him S-VHS tapes. To my eye the
quality of playback of these tapes is slightly better than that of
VHS tapes, but many variables were uncontrolled (differences in machines
etc.). Certainly the quality is no worse than regular VHS.
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Michael Alan Schuster
It will play an S-VHS tape, but with none of the added luma resolution
that true S-VHs playback would give. Ordinarily an S-VHS tape would
be unwatchable on a VHS machine.
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