Aunc.1823 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb Wed Feb 10 08:53:19 1982 Home VCRs My suggestion is to hold off. Sony and the other manufacturers have agreed on a *new* standard, neither Beta nor VHS; it's scheduled for, I believe, 1984 or 1985. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.