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Originally Posted by Chris Gerhard
The format requires higher quality tape, there was no way to just make it work with poor quality tape, that isn't complicated, otherwise JVC would have done so.
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Well, I'm going to have to disagree. If Sony could find a way to store DV video onto Hi8 tape (which is equivalent to S-VHS in qualty)..... surely JVC could have found a way to store data onto Super VHS tapes.
Looking at wikipedia I see Sony increased the speed. A T-120 Hi8 tape holds 90 minutes of DV.
If JVC had used a similar approach, a super vhs T-180 tape would hold 135 minutes of HDTV (or 270 SDTV). Not an ideal solution,
but at least people could use $5 tapes instead of $20 tapes.
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A Hitachi D-VHS VCR I own has a tape quality meter reading and it rates Fuji H471S as the best tape, surpassing all D-VHS tape and all other SVHS tape. My experience is that is true, it is the best although several other brands such as TDK XP Pro, JVC D-VHS, Maxell D-VHS and a few others work very well.
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Thanks! More useful info.