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What's Happened In Video?
By Gary Bryant
Over the years, home video has changed the enter- tainment
habits of an entire generation. We've all heard someone say: " I
don't go to movies anymore, I just wait for them to come out on
video."
With more than seventy percent of American homes sporting
some form of video equipment, there is growing a ready market for
used VCR's camera's and other Video related
accessories. Here's a brief rundown on what's been happening.
First, let's get the terminology straight. There are
basically four forms of video machines in the used marketplace,
some old and some new.
BETA: This was the first video machine format. It hasn't been
manufactured in years, and rarely do current titles come out in
this format. If you're not interested in this machine for it's
historical value, then stay away.
VHS: This is currently the most prolific VCR format on the
market today. As with other electronic devices (like computers)
it is not necessarily the best. It is the least expensive machine
of the current choices and used machines can sell for as little as
fifty dollars!
Super-VHS: Purportedly to be an improvement over
VHS, Super-VHS (S-VHS) machines cost quite a bit more
than it's father format, plain VHS and picture clarity is much
better.
C: This video format is marked by the smaller cassette and
compact home camera. Its quality is as good if not better than
S-VHS, it cost less, but suffers from the same problem of not
being immediately compatible with the prevalent VHS standard.
If you're buying retail, any electronics product is a gamble,
its market value is likely to be slashed by the next advance in
technology. You lose nothing by buying second hand, and actually
get more value for your dollar when it comes to video.