XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
   From: joe@user.com   
      
   "Mike Y"  wrote in message news:yJLvg.283$T95.151@fe05.lga...   
   >   
   >                               And then about 1984 picked up a HiFi Beta   
   unit   
   > (3-speed) that had an audio mode which suppressed the video luminance   
   > and gave more audio dynamic range.   
   >   
      
   Oops, it wasn't a 3 speed.  It was 2-speed, but it was Beta2 and Beta3.  It   
   didn't support the original Beta1 speed.  It was made by Hitachi, and sold   
   through Radio Shack.  It was the first 'non-Sony' labeled Beta unit I ever   
   ran into.   
      
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