Prerecorded S-VHS movies...they exists!

[Electronic M]

Two notes. DUDE111, VHS Hi-Fi IS ANALOG!....It essentially uses a high frequency FM carrier that has enough bandwidth for the whole audible spectrum X 2 channels, and is recorded and played back off the video head drum.

ED, if you want to include playback only mode there ARE non-HiFi machines that can play S-VHS....SQPB (S-VHS Quasi-PlayBack) was a feature that added S-VHS capability (in playback mode only) to standard VHS decks. I've got a non-HiFi equipped Sharp VCR that has SQPB (it was my first VCR)....It is kinda freaky to hear audio that crappy and watch picture that good at the same time.

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Originally Posted by Electronic M

Two notes. DUDE111, VHS Hi-Fi IS ANALOG!....It essentially uses a high frequency FM carrier that has enough bandwidth for the whole audible spectrum X 2 channels...

ED, if you want to include playback only mode there ARE non-HiFi machines that can play S-VHS.....

Actually there are 2 FM carriers, one at 1.3 mHz (L) , the other at 1.7 mHz (R) for the stereo pair.

And yes I was referring to S-VHS Recorders, like the one that would have made the recording mentioned.