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Originally Posted by DVtyro
M was from 1981 to about 1986. Then there was M2 until about 1992. Then D3. There were also W-VHS and D-VHS. I don't consider any of these formats to be some variant of VHS, just like I don't consider Betacam to be a variant of Betamax, or HDV to be a variant of DV just because they use the same cassettes and transport.
OTOH, I consider SVHS to be a variant of VHS. They are similar enough, despite that SVHS tapes would not play correctly on a regular VHS VCR. They would play on an SQPB VCR, and it looks like there are more compatible VCRs than I thought: it seems that only Panasonic used "SQPB" label, other brands simply specified somewhere in the specs that this or that VCR is capable to play SVHS tapes albeit at VHS quality.
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Could have sworn I heard about a broadcast format based on the VHS shell that could do HD.
I probably haven't seen any of your videos....I almost never watch any videos posted on the forums because usually I don't have enough time to watch a video while reading on here.
I've seen SQPB badging on a number of other brands of deck other than Panasonic. I own a mid 90s sharp that boldly says on the tape door S-VHS Quasi-Playback. The others I've seen I didn't buy because back then the thrifts were flooded with decks to the point I only grabbed S-VHS and Betamax machines as I didn't have room to be less picky.