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I have no idea if that has any bearing on a valid comparison between the 2 technologies. Comparing 2 alternate technologies almost always involves apples and oranges, and I'm not interested in a "which is better" discussion anyway. However, I would like to point out using a 2-head deck as a VHS yardstick isn't particularly fair to it, as they have had 4-head decks as long as they have had multiple speeds, and the original "SP" 2-head decks only had the better heads. A valid point could be made that the vast majority of decks in service are 2-heads so it's representative, but it's still not a good yardstick. To give you (or anybody else) an idea of the difference between the 2, not long after I got my original deck I did a side-by-side comparison between my deck and my brother-in-law's 4-head VHS deck. This was even before Dolby stereo sound, much less HQ, digital enhancement, Hi-Fi, and anything else they've tacked on so it's a valid comparison. The EP speeds were almost identical, too close to call. But, you're familiar with increase of quality in going from EP to SP on a 2-head deck? The improvement of his 4-head's SP over my 2-head's SP was at least that. Not very scientific, I admit, but everybody there agreed to that description. Even me, and I was hoping for a less marked difference.