Talk:1982

Fun Fact
1982 was the year when linear stereo was introduced to VHS and Beta. Linear stereo split the existing linear monaural track with a guard band to achieve two-channel sound, hence using the same exact deficiencies, and was considered a poor man's bargain basement audio format. Compared to VHS's linear stereo, Beta's linear stereo wasn't really part of Beta's standards, as most Beta tapes generally played the linear audio track in mono. Also, linear stereo developed more hiss and noise than the linear monaural track and thus, most linear stereo-only VCRs, and even a few linear mono-only VCRs released for overseas markets, offered Dolby noise reduction.

Linear stereo was discontinued from consumer-grade VCRs around 1992, almost a decade after Hi-Fi was introduced to Beta in 1983 and VHS a year later, and thus, most hi-fi stereo VCRs will only play the linear track in mono and not stereo. Some manufacturers stopped offering linear stereo for their consumer-grade VCRs around the late 1980s. However, linear stereo continued to be offered on professional-grade VCRs, until VHS was discontinued in 2008 in North America. 69.85.235.49 16:01, 15 May 2023 (UTC)