And for the acronym confused, Super-VHS is the semi-pro broadcast cousin of VHS. It boasts 400 line resolution. (About equal with LD, but without LD's video gremlins.) It carved out a niche with people wanting to shoot better looking video in those happy go lucky pre-DV days and small tv stations that couldn't afford to go Sony. It never really caught the attention of Joe VHS consumer, but did find a second niche as a way to record digital sattelite for several years. There are still a few decks on the market, but they are pale ghosts of the machines I have. Most VHS decks on the market now have the undocumented feature of playing back S-VHS tapes at VHS resolution. (Kind of pointless, IMHO.) And now, you know the rest of the story!
