VHS NETWORK INC/CA
SB-2/A, EX-5.1, 2000-10-26
NON-OPERATING ESTABLISHMENTS
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                     [LETTERHEAD OF RICHARD P. GREENE, P.A.]



                                                                October 10, 2000


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059

         Re:      VHS Network, Inc.

Gentlemen:

         This  opinion is given in  connection  with the  registration  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission of 9,657,500 shares of VHS Network, Inc. (the
"Company")  Common  Stock.  The  shares  are being  registered  pursuant  to the
requirements  of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act")
pursuant to  Registration  Statement  Number  000-1108028  filed with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration Statement").

         We have acted as U.S.  counsel to the  Company in  connection  with the
review of the  Registration  Statement on Form SB-2 pursuant to which the shares
are being  registered and, in so acting,  have examined the originals and copies
of corporate  instruments,  certificates  and other documents of the Company and
interviewed representatives of the Company to the extent we deemed it necessary,
in order to form the basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth.

         In such  examination we have assumed the  genuineness of all signatures
and  authenticity  of all documents  submitted to us as certified or photostatic
copies. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion which have not been
independently  established,  we have relied upon  statements or  certificates of
officers or representatives of the Company.

         Of the 9,657,500  shares being  registered,  4,392,500 shares of Common
Stock being sold by the selling  security holders are issued and outstanding and
5,265,000  shares  of  Common  Stock  to be  issued  upon  exercise  of  certain
outstanding options and other conversion rights granted by the Company.


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Securities and Exchange Commission
October 10, 2000
Page Two

         Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

         1. The shares of Common Stock of the Company being  registered for sale
by the selling security holders when sold pursuant to the Registration Statement
will be fully paid and non-assessable and there will be no personal liability to
the owners thereof.

         2. The shares of Common Stock  reserved for issuance  upon  exercise of
outstanding  options  and  other  conversion  rights  and  registered  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  subject to payment of the exercise  price
therefor, when sold pursuant to the Registration  Statement,  will be fully paid
and  non-assessable  and  there  will be no  personal  liability  to the  owners
thereof.

         This law firm hereby  consents to the use of this opinion in connection
with the filing of the Registration  Statement and the inclusion of this opinion
as an exhibit thereto.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         By: /s/ RICHARD P. GREENE, P.A.
                                         -------------------------------
                                                 Richard P. Greene
                                                 For the Firm

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