http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=someko

Ah ha! It seems that all his beta listings are merely a vehicle for disposing of a surplus of RMT-151s...

Now where did I put that salt...

SO we have found out who has all tose damn RMT-151s! I was wondering where he got them... Well, I will never sell a beta on Ebay, lest Snaling gets his hands on it. We should try to keep him away from stuff, too, well, by bidding on it! (Or, like I did, getting the guy to end it early and give you the SL-HF-900 from the lot of other crap for $80!!!!)

Sean.

The snail trail thickens...

Did a bidder search of Someko and found that at least twice he and Snaling bid for the same item. Both times for reserve items. If Someko and Snaling are the same user them he must've been trying to probe for the reserve price.

Sounds to me that Someko/Snailing is, what do they call that.....SNIPING! Yeah that's it. Now IIRC that is illegal per Ebay policies. Too bad we couldn't get him boxed in a corner and to choke himself. I wish to thank Andy for at least giving us what info he did. And hopefully he won't burn yer butt somehow. If he bothers you I hope we all can help in some way. I better stop this chat as I am getting rather peeved and will go BOOOOM!!!.

Later. Pepse.

The "RMT-151" described in Someko's auction is acutally a RM-151K, a remote made for camera units. It comes with an infrared sensor you connect to the camera so you can control playback features remotely once they started putting VHF/line outputs on the cameras. They were sold dutch a while back for $3/ea. He must've picked up a bunch of them. I got some too. They look similar to the RMT-131, except they have a VTR1/VTR2 switch and a vol up/dn button. They're not overly useful for betamax machines. Playback/record functions work but that's about it. Power, Ch up/dn, Vol, Display buttons, and the VTR1/VTR2 switch do not work.

As I mentioned, I bought a unit the seller in question offered (860D) and was not crazy about the quality of it, but I'll say in his defense that he is polite and prompt and I think he tries to stay above-board, except for maybe being a little overgenerous, and maybe a little incomplete (but *not* dishonest, I would add) in his description. I'll never know if he would have taken back the unit I bought had I asked. It took two weeks to get it back from the inspection, and I left the +feedback sort of on faith beforehand. It was the first beta unit I bought on eBay, and appeared to work fine when I got it, but it turned out to be far closer to the end of its useful life than I was led to believe, and began to intermittently eat tapes shortly after I received it. For the same money I could have had another of those essentially factory-new GCS-50's that seller fluxgate offers from time to time. Expensive initial lesson for me.

Brenda Ann...Spaceballs on Beta eh? That must be a home recording because I think that movie came out too late to have been factory-released on Beta, but it's a good movie though. I've taken to using my Betas to tape movies off DSS lately...got Austin Powers I and II, Sixteen Candles, and A Time to Kill.In a major cleanout of part of our house recently my family came across much of the original literature that came with our SL-HF600, including a brocure advertising the Sony Parnership, "The Sony program that's getting rave reviews" with a picture of an SL-2710 on the front. If you join the Sony parnership, Sony pays 100% parts and labor with free checkup clinic for the life of your Betamax,and you get discounts on rented or purchased Beta movie tapes, and discounts on rentals of Betamovie cameras or portable VCR/Camera sets. I wonder what Sony would think if we filled out the application card now and sent it in...

Actually , I recall some movie titles to be released in prerecorded Beta format aslate as '91, maybe even early '92. Of course my memory fails me on what the movie titleswere. Ok, onto the previous thing, Snaling. I have had endless frustration with him too, inregards to trying to bid on broken Beta machines and then have him snap them up right beneathme, and drive the price so high that I would have not purchased the machine that way. For example, he just purchased a SL-HF750 with what was described as "snow static" picture during playback. To me, this means it probably has worn heads. Snaling paid $180 or so for it. Well thats not too bad of a price, but assuming the videohead is bad, I would have to order itfrom Sony. The videohead costs $330 (last I checked). Ok, so now I have a SL-HF750 I paid $510 for. Now, I would have to make some money off it so figure $600 total for this machine.Hmm. Well, what is the market price for an assumed working SL-HF750 on Ebay with no remote? $400? Anyways I don't understand how he can bid on so many fricking betas like this, andmake money. The only place I have seen sell Beta equipment for ridiculously high prices andseem to succeed at it is Absolute Beta. They would probably charge $10,000 for a SL-HF750 with brand new videoheads. Ugh. Well I am going to stop ranting now. Its hard even for a person like me to get ahold of Beta units. Andy

I do not know what is up with Snaling. I bid on that 750 taking a risk it had bad heads or maybe just a clog that an $8 kit from radio shack will take care of. I lost it. I hope the whole upper drum ass'y (as they say in sony service prints! :) is shot to hell. Anyhow, I have seen Absolute beta selling things for crazy prices, but Also sometimes if you do a search for a model number it will turn up for sale from some tech. relocator who bought it with other stuff or whatnot from someone who had it for any of the varying reasons pro companies have a beta, and you will pay prices that range from stomachable ($220 for an SL-2710, I think, or 2700) up to $300 for a GCS-1 with case and ??? batteries... I have also seeen other odd beta gear but not much.) The best ways to get beta gear are:1: from private parties who don't want it and usually don't know what its worth. I was GIVEN an SL-HF-1000. (But it's gone and that's another story) and an SL-2410 for FREE!2: "Junk" shops. They tend to have them and charge reasonable prices for them. #40 for SL-340 or SL-100. (SPeaking of which, I think I can still get that one, anyone interested?)3: Ebay is OK, but prices range from reasonable ($90 for BMC-660 setup) to insane ($1500 + for EDV-9500) Did anyone see that EDV-7500 that had the problem in ED beta for jsut $50? I was going to get it, becaus eI don't use ED beta and the S-video connectors are nice to have and the wood sides match my CDP-C8ESD (Also for free, because it was broken, and i fixed it, well, I made it work, not fixed it!) Now the auciton was ended!

Sean.

Andy Wehrle:

Nope, Spaceballs is a factory tape, even in it's own original sleeve. I bought out the entire Beta stock, including some nearly current movies, of a video store when they quit selling/renting Beta in 1992. I used to have even more, but some have been lost during several moves since then. Spaceballs came out in 1987, not sure when the home video was released, Pump up the Volume was 1990. Possibly the newest one is Star Trek V, but I'm not totally sure on that. Nope, just checked.. looks like that honor goes to Total Recall, just a bit after Pump up the Volume. Again, I don't know when the videos were released, these I believe are the box office release dates.

I know that ALL of the Star Trek movies featuring the original crew (up to 6) were released on Betamax since I bought them all 36 was only offered as a preorder item and as many copies of it were made as were ordered. Paramount did that with all their movies for quite some time after other studios topped selling Beta. They also released the first 30 or so episode of Star Trek TNG on Beta tape! Bought these since none of my local stations ever picked up the show ditto with DS9!

Thanks for reminding me.. I also have 20 tapes, 40 episodes, of Star Trek- The Original Series on factory Beta tapes.. I'll throw those in on the sale as well. These were on a shelf in the other room, and so didn't get numbered among the others in the tape collection.

Andy W.

If you are interested I have the factory Beta copy of Sixteen Candles. Email off line. IIRC from someone in the old (and revived) Beta informer Disney offered some of there new release movies in Beta thru '95 or '97; pre-order of course.

Later. Pepse.

I have a Sony Betamax SL-HF500.One day it wouldn't eject a tape.It just froze up when I tried to eject it.So I took it to a local repair shop here in Nashville,TN.and they told me I needed a loading mechanism.I found this web site as well as a guy in Memphis that might help me fix it,but I thought I might get some help here.Anyone care to send me advise I would greatly appericiate it.Thanks. [email protected]

Hi All:

Looking for a working Betamax machine preferably HiFi Stereo I have loads of tapes of stuff recorded between 1981-1990, and would like to view them again, I have had a Sony C7 which I sold to purchase a Sanyo M40 in 1986, this got damaged beyond repair in 1990 so I am on the look out for a machine, I have searched locally but no one seems to have any.Is there anybody out there who could help me.....

Cheers

to Brenda. Sometimes I wish I lived in the US,I would certainly like to have your saleable items

Hi Travis: This might be a good place for you to start: http://www.fixer.com/osm/carriage.html . Good luck.

Brenda, was it you who got this? I posted it and now I'm confused... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367380607 If it is you who got it, I am confused because you are unloading you beta gear, or have you decided to keep the 1000??? Or is this someone with a similar Ebay address???

Sean

Sean,

If that's the remote, I thought it might be a good idea to get something that could be programmed to work with the 1000, so that it will have as much functionality as is possible for whomever buys it, since the RMT-148 has some functions that no longer work.

I see. That makes sense now. I wanted that ting but I thought: with shipping that's $10. That may not seem like much but it will add up and what do I need it for when I am getting an RMT-148? I still want it, guess its time to see if I can raise $900!!! I will try, but keep in mind it's unlikely!

Sean.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367940552Is there any way to tell if this is a clone of the 5400, 5600, or 5800??? Sean.

I have never seen this model!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368078312Sean.

Sean; To answer question one, that Zenith unit is a clone of the SL-5400. The way to tell the three Zenith versions apart is; on the timer door of the VR-9000W (SL-5400) it's solid. On the timer doors of the VR-9750J (SL-5600) and VR-9760W (SL-5800) the timer door has a see-thru panel in them. Now the visual difference between theVR-9750J (SL-5600) and VR-9760W (SL-5800) is in the panel where the speed and TV/VCR switches are. On the VR-9750J (SL-5600) the switch panel is a light tan color on the VR-9760W (SL-5800) it's black.

As for that SL-250, that looks to be the SL-HF 350's low end SuperBeta-only cousin. I've always thought the SL-HF 350 looks like the VCR architects Phillip Johnson and Mies Van der Rohe would've designed if they designed VCRs. A pleasing if somewhat mannered square-cut appearance. I've noticed that the SL-250(like the SL-100) has no input jacks. Too bad...

Yes, Olive, it is a very nice design. THe 250 and also the 100 have no inputs whatsoever, only the near-worthless RF jack. My SL-430 (Not, SLO-430, but I am getting one! Yippee!)has inputs but they are useless, because they disable the RF passthrough and input, so you can only use RF or line, there is no switch! So if you have RF hooked up just to have it, it is no good!

Sean.

Anyone know any other places that I can post my 1000? I really don't want to list it on e-bay.. for one thing, I don't want to give them any more or my money.. seems when I list stuff on there, not only do I take a big loss on it, but end up giving them money to boot.. not a very good setup for me. Besides, I want this stuff to go to a loving home, not to the likes of Snaling.

Also, I can't remember who was asking, but someone had need of a loading mechanism for an SL-HF500... I have a now defunct SL-HF550, which I believe uses the same loading mechanism.. I could let them have it for a song.. say, $10 plus shipping? Not sure if that's a fair price or not....

Brenda, Really have no idea, but yeah, stay away from Ebay... It's bad news! And we DON'T want Snaling to get any of our tasty gear, now do we? I will not put betas up there just to keep him from having them!

Sean.

Soooo, who's going to snap up this 900? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368298278 . I would, but something tells me that the video head issue looms large. While replacement heads for most beta machines run 10-40 bucks, I have a hunch the heads for the 900 are just a smidge more expensive. Combine that with no pictures, and the seller usually selling comic books, I'm not sure that Buy It Now price is as attractive as it seems at first blush.

perhaps someone of the escargot persuasion?

Franny, I tell you if I had $125 I would get it just so he DIDN'T. Speaking of which, I will try to raise funds before it is over... Let me see the end time...

Sean.

Brenda D. you could post it on Scott Veasie's Beta Informer.... [email protected] .. Or you could take a shot and see what Joe at Absolute Beta would give for the whole kit-n-kaboodle. Or, of course one of these crazy young people will come up with the dough before you run out of time. Mind you I would love to set that baby just above my HF 750 but my priorities are to aquire another Ford Capri, first. And the one I have eyed up is a tad below what you are asking for the HF 1000.

Later. Pepse.

I was going to tell her about the beta informer but I want it too and I will have to save the money and that will take time! I am currently deliberating over saving every penny for Brenda's 1000 or spending $125 first on the afforementioned 900... Have any advice, Pepse???

Sean.

Never mind, Pepse, some cat named mono-stereo picked it up. He does some beta but mostly stereo gear and Beatles LPs like the Butcher cover... I don't think we have to wory about him, like I said he sticks mostly to Beatles stuff and other stereo gear.

Sean.

Brenda you might also want to list it on one of the 'other' Beta chatpages like

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBetamaxVideographer/

or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Betamax

or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Betavideo

Hi,I'm looking for someone to sell me a beta vcr. It doesn't have to be fancy or anything, I don't care whether its hifi, mono, etc. just as long as it records and plays in BII & BIII in decent quality. I'm looking for something around the $20 range. Please email me if anyone is willing to sell one to me.

Thanks!Zach

Zach:

Hate to tell you this, but it's pretty unlikely that you would get a Beta machine of any kind for that amount of money, unless you came across someone on ebay that doesn't know anything about them, and has a Buy It Now price of that amount.. otherwise, you most likely couldn't get a pre recorded Beta tape for that much. :(

Sean,

even if the HF 900 was still there I personnally would try for the HF 1000. Even with the price difference I would rather have the HF 1000.

Later. Pepse.

I agree, Pepse, but I had forgotten about my vacation to Hawaii! I want to have some money for that, for souveniers and the possible beta deck! I will see how soon I can get $900 and try for the 1000, I sure do miss all those nice features!

Sean.

Wow! Another weekend chock full of interesting postings on the Beta chatpage. Here are my thoughts on a few of the issues brought up:

The story of Snaling: So we now have a pretty good idea of who "Snaling" is in his other life on ebay. Thanks to Andy Sanchez for giving us the clues to figure out ourselves who this person is. I have to say when "Snaling" is in his selling mode on ebay, he does take some very pretty photos of the machines he is selling, and those are pretty premium prices he is asking for also. I've bidded on a few of his machines now and then, but could never meet the reserve, which is probably just as well after reading of Michael's experiences with the 860D he got from that seller.

Brenda's 1000: I hope Sean can come up with the money to get that 1000. It would be nice if that machine can stay "within the family", sort of speaking. I bought myself two SL-HF750s this years, along with a few other lesser machines, so the SL-HF1000 will have to wait until next year.

The SL-250: Yes, it is the mono version of the SL-HF350. They are good low-end machines, and came out around 1987. My theory is that Sony came out with the SL-100 and SL-250 basic VCRs during that time because Sony had already decided that Beta had no future and was a dying format, and that what consumers wanted were cheap basic machines to playback their old beta tape collections made years earlier on old mono toploaders and cheapo ez-betas, so the SL-100 and SL-250 (as well as the later SL-300 series mono superbetas) filled that niche nicely. The SL-250 and SL-HF350 almost have a bit of an "art deco" look to them (atleast to me), as compared with the SL-HF360/SL-330 line, which are purely utilitarian in aesthetics and design.

PCM-501ES Processor: I recently bought a SL-HF450 and PCM-501ES processor as a package deal for about 130 bucks. They came from Federal Government surplus, and include markings and other ID data that indicate they were formerly used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The SL-HF450 works fine after a weekend of use, and the PCM-501ES processor powers up fine. My question is what else can the PCM-501ES processor be used for, other than digitally copying audio CDs to beta tapes (which is the one common function we are all familiar with). Are there other functions this PCM processor will be useful for? Is there some modification trick that will allow the PCM processor to digitally copy DVD VIDEO to beta tape? Or is that not technically possible? Input appreciated.

Howard

Hi. Saw this one on ebay soon to close, I have never seen one of it's kind before. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367057137Also wondering if there is anyone out there with a SL-HF2100 they are willing to sell or trade for a SL-HF1000.

~Scott

i NEED TO PURCHASE A SL25 BETAMAX RECORDER PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ONE FOR SALE

John I think you hit "Caplock"... Anyway, is there some specific reason it has to be an SL-25? Keep in mind that that is a very simple machine and has only two virtues: that series is very hardy and durable, and it is very small, only a few inches high. If the size is an issue there are several other machines of that size that boast better features, improved recording methods, and stereo playback (HiFi and Linear, the differnce is crucuial!) and several features that make the SL-25 seem lacking. I have a feeling you want this deck for copying purposes, to transfer to that "other" format... I give you fair warning that if you attempt copys you may have dificulties... VHS being an inferior format to beta, will yield results of poor quality because you are stepping down a generation in tapes and on top of that going to a different format entirely! Tapes that appear dark in beta will be darker, and tapes with minor errors will have major ones. As to where to find a beta the best bet for sheer quantity is E-bay, http://www.ebay.com/ A terrific auction site that will have at least 150 up at any one time. Avoid low-end machines by Sanyo and almost all of the Sears lineup. stick to mother Sony for best results, for a 2-head mono no-superbeta pay no more than $100 for one in impecable condition with remote and manual. You will find them for less in acceptable condition.And finally I leave you with a list of reccomended machines:Mono/regular Beta:SL-5800, with remote: a terrific top-load, four-head machine, loads of features.SL-2500, like above, but about 1/3 the size and added wireless command.Beta HiFi only:SL-2700, as above, added HiFi and I think a cable tuner.SL-2710, similar to above, few less features, thusly less money.Superbeta only:SL-700, solid unit with many features.Superbeta HiFi:SL-HF-600: Basic VCR with good still and step functions.SL-HF-900: Basic editor with many features, far too many to list here.SL-HF-750: advanced recorder, three speeds, four heads, playback tricks, on-screen, etc.SL-HF-1000: costly full editor, arguably the best beta ever produced.

Well, that was long and I hope it helps.If anyone can think of some other machines our friend would appreciate, that would be very good, as I have not used every machine there is nor do I know everything, as much as this long post may make it seem that way!Hope this helps!Sean.

Zach, the best place to look for a cheap <20 Beta would be some secondhand store like St. Vincent De Paul or Goodwill, flea markets, swap meets or garage sales. It may take some looking, but people who sell Betas at those places usually don't know what they have their hands on and will let them go for low prices. I saw a Sanyo VCR-4400 at a St. Vinny's awhile back for about $15, and at an electronics swap meet I just missed a Sony SL-5200 (or therabouts)...didn't ask what the guy let it go for though.

Howard: Regarding PCM: As far as I know, the PCM processor simply converts the data stream into a simple black & white video signal (the two colors representing the 0's & 1's of the code)& does the reverse on playback. The beta deck is still just recording a video signal. I know these were used in recording studios prior to the introduction of DAT equipment for some mastering. Beta or 8mm were often used because the accuracy of the resulting digital audio depends on how well & clear the video was layed down (i.e. how resistant to dropouts). Although any composite video format could be used.

An interesting offshoot is a device called the "Backer32" that connects between a PC and a VCR allowing backup of the harddrive to videotape. It works in pretty much the same way as the PCM but it's slow since it has to backup in realtime.

I have heard of those video tape computer backups. Could use with an open-reel video deck and feel like you had an onld tape handler! But you can still get the real ones.

Sean.

Dont forget that Sony built it's early Beta VCRs with PCM in mind, adding a dropout compensator 'kill switch' in the back. And with the PCM -F1 unit Sony designed an integrated componant for SL-F1 owners who wanted PCM as well. The VerŠctlich HŸndin Scheisse format, as far as I can tell, made no provisions for PCM recording.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367044399Here is our little "friend" again... I have one of these and for the money he is asking you could get a GCS-50, an HF-900, or an HF-750 if you looked hard enough. The 600 is a basic Superbeta HiFi with some frills like freeze frame and step. One good thing is stereocast and a real cable tuner. Sean.

Franny, I only recognize your last word in German...

contemptable bitch-dog... ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367337495This is a mysterios case. I have never seen the camera port and what look to be audio "in's" on the front. Also, the mysterious stoppage of tape, could this have something to do with the missing power cord? Notice the replacement is nonpolarized... In the US we have line/mains/power plugs that will ony go in one way, they preserve the polarity. Could it be this deck is simply activating its reverse polarity protection?

Sean.

I see it now! Most people don't use the correct German letters... usually spelt "Hundin" or some such... Thanks Franny!

Sean.

I had one of those for a couple weeks which is about how long it lasted before fizzing out headwise. Note the missing buttons - the adhesive on a lot of these old-timers is at it's life's end. The front mounted camera port is pretty handy if you have a camera with stereo microphone capability (the HVC-2500 has two mic jacks on the side). even if your camera doesn't you can plug in two mics on the VCR (the two inputs).

The 'swing search' feature and it's variable slo-mo is rather confusing and overall inferior to the 'Videola' feature found on an SL-2000. The SL-2700 has a full tuning capability though it only gets up to cable channel 36.

If nobody else bids for it I'd probably buy this one to tinker with it but I'd rather have an SL-2710 if I'm getting an early HiFi. The SL-2700 is way too over valued for my money...

Oh and death to Osama Bin Snaling

Heat to break your heart, Olive, but the 2700 is s superior machine to the 2710, for the dual record level controls if anything else, as you can even out the level of a mis-recorded tape... or one that was on a linear stereo of any kind and had one track weaker due to it being ont he outside...

Sean.

Betalert! Betalert! Warning! SL-F1 and TT -F1 service manuals on the block!

SL-F1 manual http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368518893

TT -F1 manual http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368518244

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368482756

A Beta 2-fer

BMC-110 camera and SL-5200 HiFi VCR. The $ 200 start is a bit high though. You could probably get both for half that with two other auctions...

Yes but they are neat side-by-side, the first true HiFi VCR and the first true camcorder! Has anyone noticed this... The betamovie are VERY light and small compared to there VHS counterparts! I have a GCS-1 and a Quasar VHS Videomovie and you can guess which one gets the most use! The videomovie is heavy, bulky, and, well, big. THe GCS-1 is light for a full-size, and pleasantly small.

Sean.

Check out this wee beasty weasty...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368496010

SLO-383 X-1 linear stereo editor Beta Industrial unit.

Olive, Suppose it's worht the BIN? That's an awfully healthy sum...

Sean.

There's nothing lamer than when somebody breaks up componant parts to sell them off individually. Those manuals go to an SL-F1 outfit that being sold off in increments.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368511804

For the SL-F1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1368514902

For the TT -F1

Sell the whole works in one go why dont you...

Yes, I know, Franny, A friend of mine who collects older vintage gear, open-reel video decks and such, is frusrated that someone is selling a big ampex seperate from its color adapter! The pieces really can't work wihtout one another! These people obviouly are interested in making money, not friends, and, on Ebay, a friend can be as good as money if you come back to them and they have something you want!

Sean.

Yeah Franny, I hate it when people break up a set to sell off the parts! Like say an HFR Beta with the processor on a separate list and if the processor doesn't show on the your search you're screwed that much more...

If one's no good without the other don't bust up the set! It's illegal to do that in the retail world by the way.

Is anyone really interested in the SLO-383? Or SLO-340 unit? I have 2 of each, neverbothered to power them up. If any of the units work, or show signs of working I wouldbe more than glad to service them up and sell them cheap. Figure $75 for a SLO-383 if itworks well, and $50 for a SLO-340. These buggers have been taking up space here for the last several years and I keep on forgetting I have these beasties. Andy

Andy:I have the 900 in for service. I have a bid of $6 on a non-working 340, but I would love a working one. If you will consider the 2410 I sent you a reasonable trade, I'll take a 340. If not, I will pay anything additional up to your $50, although it will take some time to generate that kind of funds, especially since I just spent that much shipping two VCRs to you! They should be there on friday, Andy!

Sean.

Sean; you had an SL-2410 "Talking Betamax" and you didn't tell any of us(me)? I woulda loved to had one of those! Did it have it's flipper doors and other parts? At least the Snail isn't getting it... I hope.

Sorry Olive!It was MINT! NIB! had some kinda funky problem with the loading basket, but you shouldda seen the COLOR! Andy has it all now, box and everything! Ray D.G. has one too, I sent him recordings of the voice of mine because his is FUBAR. He will try to post them on his site but we all know it updates once every presidential term. (No offense, Ray, it's great!) Had EVERY part INCLUDING the REMOTE! I still have it! (Sorry Adny, let me know if you want it!) They show up on Ebay every so often but almost never listed as what they are, just as betas... I saw a few tonight, I will get the links for you.

Sean.

Olive: the SL-2410 will be getting extended use here as a family beta unit. It willbe stationed at my parents house for use to playback old out of print commerically recordedmovies. I have never seen the 2410 myself, I look forward to hearing its "voice". And no, no Snails will track over this VCR ever ! :) Andy

Olive:Here's one:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367968775This is like the one I hadhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367968775Sean.

*sigh* I guess I'll have to make do with these boogity old non-talking Betas...

http://www.betamax.to/log/mybeta/54.jpg

and take video with this sad piece of junk...

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/a78f28e7/bc/Olive+Garden+of+Earthly+Delights/My+BMC-220.jpg?bcBCFZ9A5g0fT0iq

Delightfully silly! I ahve seen those before on Betamax.to but never connected them to you.Lucky you to have an SL-2000! I will be getting one or more of the Australian Walkman (walkmen???), however, with a few unnamed accessories! Can't wait to see X-1, it is supposed to be spectacular!

Sean.

http://www.betamax.to/mybeta.cgi?mode=view&no=53(don't drool on the keyboard, it's not good for it!)

Sean.

It seems I'm the first 'Geijin' to post a non Japan Beta on their page...

Seems that way. WIsh I could read Japanese! I have a firend who does but he is not that easy to borrow!

Sean.

http://www.betamax.to/log/mybeta/33.jpg

If I was a man I'd be totally jerking off now...

Yes, that ED cam is quite tasty... The BMC-100 must be like an old vacuum, it does nothing but collect dust! I have a friend (Labmeister on Ebay, stays away from our betas!) who has a friend who I ahve EMailed who has an EDcam, he says "It's just a 2-CCD camera, so Image quality is not great". Well, I can see why, he has a Zenith Hi-def TV cam! See it here!http://www.pharis-video.com/bts-hd-1.jpgI think ther are only a handful of these and they cost scads of money to re-tube.Well, that's his oppinion!

Sean.

http://www.betamax.to/mybeta.cgi?mode=view&no=4Eat that, VHS!

Oooooh. I'd love a set of these...

http://www.betamax.to/log/mybeta/1.jpg

High§alls anyone?

Ah yes, there seem to be many beta-related products that we do not see many of. That T-shirt on Ebay now is one of them, and, in the archives is a post I made of playing cards! What fun, think of it, a whole evening, drinks from Betamax glasses, Cribbage (Or whatever) with your Betamax cards, ans music by way of your PCM -F1 ! (I forget the name of the NTSC PCM adapter!)

Sean.

http://www.betamax.to/log/mybeta/14.jpg

Barbie's Hello Kitty gdream Beta by Sanrio?

And for the older kids...

http://www.betamax.to/log/mybeta/18.jpg

Kicky designer colours!

Tape your favourite Duran Duran - Flock of Seagulls - Human League videos...

Who knows!I have seen some of the UK-release ones in a few colors, and I think TOshiba made a red one for stateside, and I know you could get the SL-HFT-7 in a sort of salmon color to go with an XBR television... Tell me, can Sony sell it's Wega TV's over there even though there is a German company called Wega that makes electronics, they cloned the SL-C7 I think. (And over here stateside we say the "W" in "Wega" TV's the German way, like "V" in english...

Sean.

Speaking of cool Betamax TO stuff

http://www.betamax.to/log/mybeta/25.jpg

http://www.betamax.to/log/mybeta/26.jpg

SL-HFR 70 in Black OR Silver

We'll be sending the Enola Gay to either make a dropoff or pickup. It's your choice Japan.

I'm not sure how well the land of the rising Betamax would respond to a threat... And think how many SL-HF-3000s, SL-HF-900MkIIs, and SL-3100s you'd vaporize! But, yeah, let's get some more over here! We can live with japanese on the controls, just gie us an index. Come ON! surely SOMEONE can translate all the cotrols and the manual, then Xerox them! Xeroxes are like $.02 final cost, and certainly Sony has an appropiate power supply to stick in the EDV-900 for 120VAC service! All stock parts and someone to translate a manual. No big deal, but why not, Sony!I WANT BETA!I WANT BETA!I WANT BETA!et. infinitum, ad nauseum...Sean.

Here's an accessory slide and film phot nuts like me would appreciate!http://www.betamax.to/poster/HVC-F1_01.jpgI still use an analog camera! I like it!

Sean

I guess that's what that 'Video Reverse/Normal' function I've seen on HVC-2400 cameras is for - to videograph negatives. I have an HVC-2500 and it doesn't have that feature.

It also could make a neat effect!

Sean.

like getting blasted by a Dalek?

Toggles switch while aiming camera at the Snail...

"Die you son of a bitch! Die! Die, so that others can get a Beta HiFi without a middleman jacking up the prices!"

Yes, you could do that, and then pass the images of him through an 870D for more digital madness and finally edit in some frames of him not there! Presto, he's "vaporized". I wonder if he knows how much we hate him! I hope so...

Sean.

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/a78f28e7/bc/Olive+Garden+of+Earthly+Delights/__hr_letskillsnaling.jpg?bcRROP9A3qBy1hEX

and if for some reason that doesn't load...

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/a78f28e7/bc/Olive+Garden+of+Earthly+Delights/letskillsnaling.jpg?bchyGZ9AIYgfG8ab

Resolved Snaling and his subsidiary Someko are the Enron of Betamax resellers, bidding up low priced Betas then turning around and selling them at inflated prices becuase he's managed to create a 'shortage' of Betas.

Today's all time best sighting memory:Once I visited a client's house to repair his fax machine (new toy at the time) and in the centre of his living room he had this new white Sony 3-lens NTSC projector with a built-in Beta HiFi on the backside (I had already seen it described in a 1988? buyers guide so I didn't lose control of any bodily functions). I remarked how unique, stared longingly at it, hinted, considered begging, but he never got the idea that his home theatre came with a motorized 2-metre screen because it was meant to be shared. I'd love to be back there when he has a garage sale!

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/a78f28e7/bc/Olive+Garden+of+Earthly+Delights/__hr_letskillsnaling.jpg?bcTFQP9Au2Wj1hEX

Yahoo likes to change the URLs of full sized images to cheat whoever uploaded them in the first place. lets see how long this lasts

Please tell me is the head drum for SL-C7 the same as for SL-C5? I have found one for SL-C5 at some electronics shop here in Latvia and their price is LVL 30. 00 (USD 50.00).

Sean,

Hard to save up anything if you keep buying up all the cheap stuff you see.. *gggg* (And I'm a one to talk.. LOL).

Yes, you should See my Ebay watching page. I will try to really save, though!

Sean.

To Andy, Olive , and others who may know: In regard to your earlier posts about the SLO-383 X-1 editor, can you please inform me as to whether the 383 will playback in all three Beta speeds (like the SLO-325), or if it will playback in X-1 only (which is it's only recording speed). If it will playback in all three speeds, it may be worth getting for my collection. Thanks for the info. Howard

Ilive, I assumed that picture you posted was from a web page. I put the URL in my browser and cut off the part about the picture. It tells me that it is forbidden. Is there a web page attached to it? Is it your web page?And, speaking of the "Camera as gun" thing, the russians made a camera called the "fotosniper" that was a a 35mm camera with a 300mm lens on a rifle stock . looked like a grenade launcher, and it was said that it was not the best camera to take pictures of people with... For some reason it unnerved them, although I can't fathom why...

Sean.

Howard, I am not sure if the SLO-383 will officially play back all three speeds but I am almost certain you can get it to play back beta II by using the multi-speed playback with sound. I am not sure otherwise.

Sean.

Junk Video Company

Guess who it is. (I don't know if anyone said these)

Jamaican Velocipede Club?

No the pic I loaded is to my Yahoo photo album. I've found that Yahoo will change the URL to the full sized image after the first couple hours of being loaded to foil it's use in being linked elsewhere but after that if seems to leave them alone.

And Yahoo wonders why nobody likes them...

I read somewhere that a collector of unique photographic equipment had trouble trying to board an airliner with a similar gun-shaped camera (the camera was pistol sized). In the end he got onboard but only if on the condition that the pilot held the camera for the duration of the flight.