I hope they're not going away. I was in the middle of looking through their catalog files when stuff just stopped loading all of a sudden.

Don't you just hate that... A web page just quits on you... annoying! I hope they are back, too! I never saved any pictures except some of the ED machines and other oddities...

Sean

I've got almost everything but a lot of the catalog pages

I hate to obsess over our (least) favorite gastropod but these item caught my attention...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1366239075

An SL-2700 that stops a few seconds after play, won't return the tape to it's shell, and is missing buttons.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1367133999

Another SL-2700. This one 'powers up good but won't accept a tape. And is missing buttons.

I shudder to think of the dodgy 'Frankenbeta' he's gonna slap together from these two units...

Ugh... Yeah... /Give my Creation LIIIIIFFFFEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!___@¼¼ [==¼¼¼¼%]

That did not turn out too well... The words were supposed to be over the snail...oops...

Have we met before? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369242688

Give my Creation LIIIIIFFFFEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

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By the by Betamax.TO seems to be back up...

Must've had to shut down the server for repairs.

The SL-2700 was just "snailed"

Found this gem on ebay, no pics, but here goes:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369252499SL-HF550, I have one of these decks and it's a great little performer. Get it before the snail does. I bought mine a while back for $125 BIN, turned out to be mint.

~Scott

Wow...another weekend of multitudinous and interesting posts on the beta chatpage. Here are some thoughts on a few of them:

-Umatics: I own one Umatic, a VP-5000 player I picked from a govt surplus sale two years ago. I have never bothered to hook it up, as it is a player only, and I don't have any 3/4" U tapes to play in the machine. Since Sean seems to know something about this format, perhaps he can fill me in on what I got, and if this model is any good. BTW, did Sony come out with U-Matic hi-fi models? Is the 5000 one of them?

-I own a Sony SL-2700, like the ones Snaling acquired to make his "frankenbeta". Like the ones in the ad, my 2700 lost its front panel button pads under the previous owner, who unfortunately never saved them so that I can glue them back. Does anyone here have these little button pads that fell off their 2700 that they're willing to sell to me so that I can glue them back onto my 2700? My machine looks "incomplete" without the button pads, but atleast this venerable veteran still works, and the loading mechanism (this model's achilles heel) has not failed me yet (hope I didn't just jinx that unit).

-For Franny: Were there Beta decks available for sale in Ost Berlin when it was still part of the DDR? Did the DDR use PAL, or did they use SECAM broadcast format, like their Soviet sponsors? Do you go to the annual Love Parade in central Berlin? Are they still throwing the Love Parade every July? :)

Howard:THat't a 5-series Umatic, a good machine. There was never a Umatic HiFi like beta HiFi but they all had linear stereo that was almost as good as beta Hifi because of the tape speed and width. It would pair to a recorder like a VO-5600, or 5800, or 5850, and become an editing slave. Or you can just play back any Umatic tapes you find. WIth the recorder, you could use an edit control wiht 33-pin interface. Like an RM-440. Not a bad machine, you have there.

Sean.

Pepse, I am working on getting you a power cord. save that umatic!!! some of the most interesting material turns up on it!!!

Sean

Pepse, the power cord fell through, BUT, just get a regular one for a computer, and work in on slowly until the deck wil operate... No problem...

Sean.

Any help appriciated.I have AIWA AV-50M Video cassette recorder.It powers upbut I am having a problem with the loading mechanism does not work,whenever I am loading the tape allways tangles it.Also I have the AIWA SV-50M ADAPTER/STEREO INTERGRATED AMPLIFIER again powers up but I can not check if it is working properly due to the video cassette recorder.I am thinking to put this system up for sale on E-bay AS-IS .Any suggestion about the starting price would be helpfull.Thank you

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369772089Is this a ripoff of the SLO-3xx series or what???

Sean.

Yeah Channels 21-68, UHF, 5 Channels, Nicam, C4, ITV, BBC , C5, PAL, PAL, PAL, 625 Lines,UK, UK, UK. This is our site man. Fly the Union. NTSC sucks.

Uh, UHF, sorry to ruin you day but half the people here or more are NTSC users and then the rest want to be because of all the nicer Betas put out in NTSC... So keep your loyalties, but keep it down... "Never Twice the Same Color" and "People are Lavender" are OK as TV standards go but NTSC had better Betas!

Sean

SLHF950. Say no more

You said it man, that machine is quality, but what about the C9?

Well that was just about the 2nd best, but I agree a worthy machine.

Go 4 it man, let's take our site back!

Try and compete with this list:SL-HF750SL-HF900SL-HF1000SL-HF2100

To name a few....

And for the record, regardless of color (or colour) system, we're all Betaphiles and we should be directing our agressions toward VHS and people like Snaling on ebay, not eachother.

~Scott

We got our HF-950 from the big Intourist shop the East German government set up to fleece those citizens lucky enough to get money from relatives on the other side so we could watch West Berlin TV - which is PAL on our East TV set which only had channels for East TV stations. So I guess that makes East Germany a PAL country as well. I could be wrong a father had tinkered with the set so that he could hook up the VCR and I don't what mess he made in there.

As for the 'Love' parade, they're always grumbling that this year is going to be the last one but they go and do another one the next year...

Despite this seeming 'photographic evidence' http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/misc/loveparade/loveparade_2001/img2/dsc_0015.jpg I missed the last years parade because I was on holiday in the States. Took the Mankewitzes (Monika and Erika) this year...

I should probably clarify that this was a response to Howard's query. In the time I took to compose this I had to leave the computer for other things.

As good as the debate between PAL and NTSC Betas are one must remember that the REALLY great and innovative Beta products never got to leave the land of the Rising Sun. I think overseas sales of Betas were merely a way for Sony to pay the R&D for the amazing Domestic Market Betas you see at http://www.Betamax.TO

One would think that us Germans being old allies of Japan just might get a cut of the prime Betas but I guess old aquaintances will be forgotten...

Funny that, Franny... Well, just as long abo as Japan and Germany were allies, US and DE were fighting it out, and now look...http://www.snopes.com/rumors/winston.htm (Scroll down a bit) To be honest I think we would do better with a common TV standard than a common currency...Oh well...

On the NTSC vs PAL debate...

I would think that given that the PAL system gives you 625 lines and 25 frames (100 more lines then NTSC) but standard (non-Hi-Band) video recording can only show 250 of them at the most, what you actually get on tape would most likely look better on NTSC's 525 lines and 30 frames...

Mind you since most movies were photographed at 24 frames per second one wonders what gets put on that extra 1 or 6 frames per second...

Olive: Well, when describing the number of lines in the specs, they're referring to horizontal resolution, which is 720 for NTSC (I think it's the same for PAL too, but not sure). The vertical resolution and the fps are the main differences between PAL. Personally, I'd rather sacrafice the 100 lines for the extra fps, because my eyes hate low framerates. Even the 30fps is kinda low for me.

sleeech - sleeech - sleeech! ___________________@_¼¼ 'uh-oh

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369840722

An AG-400 tape changer for SL-2500 series Betamax being bid on by 'MrBetamax' at $20.53 US - one of the snails. Here's your chance to stomp one of 'em good...

the case for not letting your little brats even come NEAR your Betamax http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370014231 an SL-HF 1000 done in by of all things A KAZOO!

FYI, if you order a user manual for the SL-HF750, the reason the price is so low is that they send you a photocopy. The lesson there is never be honest. Cheat and steal from Sony whenever you can, or they will cheat and steal from you. I'm just kidding, sort of...

The ultimate Gastropod bait...

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369842049

EDV -30 'Sport's System' NO RESERVE! and only around $10.50.

Humph, I say to sports sytems! ONE speed record only, NO tuner, timer, or, moreover, NO remote! They usually go for FAR more than they are worth... BUt I would still take on if I could get it!

Sean.

For a $120 start bid I'm sure even with the gastropods about I could do better than this poor fella...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370056751

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369872471Cool color, I think someone wanted an SL-25... I have an SL-20 and it's very sturdy...

just to let me post again, it says "Duplicate post..."

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369946896

Somebody monkeyed wiht the power supply jack, this was a 4-pin DIN... nice BIN price, though... But Iam getting 2 of these, so what do I need this???

Sean

sleeech - sleeech - sleeech! ___________________@_¼¼ 'mmmm ED-Beta' [ ==¼¼¼¼O]

already up to $71 US...

I saw that SLO-340.

There seems to be an extra 'mystery switch' under the tape counter...

I see it too, Franny, I have a friend who knows about these and I will ask him...I will report back probably tonight...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1369252499

I stayed there last summer! If he was selling last year I coulda had an American beta to play with for the summer.

'Tis a shame... A while back someone posted that he had both the SL-HF-750 AND SL-HF-950. .. He was here in the states and used it to play back his PAL tapes because he had a snifty TV that would play PAL and NTSC and anything else he fed it... Wish I had one of those... But newer TVs have computer video inputs, I wonder if they're any better than the composite out on my PC...

Sean.

Franny, to the best of my knowledge, prior to unification the DDR used SECAM East along with most of the rest of the former Soviet bloc. My old (German)multistandard Loewe tv receiver had to be switched manually to SECAM L for French reception. However, in PAL B/G mode it would automatically switch to SECAM E if a signal was detected. Loewe seemingly expected to be able to sell in the DDR. I don't know what the picture is now, but as I understand it, even in Russia stations are now making programs in PAL and transcoding to SECAM E for transmission. The writing is clearly on the wall for SECAM East.

ROTFLMAO!!!!

" ED stands for Extended Definition, which enabled beta to achieve a higher resolution (similar to SVHS)."

ROTFLMAO??? What does that mean?Did that have something to do with me putting down the Sports system? Actually I like it but they treat it like more than it is!

Sorry about the different e-mail, etc.. new XP installation, and didn't remember which addy I was using.

Sean:Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off

And it refers to the sentence in quotations, taken from the ebay auction description for the ED Beta machine.

Gee only similar to S-VHS?

well why are all these pesky gastropods trying to cart it off...

__@_¼¼__@_¼¼__@_¼¼[ ==¼¼¼¼O]__@_¼¼__@_¼¼__@_¼¼ -'E-oh umph, o-ee oh. E-oh umph, o-ee oh.'

___________________<>>>>=@_¼¼[ ==¼¼¼¼O] -'Rocket Snail will snag dat ED-Beta!'

Frany, you never fail to crack me up...

A stiil from the little known Leni Riefenstahl film "Triumph of the Snails"...

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__@_¼__@_¼¼__@_¼¼__@_¼¼¼__@_¼¼__@_¼¼__@_¼¼______________¼¼_@__"Wir mŸssen Betas snaggen!"

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"I'll be proud to snag Betas with all of you wonderful sons of snailies"

You're a class act, Franny.. Bravissimo.. :)Look forward to seeing more from the Frau Franny players. :)

http://www.betamax.to/catalog/198706B/8706B_02_SL-HF701D.jpg

'Sambo' image in a consumer product catalog.

Japanese multicultural sensitivity...

This from a company which had the example how-to-set date in one of it's VCR manual as December 7th.

Link doesn't work for me, Olive. :(

Go to http://www.betamax.to/cata.cgi?name=198706B

It's the second image.

Coming soon to a dinner plate near youhttp://www.homecraft.com/SLUGS/slugs1.htmlhttp://www.homecraft.com/SLUGS/slugs.html

Sean, just for what it's worth I brought the Wollensak U-Matic into my work area and looked around for an extension cord that might do the trick and then it occurred to me that I forgot how special that original cord is. The ground prong is round. So, I found an old Kirby vacuum cleaner 2 prong cord and plugged it in the back and into the power strip and POOOOF!; no just kidding it powered up OK. Well the one thing when I bought this thing is that there is a tape in it and even tho it is a top loader with a lever to eject the tape it won't. So, I thought well I might as well try to get the tape out so I removed the top cover and HOLY SH*&@# is that a huge headdrum assembly, and in fact the whole system is like 3 times the size of a Beta. Anyway, I couldn't get this thing to eject the tape so I figured I might as well see what happens when I start pushing buttons. Well, play was the only thing that would work at first. I have no idea how many years the tape was in there but after about 10 minutes of working the loader assy by hand I got all functions to work, except eject. So, I will play with it again and probably have to remove the bottom panel and see if there is some way to get it to eject the tape. Also, if anybody on this chat page is very familiar with oooooold U-Matics what is the switch marked "Auto" for?? With the cover off it is located on the right side.

Howard, For a couple bux plus shipping I'll send you a tape in hopes it works and then you'll know if your unit does.

BTW, this thing weighs about 50 pounds.

Also, from that same auction last year I got an old Sony SL-8200 top loader with the old hand crank channel selector nobs. It too had a tape in it but I was able to remove that tape. I put another old tape in it and nothing works; won't play rew, or FF. No doubt most of the 12K belts are bad. The tape, when played back on my HF750 at times 2 speed, has the CBS evening news from late July, early August, 1982. Narrowed it down to that because of an old car commercial that the sale ends Aug. 31, 1982. Anyway the SL-8200 is for sale for the cost of shipping.

Later. Pepse.

About NTSC vs PAL I think the 950 and the 750 are quite simmilar (The rear of these is totally different) but , except the 950 editing facilities, the 750 is more advanced than the 950. It has a better tunner (with stereocast, but the 950, no nicam) with more (I think) that 100 channels, compared to the 30 channels that has the 950 are ridiculous (well, USA has got more TV channels, yes) and the 750 has got Video phono connectors which is better than using BNC because they aren't used except on professional video and I turned crazy trying to find convereters to phono!More advantages of the 750 are, for example that all 750s included jog/shuttle remote and the 750 was capable to receive the index mark/erase functions from the remote. The 1000 was also able to receive the insert functions also the 950 doesn't receive them.I don't know if the 950 MKII has more functions than the ES version but, in a week or two I'll be able to see it because I've found a person who lets me photocopy the full E/ES/UB/MKII versions Service manuals.I don't know why there isn't a performed version of the 950 with NICAM, VPS, Hi-speed wind (<<<->>>)Regards to all.

I want the http://www.betamax.to/catalog/199308/9308_05_EDV-9000.jpg PAL version.

Sure there are PAL ED-BETA machines?

Me doubts. I think they don't exsist. Or not?

If someone can confirm it.

Sony has never had consideration for top PAL machines. A middle one for America and, of course a high one for Japan.

Pepse:If you take off the plasitc part covering the controls and such on the front (BE careful) and also the front panel, you should have access to a series of rods along the front of the machine. These control the functions. If you pull them they will make the functions. However this comes from the 2-series machines and I do not know if it will work on the 1-series machines... I'd look into the cassette mech... Those rods are probably not htere, because it has no solenoid control... Look and see if it has them, though.

To Franny: Wow, you're getting really creative with your "snailograms", the Leni and Patton ones are a hoot! When I was stationed at Heidelberg in 1999-2000, I watched the television coverage of the Berlin Love Parade; it was WILD!

To Casimir: I read somewhere that Sony developed a prototype for a PAL ED-Beta VCR back in the late 1980's, but it was never put into production. That PAL ED-Beta prototype is probably in the Sony museum in Tokyo or something like that.

To the PAL and NTSC Betafans here: I think there is more than enough room on this site for all of us to share and co-exist here. As someone once said ten years ago in Los Angeles, "can't we all just get along?"

I have two Trash-80's and a printer in storage that I don't know what to do with. Smithsonian already has one. Is there a market for these? Also known as Tandy TRS-80.I really don't want to trash them. BetZ

Thanks for your respose, Howard. Well, we will have to still having the 950 as the best Pal Superbetahifi VCR.

Thanks and regards to all,

Casimir

to Betz I have a TRS-80 comp as well with printer software diskdriver and manual and I need to get rid of it any1 interested pls email me

Ta :)

Hello to everyone, I'm looking for anyone that has any beta tapes recorded back in the 80's from the NBC's day time soap operas from 1982 to 1988. I'm looking for these soaps, The Days Of Our Lives, Another World, And Santa Barbabra, I like watching the old soaps, commercials, and opening and closing themes....Please let me know if you have any or know anyone that does...I would be intrested in buying them....E-mail: [email protected]

Thanx.....Adam

Pepse, If you ever get sick of your Umatic, I can probably find it a good home in a technology Museam run by a friend of mine... See if you approve: http://www.labguysworld.com/ Keep in mind; it BEFORE betamax...

Sean

Just created a betamax live chat (well, it's a spanish web but I think you don't mind.Try it:

http://www.infor.ya.com/acceso.html?c=Betamax

Hope you'll enjoy it

I'll be using the Casimir nick. If I can't I'll use betaphile or another and I'll tell you

Chairman Snailochev (left) reviewing the annual Snail Day parade in Red Snail Square...

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<LOL> Franny these are terrific! I wonder if Snaling knows what he has started???

anyone have the nerve to tell him and risk getting targeted for the wrath of gastropod?

I sure don't! Especially since there is a good probability that he knows nothing of this chat or doesn't check it regularly enough to catch everything we post here for our own consumption...

Sean

Heh heh heh...just returned from a lunchtime errand to another part of town with free loot. Got an email earlier today from a former office mate who retired last year from the agency. He's been cleaning up his attic and basement, and found his very old beta VCR sitting in a suitcase in the basement closet, and offered it to me for free. I drove to his house and checked it out; it turns out to be a Sanyo VCR4000 toploader from around 1982, accompanied by about 15 beta tapes. I left with the old toploader, the tapes, plus a two-shelf TV stand that I can use to hold some of my beta VCRs, all for free. Good deal; I'll let everyone know how the machine works when I take it home and test it out tonight. Howard

Here's an oldie but goodie on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370041790. The seller states this is an "SL-8600", but it's actually an SL-7200 X-1 VCR. It comes with the good ole' DT-40 outboard timer. Anybody who wants to own a piece of North American Betamax history should make a bid for this one. Howard

Of course I know

Dollars to donuts that mail addreess will bounce!!He he he...

I used to have a 7200. Pretty heavy deck. It's got only one motor which drives everything. But it's quite a heavy duty motor. It must be 2 H.P. at least ! In there, the tape transport is reversed compared to newer Sony units. It looks more like a Sanyo. Picture quality was good, but far from B1s with which it only shares the speed !

Anyhow, I have a Umatic from the same Era and it too has only one motor and it's about as big as the one from a Kirby Vacuum cleaner that is powerful enough to drive a drill. BUt size says noting about power, it's just a HUGE motor, Also my Umatic has a solenoid the size of your fist, because it is automatic...

Sean

Size says nothing but if there was a flaw in this machine's design it sure ain't its motor.

Hi,I just won a Sanyo 4400 working on Ebay for $16.26. It came with 11 movies. Can someone tell me if I got a good deal or not? I basically bought it just to use for home recordings from tv and such and wasn't looking for anything fancy. If anyone has any info on it please let me know, I couldn't find much on the internet.

Thanks!Zach

FOR SALE: BETAMAX SONY SL-2401, VIDEO OUT, AUDIO OUT, FRONT LOADER, 39.5 watt, RF Unit, VHF 3 chanel-4 channel. Size 15' x 17', metal case, depth 3 inch. Asking $75.00 plus UPS charges.

29 movie tapes for sale @ $2.00 each.

Don: Hate to burst your bubble, but you'd do better to list it's condition, and if you have rmeote or manual than its demensions... Say, are those tapes factory recorded tapes? what movies are on them???Thanks!Sean

I won a working Sanyo 4400 with 11 movies on ebay for $16.26. Can someone tell me if I got a good deal or not? I basically bought it just for recording tv shows and other tv things and wasn't looking for anything big or great.

Thanks,Zach

$16.26 isn't a bad deal to pay for a VCR-4400 and a bunch of tapes assuming the idler tires are still good. The VCR-4400 is a reasonably sturdy and reliable unit but won't get cable channels so you'll need to hook it to another VCR or cable box if you wan't to tape anything other than the 'lower 13'. What kind of remote does yours take? They either used 5 pin DIN or 3/32nd plug.

Last month it was SL-700s this month it's SLO-340s coming out of the woodwork...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370282213

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370273352

And SL-2000 portables...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370114259

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370097136

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370269754

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370136192

It's so nice to let your betamax go outside and play in the garden...

You just know the snails will soon be crawling all over it...

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Hello,

Sony SL-HF1000 available. No remote or manuals but the condition is very nice.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370340937

Thanks,

joe

Joe,

Be sure to put a circle of salt around that 1000... :)

Re: Of course he knows... It was mentioned that snailmeko borrowed some item description passages from Ray G's site. If so this page is only a click away from there. This is not a secret society. However it is entirely possible that he does not care what we say or do. We are not his main customers. Any high bidder will do, and there are plenty of them out there. If he really cares, his revenge will be to use a third alias to sell our slug bait back to us. If you see anything in any category on eBay use as much common sense as you always have used (since the first time you got burned, anyway).

It's NOT a secret society??? You mean I'm not going to get my SuperBeta Macrovision Decoder Ring? Then what did I pay that 87,000 Yen for? Now I'm all disappointed. :(

Maybe The Snail will sleech on over to this baby...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370344659

a non-working EDV-5000 ED Beta VTR...

For some reason it won't stay in play mode. Any ideas on what might be wrong with it? Was this even an intended-for-American-release Beta?

Only a $50 start bid. At that price it might be worth getting just as a snail squisher...

And now the Gastropod Players do their re-enactment of the OJ Simpson slow speed chase...

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Isn't this getting a little boring now?

Have you tried the live Chat?

We could try it.

How many pages is the hf950 service manual?

Olive, the EDV-5000 is a domestic Japanese ED Beta; it was never released here in North America. I tested out that Sanyo VCR 4000 I got for free last night; it has the usual problems of a VCR that has been sitting in a closet for the last 15 years. It would not fast forward or rewind, and it munches a bit of tape when ejecting. Guess I will have to go get a Sanyo Beta idler/belt refurbish kit to give this baby a second life. Made a bid for 39 new Betacam 20G oxide tapes on ebay yesterday, and was outbid in the last seconds by a whole bunch of last-second snipers. Oh well, I still have a bunch of them left from previous buys, so no big deal. Howard

Well I finally got my Daewoo macrovision free dvd player yesterday, and I must say that I am really happy with the results. Perfect copies to my SL-HF1000. It's so nice to be able to stick it to the movie industry with this baby. In case anybody is interested, there is a dealer that sells these units all the time on ebay, all are Daewoo and have been re-programmed to ignore region and copy guard, they are pretty nice little decks both in appearance and features, and it's nice to be able to copy them to Beta. I saw the EDV-5000 on ebay, and I have decided to try and fend off the snail if he tries to get it. Hopefully I'll be able to hold on.

~Scott