I DID check there, it IS mono. Hey Jesse! Any shuttle bits in your yard?

Was talkin' to the other dude who asked, sorry.

I know. I was letting everyone know for sure so they didn't have to go hunt it down.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3004837848&category=15099

This is a strange item... SL-HF-300 listed as a SuperBeta HiFi and it even has a SuperBeta door on it, but I'm sure the 300 isn't a superbeta... is this odd or what. That's also a very reasonable BIN and to be hoest I'd get it if I didn't have my eye on... something.

_@_¼¼-eeeee! the Franken§etas are multiplying!

Igor, bring me that (video) head! Are you certain this is the right one? I asked you to get me one from an SL-HF1000, this one looks like it is from an SL-5200!

This ßeta will be my crowning creation! I will call him ED! No, wait, that's already taken, maybe I'll call him FRANK...

_¿_oo - i shall call him mini-meep!

merp and I thought I was the only one who did one-sentence and a link posts. :) No, dis-fortunately we didn't get any shuttle bits in our yard. Stupid dogs would probably have gone and chewed on it or something. Guess who might get to be Production Assistant at WOAI? eeee hee heeee heeeee!!

Jesse:

Can you sleech me a bumper sticker from the radio side?? I used to listen to them all the time when I was younger (from where I lived in Utah). I'm sure the format has changed since then, but it would be kewl to have a sticker for my scrapbook anyway. :)

_¿_oo - how much does a WOAI production assistant job pay? They give you a nice Crowne Vic to drive to shoots?

I am the morning DJ at WOAI, snailing all the tapes for you, snailing them night and day...

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Anyhow, anyone notice that while the snails are all selling space shuttle bits, there are more than a few reasonably-priced Betas up on Ebay now? I hesitate to put the links lest the shortly become not reasonably priced.

obviously, that slhf300 has a front loading assembly from a superbeta. those assemblies are pretty much generic[interchangeable].

Was always curious to know if Andy S. ever succeeded in modding an HF300 to superbeta. If it was done to that deck, it'd be all set. :) :)

wonder if the seller knows.

Good question. Maybe we outta inform him that he's selling a Frankenbeta? ;)

BTW: Look at this poor thing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3004299044

Of all things on that poor fellow the most glaring thing is that he's got the tape loading belt wrapped around the video head!

Too stupid to figure that a toothed belt would naturally go around toothed gears...

That's why they invented VHS I guess...

Macrovision strikes again. In the USA Intuit contracted Macrovenom to create a copy-proof system for their TurboTax software. Seems if you buy a new computer with your tax refund, you can't reinstall and run the TurboTax program on it when the IRS auditors come by. TurboTax is going down fast (prolly somewhere over Texas).

http://msn.com.com/2100-1104-982811.html?type=pt

Just grabbed a Citizen DVD player to go at our food store's electronics counter. Some customer had tried to pull the door open while it wasn't even plugged in, so I got it for $33 US. I popped the hinge pins back into place. Spotted an IDE cable inside. Ran the S-video to the monitor and composite video follows the audio to my SL-HFT7. Who needs Dolby 5.1??

I have scored THIS!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15099&item=3005569071&rd=1

Very nice item, if I do say so myself.

??????????

Cheapest DVD ,,,,,,3.5 dollar /piece at my local market

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3004299044

Maybe the seller wants to show his merchant condition.

To Sean....

http://home.nycap.rr.com/frannylandde/kunstwerken/sony_beta_marquee.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3005508190&category=15099

who wants to trim the tuner

Need a Compu parts....reasonable price

http://dirtcheapdrives.com/index.asp?CartId={EFB1B9CD-AF87-495F-AE35-59388DD62297}

I want to take a good night sleep.........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ciao fellas............

Sean: Am I to guess that was a store display for the SL-HFT7? Quite a nice item for the ol' collection. ;)

You bet... I will have to get my items together and make photographs and scans so I cna give photos to Ray Glasser of the infoguide so he can produce a page of promotional items... He has a dust cover already...

Uh, yes, again. For the SL-HFT-7 superBeta Theater... now I only need one of those!

Well, no, the production assistant doesn't get a Crowne Vic to drive around. I'd prolly get paid like $6 an hour.

Hmm, I double-posted. Dunno how that happened. Oopsie!

I was looking through the archive... longest-sitting regular posters are Pepse, Madness, and Olive... I dunno how you double-posted, Madness, especially since it will usually bounce on that sort of thing... I double-answered anyway.

Nice bus shelter for snails you got there, Sean. I can think of a place to store it if you ever run out of room.

Good morning. I'm italian. Help me! I seek schematics electrical workers of video recorders Betamax PAL Sony SL-T7ME and SL-C9 and SL-F1 and SL-HF100 and SL-HF950 also photocopy. Thanks you.

_@_v - eeeeeeeeeeeeee! nooooooooooo! Radio Shack is phasing out Beta tapes!!!!

That's OK Olive.. I have plenty, and will stock up whenever I can, and even with postage (with three or more) I could sell better tapes to you for less than RatShack. :)

SL-HF950ES fabriksneu verpackt zu verkaufen. 1200,-- Euro, write to me.

Beta phase-out doesn't bother me, Tower still had load, including HG L-750s and will continue to stock them until the wharehouse runs out or sony stops making them!

_@_v - Well it was a comfort to be able to know that you could still walk into a mall and find a nice fresh new Beta tape waiting for you...

Well, I think I've mentioned it before, but Fry's Electronics here in Houston still stocks new Sony L-750 tapes. Other Fry's probably do too. The standard grade is $4.99. The high grade is $5.49.

ooooooeyyyyyy SERGIO youl find many manuals/schematics from my previous URL

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anybody understands this........???

Name: Erich GöllerEmail: [email protected] 4th February 12:24 pm U.K. Time SL-HF950ES fabriksneu verpackt zu verkaufen. 1200,-- Euro, write to me.

I tried Betacam Tapes recorded in my HF 95Dit works as Laser quality pictures.........

problem is Betacam tapes very expensive....

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Is the RatShack discontinuing those L-750 "Supertapes?" First the label kits, now the tapes? Well, I 'spose that means they'll be marked @ closeout price to clear 'em out.

http://www.fixer.com/osm/dummie.html

cheats your Video !!!

no woman no cry

NO TAPES NEEDED , NO MAINTENANCE...NO........

http://www.supremevideo.com/vcr/sonyvcr/svr2000.htm

radio shack seems to eliminating a lot of useful arcane items in favor of high profit common products .hope they go bankrupt!

yea well give 'em the finger. Boby, not to be mean or anything (or hypocritical, cuz I do the same thing sometimes) could you (hopeful smile) pleeeease consolidate your posts? It's just my pref but I like to read one block instead of a bunch of short posts. Brenda, I'd have to go over the the Ticket 760 studios (other side of town practically) to get you a NewsRadio 1200 WOAI sticker. How did you listen to WOAI if you were in another state? The best I can do is a News 4 WOAI sticker.. Very nice and techno looking by the way. Anyone else want one?

eep, another thing I forgot is that the Rat Shack will not mark down prices (at least OURS wont) if they'r getting rid of stuff. Oh sure a 50 cent markoff really helps at $5 a tape! Grrrr! And their stupor- VehOs tapes are like $12 (Specially Formatted for Digita Audio Mastering Applications and Archival Binder are stuff I see plastered all over those $8 to $15 tapes I see all over hte place) Id rather buy midrange....... And another thing my JVC vehos tapes from 2000 are already falling apart. You figure that the inventors (and they proclaim this as if it is something to be proud of on every single product [and even on their crappy VehOs-C camcorder "YES it's a VHS - Plays In Your Home VCR!" stikkers) of veHoS would make tape that lasts in a VeHoS machine (and these have only been recorded in April 2000 and played in Dec 2002).

Was hoping if RS were closing out their betas, they would mark them down like they did w/ the relabelling kits. Then I'd run up and buy a bunch of them and get them off their hands.

Jesse:

WOAI is receivable over much of the western US at night. In the right spot in Portland (where I spent most of my teens/adult life before moving to Korea), I could even hear them well despite 1190 KEX being right there in town (50,000 watt flamethrower that can also be heard over the entire western US at night, and some of the midwest).

You ever manage to pick up one of WGY's 50,000 'red-hot-watts'? Used to listen to Art Murphy's overnight show myself in the late 80s early 90s...

I've got one of those terrific RadiShack DX radios that can pick up a lot of bands at night. Several short and one long wave, FM, and AM, etc... I bought up all the relabeling kits they had when they killed them... just like I bought all the record protectors...

I would like to know about the Sony Professional Beta head cleaner. Is it recommended for use? I assume it is a wet system -- is that correct? The instructions say run for 30 seconds. harrym

Well given how hard out Betas are to come by, I'd reccomend against any head cleaners. if you can do it yourself, use hte propper material and do it. If you can't, have the local tech do it for you, shouldn't cost too much.

The Sony head cleaners are dry system, and use what amounts to a length of leader tape that's only slightly more abrasive than a standard tape. Some of the older ones had some oxide on them with a recording that said something like "If you can read this clearly, your heads are clean" I don't know about the newer ones.

the 3m scotch dry cleaners had a video message just as brenda described.

Going to be selling my Betamie's.. one is a Sony 110, the other is the NEC clone. Each one has an at least partially good NP-11. I have only one charger/power supply, an AC-M110. Both cameras work very well. Open to all reasonable offers. I just have too much stuff here. I thought about getting rid of a lot of stuff before, but now it's just got to be done. I will keep my 1000 (for now, at least) and the SLO-1800 that I will be getting from AndyS... but everything else will go, including my SL-T50ME. I'm going to make this place back into a home, or die trying.. :|

Hi, First off I'm not Particularly a Betamax enthusias but don't shoot me for that! I'm approaching this from a professional point of view, i hoping some you guys can help i am looking for the service manuals of the following models; SL-F1E ; SL-C9UB ; SL-HF950 ; SL-F30 ; SL-HF100. Someone mentioned the SL-HF-780D I can shed some light on this, it does exsist and is listed on Sony's parts data base as SL-HF780D-JE1 & E1 I believe the suffix JE1 & E1 means it was produced for the Japanese and european markets the JE1 could be a dual standard machine? There some parts still available according to the data base if can trust it!

_@_v - eeee! what did you want for the sl-t50me brenda? sounds like an excellent candidate for the home...

Brenda, what else do you have? You have my E-mail, so perhaps sending me a manifest of items for sale would be useful...

For Simon Griffett Also me for search manuals service and schematic diagrams! Please and help me!

Well, ...Harry dont Use wet type Tape cleaner especially cotton like..it'll break the Rotary Heads of you'r video.Use Carbon Dioxide non Aerosol canister contact cleaner (deactivate equipment before use).CO contact cleaner fromwww.crcindustries.com.auit leaves no residue.

Tank's Jesse Alonzo for the advice ,tought guys like it.its a good URL for reference ,i dont sent Bad URL.never mind anyway.......heuheuheuheu.

o yea...i forgot something ,the way i did posting is just because my IE stucks on the same page and it wont refresh.....I use window XP pro with firewal on firewal ,everything goes perfect except this chat page._______________________________________________________________Sean may i have your Address .i would be sending you something.

((dammed it stuck))

Colin Powell got new evidence of Iraqi weapons resources.Hopefully UN wont agree with Bushes ambition invading the IRQ nuke bunker.watcha we do if W war 3 happens......i cant imagine

I want to try "SuperBeta" mode on my SL-HF750, and I bought a non-SP Betacam tape to test. When I played back the video recorded in B-I SuperBeta mode, there was no Hi-Fi sound(mute). Can I use a Betacam SP tape (metal formulation) on my machine? It is said that Pro-X tapes were also metal formulation... BTW, the video recorded in B-II mode is still so clear and beautiful.I love Beta!

Well then I wonder where the Beta bunker is.

The Metal Betacam SP tapes are not reccomended for use on home Betamaxes (except for the ED-Betas) because they wear the heads faster. There was a discussion about this awhile back, and I think we came to the general consensus that Pro-X tapes are CrO2 formulation, like a Type II audiocassette. In my experience normal oxide Betamax tapes work fine in SuperBeta mode, provided they are in good shape.

GH: I hate to ask an obvious, but is the beta-hifi switch turned off? If not, does it record hifi in BII mode? I've had quite success w/ Betacam tapes in both BIs & BII using the HF750. Betacam SP tapes should only be used in ED-Beta decks.

By the way, the other day I just got my first chance to use the AG-1960 tandem and AG-A96 editing controller system at my school, and it sure sold me on the idea of getting an editing controller for my SLV-R5UC. Does anyone know which controllers use the Control-L protocol?

I've got one of those edit controllers, it's an RM-E100V and it can use anything from camera pause to control-L. I'm saving it, however, for the SL-HF-1000D.

Tips :______

Loose remote of your video,

try Universal remote ,borrow your friend's remote then program the signals.and have a nice brand new Controller.

Just had a Sl-2500 given to me.Also have had a Sl-2700.Other than the Hi-fi part they are both pretty close to the same thing on the inside.They both have dead reel drive motors( these don't have idlers).I have seen several 2500's on E-bay with the same problem--since it must be a weak point on these models does anyone have a clue to the cure? This chassis has no normal voltage regular in the power supply like later Beta's. Thank's

I should have some extra SL-2000 reel drives (uses same as SL-2500/2700) around if you want one cheap...

Well Boby I don't know what's going to happen but I think the UN weapons inspectors aren't doing all that thorough a job...

http://home.nycap.rr.com/frannylandde/kunstwerken/saddampalace.jpg

I remember a program about the cuban missile crissis, they had on an old soviet officer, he said that someone said to him that in cuba, they have palms, so why not make the missiles look like palms? he said that that's stupid, a missile is a missile and a palm is a palm... Anyhow, I think that weapons inspectors are a silly idea, since wiht an inexpensive GPS reciever, you can go out in the deesert, bury stuff in a completely random isolated area, with NO landmarks, and simply memorize the lat/lon co-ordinates, and it wouldn't be found for 100 years...

Anyway, speaking of Beta, I ahve an SL-2000 that has OK reel motors but the heads won't turn... DasImperator knows why and how to fix this... But I have an SL-2001 and I do OK. All I need is an NP-1... which I'm in no hurry to get since I have 4 NP-11s all in good working order and what is arguably the best true betamovie made... Anybody out there ever see a BMC-1000K? I've never.

I wanted to try "SuperBETA" mode on my SL-HF750. I bought a non-SP BetaCam tape to test.But when I played back the video recorded in B-I mode,there was no Hi-Fi sound(mute).Can I use a BetaCam SP tape on my SL-HF750?I heard that Pro-X tape were also metal formulation.But I can't be sure that BetaCam SP tapes will not hurt my video heads...

Before my e-mail:I want to know the holes for high band and the type metal’s tape of the ED-Beta videocassette that is the same characteristic to the holes of the videocassette Betacam SP? It makes a please me, the real photo dimension, the ED-Beta’s videocassette inferior.

Andy W.:The Metal Betacam SP tapes are not reccomended for use on home Betamaxes (except for the ED-Betas) because they wear the heads faster. There was a discussion about this awhile back, and I think we came to the general consensus that Pro-X tapes are CrO2 formulation, like a Type II audiocassette. In my experience normal oxide Betamax tapes work fine in SuperBeta mode, provided they are in good shape.

Madness:GH: I hate to ask an obvious, but is the beta-hifi switch turned off? If not, does it record hifi in BII mode? I've had quite success w/ Betacam tapes in both BIs & BII using the HF750. Betacam SP tapes should only be used in ED-Beta decks.

Sergio:Now, I understand very for videocassette between ED-Beta/Beta and Betacam SP/Betacam Normal. I'm doing project.....................

Thank you!

SL-T50ME has been tentatively sold. ßetacams are still available.

Brenda... Keeping the SLO-323?If not I'll make your tapes in on a Beta HiFi instead.

Thanks Olive for responding to my question.I think the problem with the SL-2500 is probably in the power supply or servo board cause I can run the reel motors a little using a 9 volt battery so I can't believe that both reels are bad because of this.I guess I was hoping for a quick fix.Again,thanks so much for your help.

Maybe take the power supply out of another unit? If you're lucky Andy Sanchez will be willing to step in here and lend some advice, since there are multiple flaws that a bad PS can cuse and I'm by no means as famillair with them as he is.

eeeeeeeee! What year did Reagan go to Iceland? I found a tape at GEoodwill of a press conference where he is talking about talks he had with that Gorbachev guy... It was some russian name thats all I know. The video is a little tiny bit bleedy, and the tracking a bit off, but otherwise looks almost perfect for video probably taped off of antenna. Stupid TDK tape, i HATE It! It seems that most TDK tapes lose the CTRL track, so of course i get no video because my Sonys blank out. Are there any beta decks that don't blank out with no CTRL track? ALso, I have my Speak n' spell, speak n' math, and speak 'n read speakies! They are so much FUN!!! Haha! That guy in the speak n' spell sounds like the car from KNight Rider. THey are such simple toys, but they are so much fun! Anyone know how much they cost? For 1980 that seems like a pretty advanced toy! Hee hee.... I unearthed a couple tapes of ahem... "mature entertainment".. but of course, they are BADLY made copies. The video is just total GARBAGE, it has these interference cross lines all through it, looks like a 4th gen dub, and the colour keeps pulling in and out. Bah! Taped All My Children over it. BTW, WHy does my SL-HF300 have a ghost problem? It shows a faint ghost of the picture pulling to the right. It's annoying, esp since i'm using composite video! Could it be that it's mad at being on top of the Dolby decoder?

Jesse: The "Adult entertainment" tapes are always bad... my SL-20 came with several that had pehaps a 1/4" layer of masking tape and medical (!) tape labels, all of them unreadable. They ran from bad to unwatchable and untrackable... runny colors, wobbly audio, etc... the guy didn't take good care of his tapes or else the labels would have been good... the tapes were't even good for taping over!

I don't know how ANY VTR could work sans Control track, or at least work well enough to be watchable! perhaps a good cleaning to the CTL head will help? I don't know... I've always had good luck with TDK tapes along with Fuji, Sony, Maxell, and Memorex, in that order... BASF is mediocre, no runny colors but they're like someone turned down the color.

I think Reagan and Gorbochev went to Reykjavik in 1986. Gorby wanted to get rid of all the short-range missiles in Europe but he wanted Reagan to give up on the 'Star Wars' defense system.. Reagan gave it some consideration and in the end told Gorby no. With a Russian numerical superiourity in conventional arms giving up the threat of instant nuclear retaliation would've been inviting trouble.

Curiously if a nuclear war ever had happened in Europe, Berlin would've likely been the one city left standing...

Sean:

Yes, keeping the 323... still wishing I had gotten that 325.. nice machines.. solid as a brick..

The SLP-305 a three-speed player that nicely complements the 323 is up right now. If I can get the 323 a new belt in about a week I'll use it to make your tapes. if not I'll use another VCR. It's old and tired but the heads are in good shape. Suspect it was put away wihtout too many head hours, but time wore on the mechanicals. It was onwned by Douglas Aircraft, it doesn't say McDonald Douglas.

I do have to say that I love the SLO-383. It's built like a tank and I still use it in my production work.

That is supposed to be one of the best machines there is... Why RDG does not list it as a "Dream Machine" is beyond me... perhaps its lack of HiFi? It has LInear Stereo after all... Perhaps its lack of Hi-band? I bet the whole reason Beta HiFi was developed was that at slower tape speeds linear stereo would sound like crap...

_@_v - eepers! something you don't see everyday...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3006820181

A Japanese domestic Sanyo VTC-MH5 Betacord VCR - similar to a VCR-7500....

Hello.....

I have married a wonderful Lady that has many BetaMax tapes,,,, Some of them arefamily activities, parties, weddings, and graduations,,,,, We would like to save them for future viewing, and need a recorder/playback unit to move the data to CDs or DVDs,,,,,, Does anyone out there have any access to a machine for sale, or know of someone that has one for sale,,,,,

0atmea1

Yeah, the 383 does have linear audio tracks and sounds pretty good. Not the best but good enough. It only records and playsback in B1 speed. It came out in 1980.(wow, the year I was born) BTW.. I have this old (1983) Sears Betavision Beta II, model no. 564.53055050,(now that's a model no.!!) and I think it is B1 speed. The manual doesn't say anything about the speed of the machine. There is isn't any speed switch.(it's got a tuner though - hehe) It does power up, but tapes don't play because I think the driveshafts are stuck from sitting for so long. I'll have to refurbish it. But what speed do you think it is? All I know is the thing weighs a ton! It's got to be about 70 lbs.

83 would not have been BI. BII or BIII only, it's from the year I was born!!!

a Mazda 323? What about a 2000 929? :):)