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Looks like it's arrived at work in one piece. I'll have to pick it up on Sunday morning.


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God home and popped into work to collect the Betamax VCR...

Here're the unboxing pictures...

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And...

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It works! Though the remote doesn't seem to.

It needs a bit of a clean but it's not too bad.
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My Dad preferred Betamax over VHS, though eventually he had to cave as he couldn't get the tapes anymore. He never used pre-recorded tapes though, just recorded from TV.
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stephen_usher wrote: 30 Jun 2023 10:44 After discovering the stash of Betamax videos at my Dad's house a couple of weeks ago I bought a Sony Betamax VCR from eBay...

It's being delivered by EVRI... Oh dear.

There may be a rebuild of a smashed video recorder thread coming up, if it arrives at all.
I've actually decided never to use Evri again after they 'lost' two, yes two CRT monitors in the last 6 months.

Maybe they both slipped out of the drivers pocket and fell down a drainhole cover while they weren't noticing. :roll:

I just wish they would admit its been stolen or smashed. And if they don't refund my insurance value AND postage, I will consider that theft.

Sorry Stephen, rant now over. :lol: Looks like you got your parcel intact though, so well done/congrats! ;)
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 01 Jul 2023 19:31 My Dad preferred Betamax over VHS, though eventually he had to cave as he couldn't get the tapes anymore. He never used pre-recorded tapes though, just recorded from TV.
I've three commercial tapes, Return of the Jedi, Ghostbusters and a murder mystery called "Deathtrap" with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve. Oh, and my graduation video, which I'm going to preserve.
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mrbombermillzy wrote: 01 Jul 2023 19:40
stephen_usher wrote: 30 Jun 2023 10:44 After discovering the stash of Betamax videos at my Dad's house a couple of weeks ago I bought a Sony Betamax VCR from eBay...

It's being delivered by EVRI... Oh dear.

There may be a rebuild of a smashed video recorder thread coming up, if it arrives at all.
Ive actually decided never to use Evri again after they 'lost' two, yes two CRT monitors in the last 6 months.

Maybe they both slipped out of the drivers pocket and fell down a drainhole cover while they weren't noticing. :roll:

I just wish they would admit its been stolen or smashed. And if they don't refund my insurance value AND postage, I will consider that theft.

Sorry Stephen, rant now over. :lol: Looks like you got your parcel intact though, so well done/congrats! ;)
Hehe. Thanks.
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The picture quality is far better than VHS.
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The general consensus is that it was better than VHS, although Ive never actually seen the output from Betamax IRL myself.

Would you have a SVHS deck? I would be interested to see how it compared.
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mrbombermillzy wrote: 01 Jul 2023 20:00 The general consensus is that it was better than VHS, although Ive never actually seen the output from Betamax IRL myself.

Would you have a SVHS deck? I would be interested to see how it compared.
Yeah, I have a JVC SVHS VCR. Not quite a fair comparison as the SVHS is connected via S-Video but the Betamax looks comparable.
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Wow. Really? :o
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