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I've actually decided never to use Evri again after they 'lost' two, yes two CRT monitors in the last 6 months.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 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.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.
Hehe. Thanks.mrbombermillzy wrote: 01 Jul 2023 19:40Ive actually decided never to use Evri again after they 'lost' two, yes two CRT monitors in the last 6 months.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.
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! ;)
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.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.