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Originally Posted by SaraAB
Ok I picked up yet more stuff today, I finally got an elusive BETA player!! It turns out it also appears to be a very expensive model. I got a whole ton of BETA disney tapes too. There were hundreds of BETA tapes at this sale too, and I probably should have grabbed more since the ladies running it were being very nice to me and giving me lots of tapes. I saw the tapes, asked if they had the BETA player, then I offered $5 if they found it. They found it a few min later and I was very happy. So I paid $7 for a beta player, a ton of disney tapes (2 versions of tron!) and a B&W Sony Watchman.
This may go down as my most valuable haul ever because I looked up the player and they appear to be selling for $300 not including the value of the tapes. This one is in good condition but does not have the original remote, however they did include another remote. I tested it at the sale briefly but I haven't hooked it up to a TV yet. I will have to do further testing on this unit.
This is such an incredibly epic find for me that I have decided to include a picture!
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Nice! Yeah SONY brand beta players are hard to find. I have seen other brands, but the SONY ones are the most valuable and reliable. I want one!
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Originally Posted by burritoman
Holy shit!
My old boss has a Beta video camera. Maybe I should see if he wants to get rid of it. He might even have some blank tapes too.
Beta is supposed to be better than VHS as far as audio and video quality, but I think there may be a limit on how long a movie can be. Can't remember, all I know is we always had VHS, never Beta.
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^^That is correct and it is part of the reason VHS won the format war (the porn industry being the other part). Actually beta is/was used in television production. Now most places are digital, but if it is an older station or public access they still use a form of beta tapes...I think they were called betacam or something like that.