am i the only one on the forum that owns a Betamax player?
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am i the only one on the forum that owns a Betamax player?
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Nope! I own one as well....its not working at the moment, but I own one!Originally Posted by dvonk
am i the only one on the forum that owns a Betamax player?
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My Betamax still works, as does my Laserdisc, using them both to copy over certain rare items onto recordable DVD format for the foreseeable future...
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I just picked up one at a Thrift Store for $10. It worked perfect the first time and then the video went out the next time so I have to send it in for repair.
It looks really nice. According to my research, it was made in 1986. It's also a Sony.
I know there's someone else on this forum that has more than one betamax. We'll see if he chimes in or not.
Does it have a flux capacitor?
Does it run on 1.21 Giggawatts?
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We had one up until the 1990's, but my brother stuck a sandwich in it and now it resides in memory and history.. I would like to have another some day. On the topic of obsolete technology, I once had a kid come up to me and tell me my walkman was the largest MP3 player he had ever seen..
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i love archaic video technologies... now we get to add DVD to the list.
how many years until BluRay is toast?
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I have a beta player but no tapes.
Anyone that wants to send me some tapes to test it out, PM me!
I also have the BTTF laserdiscs, but no player. I'd be interested in buying a decent player.
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i am a hardcore LaserDisc collector... depending on how much you want to spend and what features you want, i can give you some suggestions on what model of LD player to look for.
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I got one l4z0r disk... Mad Max... The widescreen edition. No player, I would LOVE to watch it though... Mad Max fan here...
The wife works at Half Price Books, and she finds some cool stuff now and again. She called me, and since it was a couple of bucks (with her discount) I said BUY IT!
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Nullset & Justice - if you really do want a working Laserdisc player I'll be putting mine up onto E-bay some time after the new year. It's in great condition and also plays normal DVDs too. I already sold my BTTF Trilogy Laserdiscs (to mike, right here on this forum - thanks Mike!) but I have another 25 or so from my ever shrinking collection up on E-bay right now with like another 3 days or so to go, and some REALLY good prices on some REALLY nice titles, including two of my favorite & rarest films, and even a Monty Python film with the cover artwork personally autographed by the director. If you love Laserdiscs, go see what I've got here:
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