Sony HiFi Betamax Found in Goodwill Salvage Pile

[Captainclock]

Hello everyone, today at work I found an early 1980s Sony HiFi Betamax VCR in the salvage bin at work and its kind of a little beaten up but I figured that if it still works I might be able to sell it to a friend of mine at church who still has lots of old Betamax tapes that he wants to watch again. Model number is SL-HF300 (which is apparently the HiFi version of the SL-300 that I had posted about on here earlier this year that my friend wanted me to try and fix for him). Anyways Its missing its front panel door for the controls up front and the front display panel is cracked. Any info about this model would be appreciated.
Also When I went to try it out (it had a tape in it yet from the previous owners) it wouldn't eject the tape at first which I monkeyed around with the loading mechanism a little bit (its completely belt driven) and then finally it started to eject the tape like it was supposed to (my guess is that it just needed to "wake up" a bit since it hadn't been played in years more than likely.)
Thanks.

-Levi

[Dude111]

Good luck with it buddy

[Telecolor 3007]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEt8PWJ-Bqo

[Captainclock]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Good luck with it buddy

Thanks! I'm currently waiting for a new front panel for it to come in the mail courtesy of Dave A on here (he has one just like mine that I found where the power supply on his was fried and no longer worth repairing so he offered me the front panel from his unit free of charge. So hopefully that will be coming in the mail in the next couple of days, so then I can get it looking like new again and then I can get it to my friend.

[Dude111]

Thats nice of you for working on it and all,I hope it pays off good (Thank you David!!)

[truetone36]

The only drawback for me with Beta has been finding tapes in the part of the country I live in.

[Dude111]

Here is the first release of BULLIT (1968) on Beta (WCI HOME VIDEO) - THIS FIRST RELEASE IS VERY POPULAR!!!!!!!!! (I have VHS and have been trying to get it for months!!) -- There was 1 listed a few weeks but I lost the auction (Many ppl were bidding on it... Auction Ended @ $20 (That one does not come up much))


This one is for beta and has been listed for months now..

www.ebay.com/itm/381683536813