austvarchive
01-31-2011, 04:25 AM
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XDCAM
01-31-2011, 04:04 PM
Which I was able to collect these , As over here they are now getting rear as Rocking Horse S@@t ! Put a word out on this site http://www.palsite.com/chat_page.py?Betacam
Dave A
01-31-2011, 07:04 PM
Betacam SP tapes have the same shell as home Betamax tapes and can be used in Betamax decks.
austvarchive
01-31-2011, 10:01 PM
actually, no not at all
Betacam SP tapes have a different formulation of the tape and will damage the heads of a home beta vcr in no time..
however..
the older oxide betacam (not betacam "SP") can safely be used in a domestic beta deck
ChrisW6ATV
02-01-2011, 01:12 AM
Betacam SP tapes are metal or metal-equivalent. They can be used in ED Beta VCRs; I have a bunch of those tapes. The longest of the small-cassette ones, BCT30 maybe, is the equivalent of an L-750 Beta cassette, which is nice becasue Sony never sold an official '750 for the ED Beta format. There were only EL-250s and EL-500s.