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Originally Posted by Ed in Tx
Here's what I need.. a Betamax/HD-DVD combo unit! Then I can dub off my 75 or so Beta tapes to HD-DVD!
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I can't say if the actual product is real, but according to my dad, when he went to an electronics megastore in Japan they had an entire wall of Betamax tapes.
We still use the same VCR we've always had since at least the mid 1990's... some junky cheap Sanyo that doesn't even record in stereo. Or play back stereo, for that matter. I can say with confidence we have taped over 500 hours on it, perhaps double that, and played back at least that much. Yet, it's still chugging along, with no lubrications or cleanings to speak of. It can only record 4 programs, and the display is hardly readable, but it still works. I assume we will use it until it dies.
However, I can't wait to start using the Betamax I just got, the Sony SL-HF550, which records in stereo (BIG step up, here) and can hold up to 8 programs.
Still ironing out kinks with it, though.
