[AVTechMan]

I recently bought the Sony PVW-2800 Betacam SP deck from eBay a week ago and waiting on its arrival. I've been fascinated with these decks for a number of years now having once volunteered in a church that used them for TV production but was never able to obtain one due to cost obviously.

I'm thinking of eventually getting into tape transfers and such and this deck is only the beginning. The unit has about 2,400 hours on the drum and I will test out its condition further when it arrives since I have a few SP tapes to use in the unit.

Thing is, where would be a good place to have these units serviced? I still find alot of value in analog despite the tech age going all digital. In a way I feel I was born in the wrong decade as I grew up in the days when these units ruled back in the day (i'm almost 40).

Now i'm on an equipment spurt where I would like to own some of these pieces of equipment...perhaps maybe even a Betacam SP video camera. If I got one of those, I can use those for Youtube videos!

So does anyone have any thoughts/experiences regarding the PVW-2800 deck?