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07-07-2012, 05:43 PM
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Sony SL-HF450 Beta VCR
I picked this up at a thrift store for $4 and it's supposed to work; but, I'll have to find a tape to test it. This is the first beta machine that I've seen in ages and it looks to be well made. For $4, I'm not out much even if it does not work.
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08-24-2012, 11:47 AM
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Check the local thrift stores good for Beta tapes; I lucked out that the junk shop in my area had a boxful of them, and many of them didn't even have the labels removed from the sheets! If no luck, a tech man's best friend, eBay, will produce excellent results. Good luck!
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08-25-2012, 11:30 PM
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If it don't work and you don't feel like trying to fix it I'll triple your money for it.
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08-25-2012, 11:32 PM
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I have a similar model, but mine is dead.. I still haven't bothered to fix it yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSBMHBs0-GQ
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08-25-2012, 11:50 PM
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Sony Broadcast Betacam oxide tapes are the same. Not BetacamSP. Different animal. Not sure of the L-xxx conversion to real recording time but they are out there and probably new.
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08-26-2012, 01:09 AM
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Betacam (non-SP) tapes should run one hour at BII speed for every ten minutes marked in Betacam time. That is, a Betacam "30-minute" tape would be the equivalent of an L-750.
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04-02-2013, 01:13 PM
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I have one of these awesome Betamax machines.
I am hoping that the heads are just dirty. The unit played a tape but only in black and white. Then color popped in for a few and returned to b/w. I grabbed a couple of different cassettes from my collection, one a purchased pre-recorded copy of Raiders and a tape I had made myself. Audio plays great, but no video at all. Additionally, I don't seem to get any snow from the tuner. I am hoping that a circuit hasn't cooked. Any thoughts?
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04-02-2013, 11:24 PM
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A nice looking BETA player my friend,I hope you have alot of success!!
I love thrift shops!!!!!! -- I havent found any beta stuff though! The other day I found a VHS-C to VHS adapter (You put the VHS-C cartridge in it and it will play on a reg VCR -- IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WAS A BETA-REG VHS adapter) Good luck RCAkid getting things going 
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04-07-2013, 11:11 PM
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Upon further troubleshooting, it would seem we have a circuit issue somewhere. After a day or two of being powered down, I fired it back up, ran the head cleaner cassette and was rewarded with a picture. I also had snow from the tuner.
I popped in a cassette and it played a perfect picture, for about two minutes and then went back to a black screen and no snow from the tuner. I did check around the boards for a broken solder connection but nothing apparent. Any ideas on where I should be looking in this beastie?
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04-09-2013, 09:46 PM
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Power supply electrolytic capacitor(s) is the "easy" answer. To find any that are bad, though, you need an ESR meter.
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10-07-2015, 11:23 PM
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