Super Betamax VCR

Got an oldie but goodie. It's a Betamax VCR, a Super model, and a very high end model at that. It's PQ is amazingly clean when playing. Even though it's digital still stored pictures are 240 scanlines visible, it's clear too due to built in upscaler to 480i output.

And this player was built in the late 80's. Oh, the digital "effects" are useful if you hook this up to another recording deck for say, a recording if you make one. For example, you could record a conference, and use the picture in picture hooked up to a camera, and add sign language in the corner of the screen, and record that to a tape to give out.

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[Baseley09]

Picture quality looks very good, are you putting it through an upscaler at all?

[hakemon]

Technically yes, because since the TV is 1080p and the Beta outputs 480i, the TV has to deinterlace and upscale.

Sadly this player has died.. Capstan motor failure.

[jhaughia]

Once again i point out to new technology i have a 1080p plasma with a PVR which records in 720P . It just blows me away what people will pay on E-Bay for a High End Beta machine.

[hakemon]

Well yea, paying on ebay is horrible. This thing only cost me double digits, never crawling into triples like eBay does.

But here's a problem... All optical recordable formats will degrade far faster than a magnetic format. Optical recordable formats use ink dye, which fades rather quickly (which can also lead to a not even start condition). Magnetic particles on VHS and Beta/U-Matic last far longer than a recordable optical format.

But I'm done arguing this. Take it or leave it.

[BetaWolf47]

You sound like Matthew Broderick.

[schuchnet]

@BJSTV How does the transport on this compare with the SLHF-1000?

[Thurston8533]

i used to have one of these, except it kept eating my tapes, so i got pissed and threw it out

[Baseley09]

@couldkill420 Yes indeed there was D-Theater VHS from JVC which was a digital hi-def tape format

[couldkill420]

@Baseley09 ? was thear ever any hd tape vhs our beta max i rember seeing tec demo in hd on tape

[gerryf84]

Has anyone ever told you that you sound alot like Matthew Br

oderick?

[gerryf84]

Has anyone ever told you that you sound alot like Matthew Br

oderick?

[gerryf84]

Has anyone ever told you that you sound alot like Matthew Broderick?

[earlovesgod]

They will live forever

[allboutk]

the features on this deck are very surprising , its picture stability is on par with sp and digibeta machines.

the digital freeze frame and related features are amazing, these are things usually found on separate units such as a noise reducer.

for something made twenty years ago it was well ahead of its time