Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Posted by: Spot/DSE

Date:1/3/2005 9:41:09 AM

There are LOTS of transfer houses in Arizona, I used to use one in Tempe, not far from SkyHarbor.If you don't own a deck, I'd not even rent one, just take it to the facility and have it transferred while you wait, if they'll do that. You can't use a Betamax tape in a Beta deck, however.
Yes, the tape should be fine for one pass

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: John_Cline

Date:1/3/2005 9:57:26 AM

Beta and BetaMax are two completely different formats, but both use the same tapes. Beta and BataMax will not play each other's tapes. I have 5 BetaMax decks in great condition. If the tapes are really in BetaMax format. I could transfer them to DV for you.

John

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: BillyBoy

Date:1/3/2005 10:09:38 AM

Boy do I remember... Anybody want to buy a hardly used Sony betamax player?

Down memory lane... IF you have both a betamax and a VHS player you can do the transfer yourself painlessly, just feed the output of one into the input of the other and you get a dub. I know... I use to get professional bowling lessons from a PBA member and he would tape me. He had a VHS camera, I had a betamax as did many of his other clients. He just used some tangle of cables to go one format to the other.

If you have a A/D converter like the Canopus, should be no problem to convert to DV. I'm going to do that will my old bowling "lessons" once I get up the courage to view a thiner me of days gone by when I use to have close to a 200 bowling average. That's a long time in the past too.

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: FrigidNDEditing

Date:1/3/2005 10:18:03 AM

Not bad billy, I don't think I ever got my average over about 145-150.

Dave

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: JJKizak

Date:1/3/2005 2:39:42 PM

JohnCline:
Would you be inclined to selling one of those Betamax decks and if
so how much?

jjkkizak@concentric.net

JJK

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: donp

Date:1/3/2005 7:03:39 PM

I bought an old Sony Super Betamax SL-100 beta II and III, curious thing though it only outputs mono audio. I only paid $20.00 for it so I'm not too upset.

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: GaryAshorn

Date:1/4/2005 10:50:36 AM

Well, I have two perfectly working betamax machines myself. One top loading and one front loading with the cabled remote for it. So I can makes copies for people too if needed.

Gary Ashorn.

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: Jsnkc

Date:1/4/2005 11:11:34 AM

There's tons of Beta decks avaliable if you ever need them.
Get em right here!

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: jkrepner

Date:1/4/2005 11:23:22 AM

It's almost poetic irony that Betamax decks are selling for more than VHS decks on eBay in 2005. Hell, even more than some recordable DVD machines. I think large collections of 2 decade old pornography has something to do with it. :-)

Subject:RE: OT: Betamax tape transfer...Spot? Billyboy? Sony? Anyone?

Reply by: Caruso

Date:1/8/2005 3:43:11 AM

I may have missed this, but, what format are you looking to transfer to? I have a Betamax - Sony SL-2700. I assume it is compatible with your source tape, and, if I can accommodate your destination format, I'd be happy to do it for you. Let me know.

Caruso