r/Betamax

Hey everyone, I’m looking to track down a lesser known 1970s film called "Duncan's World". It was filmed in Charlotte, NC (my hometown) From searching around online, I see it was only released on VHS and possibly Betamax — never digitally or on DVD. (None Available)

Help!

I had a wonderfully working Sanyo Beta Hi Fi until I bought a “working” Star Wars tape from eBay.

Seller noted that it was tested and working, it was a super cool Japanese edition so I went for it.

Popped it in my player without taking the tape apart and it made some noises, ripped, and now my other videos don’t work. My perfectly good player is only giving me snow for video.

I took the star wars tape apart and found what appears to be mold inside which makes sense why it would not work….

Here I am just wanting my old player to function again. I have a cleaning tape on the way, what else do I need to do??

Currently I have this old motocross tape I use to test things, I have solid audio and the video is all snow. I have played with all setting and channels and it’s the same so I assume the video head is very dirty now.

I am an engineer and technically confident. Please help!

UPDATE:

Got a full refund from the seller, ordered the entire mold removal kit from vhsislife.com.

Also ordered new belts and a head cleaning kit so I will use this as an opportunity to take my player apart, replace belts and clean the heads really good with alcohol.

I will use this as a lessons learned to inspect all tapes from eBay before playing them. I’ll use this now broken tape as a test subject for the mold removal kit so I can practice and get good!

Anyone own or seen a copy of this floating around? I’ve been searching everywhere I can. Seeking a VHS copy or a digital rip if anyone knows of anything available

Quest for fire is my favourite of the bunch.

Can't go wrong for $1 a piece.

Picking up my first Beta player, thanks !

So I've been a huge VHS collector for many years.

Never found a Betamax player ever all these years they're so rare here in Canada especially in a small town of New Brunswick where I live.

I seen this on the Facebook marketplace for $30!!

Even came in the original box.. I was told their mother just kept it in the closet all these years it looks so minty. Does anyone know much about this player?

Did I score a good deal? Is it a nice player?

I also don't own any Beta movies.. there's zero around here.. where might be a good place here in Canada to order or find some Betamax tapes?

Also anything I should do before using it? Like open it up change anything out ? Or just try it as is?

I was shopping at my local thrift store and my jaw hit the floor when I saw this, especially at that price point. Some of the buttons were pulled forward quite a bit, but after some tinkering, I fixed it and the player worked perfectly. There was also a blank Betamax tape in there with TV recordings from 2006 as well.

Will be plugged into Sony TV with both HDMI and traditional Red, White and Yellow RCA inputs thanks!

Hello Betamax community. I’ve recently transitioned from being addicted to collecting vhs tapes and VCRs to Betamax players and tapes. I was lucky enough to come across these three separately for good prices. They each have an issue that needs repairing, and i will at some point bring them to a local shop for said repairs. My question is which of these would you keep? Which has the best longevity/ durability and also best quality of audio and visual. I’d like to keep one and then sell or gift the other two. I’ve checked out what the internet has to say but I’m curious to hear it from the folks on the ground. Thanks.