I got an SL-F1UB Betamax in 1984. I find the US pronunciation "Bayta" odd! ... I've always pronounced it "Beeta" ... Baytamax / Beetamax Dew is one of first things you learn about VTR / VCR. I learned it 45 years ago! ... Surely the VCR has a dew sensor? Many have heaters too. NEVER operate a VCR / VTR when moving it from a cold place to a warm place. Always allow the machine to warm up to room temperature. In 45 years I've NEVER had a dew problem. On the tape was Doctor Who "Nightmare Of Eden" (1979) with Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, and Geoffrey Hinsliff (Don Brennan in Coronation Street), and David Daker (Boon).
The beautiful Sony SL-C7 wow, I still have the SL-C5 new in the original box. Unfortunately, it also needs a lot of maintenance, so maybe I'll tackle that this year. Last year I revived 9 Betamax for my collection
I have repaired many of these machines. I always found that the C5/6/7 gave excellent picture quality. One good thing about this generation was the use of the three piece drum, [lower, middle, and upper]. it helped reduce frictional losses during FF and REW. The later two piece drum design would cause excess drag across the upper drums when they began to wear. In the SL-C9 and the SL-F1 portable that used direct drive reel motors, the worn upper drums would cause the tape tension to go beserk during FF and REW causing a knocking effect. I have a soft spot for machines from this era.
Always admired the C7 in the very early 80's but ended up buying a newly released C9 for £699 in December 1982. Looked fantastic and had great still and slow mo but within 5 years (and not even heavy use) the heads started going and then the front loading mechansim broke. Swapped to VHS and never had any problems with any VHS machines - all of which recorded many, many more hours than the C9.
Not surprisingly, VHS VCRs were simpler in design than the Beta and even more so than the Video 2000. The more advanced formats had more defects, not because they were rubbish, but they were more difficult and slower to refine in order to be cheaper.
@@janmos5178 Beta was never 'more advanced' than VHS - this is one of the many urban myths surrounding Beta such as that it had better picture quality than VHS - in reality, the differences are marginal and (putting Beta1 aside, which didn't last anyway in standard Beta machines) both have 240 lines Luma and 30 lines Chroma resolution. Given output quality was so similar, the simpler design wins - being more complex in design doesn't make it more "advanced" if the results are similar. Beta is also known for wearing down heads more than VHS.
@@tsmith7146 Agreed but I am writing about something else. Mechanisms or decks like U-Load and its derivatives like C and the like were more advanced in design than M Load from VHS. And more expensive to manufacture.
@@janmos5178 I just don't agree with your label as being 'more advanced' - to me it is just more complex. In Beta, the tape follows a longer and more convoluted path to get around the head than in VHS - this, I feel, is an example of being more complex than more advanced. If it is genuinely more advanced, it should reap picture quality improvements. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the cheapest VCR's on the market were Sanyo's Beta range (marketed as Betacord) - cheaper than equivalent VHS machines at the time. So Sanyo managed to get their Beta prices down - and didn't keep tape spooled around the head drum whilst FF/Rewind so head life better then Sony Beta machines.
hi you are very right about money pits this why i went over to betacam decks because it's easy to use decks as parts yes i have alot o working betacam sp decks note i have 14 beta hi fi stereo deck that are very ill why i use betacam sp high speed liner sound and there 4 channel as well
hi i had adat recorders of ebay all that been bad is the headare not clean i use the same cleaning tip as you do i up set my mate the sony 950 i time bomb waiting to go bad the hall ic' i call it he played over £600 for it i picked up a pallet of juck betamax decks john had 1/2 of them i had rest he had the 5000 decks yes i got the better deal later on i picked up a full working betacam digi a500p for a £100 i went to a place called kings wood ex hire place to pick up the deck GOLD MINE very seen any video in one place very you have just out video i have 60 easy working betacam decks from the hire place i had 2 eu pallets f betacam sp decks i put alot of hrs fixing them up i do have betamax decks reel to reel soundcraft 760 brenell mini 8 are my bag any thing i can get parts for
I got an SL-F1UB Betamax in 1984. I find the US pronunciation "Bayta" odd! ... I've always pronounced it "Beeta" ... Baytamax / Beetamax
Dew is one of first things you learn about VTR / VCR. I learned it 45 years ago! ... Surely the VCR has a dew sensor? Many have heaters too.
NEVER operate a VCR / VTR when moving it from a cold place to a warm place. Always allow the machine to warm up to room temperature. In 45 years I've NEVER had a dew problem.
On the tape was Doctor Who "Nightmare Of Eden" (1979) with Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, and Geoffrey Hinsliff (Don Brennan in Coronation Street), and David Daker (Boon).
Thanks for the video! Great machine good quality this vintage Betamax from Sony! Greets from Marcel The Netherlands Europe 👍
I had a C7 when I was at school. I remember cycling the 10 miles from Gloucester to Tewkesbury to get a set of heads for it.
Beta is better when you take the bus.
Beautiful machine! Thanks for the video, we used to have the SL 5000.
💯⭐️🇹🇷👍 I have nearly 100 betamax and vhs devices in stock, nearly 10,000 betamax and vhs tapes, these are excellent devices and tapes.
The beautiful Sony SL-C7 wow, I still have the SL-C5 new in the original box. Unfortunately, it also needs a lot of maintenance, so maybe I'll tackle that this year. Last year I revived 9 Betamax for my collection
I have repaired many of these machines. I always found that the C5/6/7 gave excellent picture quality. One good thing about this generation was the use of the three piece drum, [lower, middle, and upper]. it helped reduce frictional losses during FF and REW. The later two piece drum design would cause excess drag across the upper drums when they began to wear. In the SL-C9 and the SL-F1 portable that used direct drive reel motors, the worn upper drums would cause the tape tension to go beserk during FF and REW causing a knocking effect. I have a soft spot for machines from this era.
Ive got a SL-F1 with the worn upper drum. the sony fix/replacement was made of a hardened metal.
Always admired the C7 in the very early 80's but ended up buying a newly released C9 for £699 in December 1982. Looked fantastic and had great still and slow mo but within 5 years (and not even heavy use) the heads started going and then the front loading mechansim broke. Swapped to VHS and never had any problems with any VHS machines - all of which recorded many, many more hours than the C9.
Nice to meet you, this VCR can receive stereo TV channels from an RF CONVERTER. 👍
Not surprisingly, VHS VCRs were simpler in design than the Beta and even more so than the Video 2000. The more advanced formats had more defects, not because they were rubbish, but they were more difficult and slower to refine in order to be cheaper.
@@janmos5178 Beta was never 'more advanced' than VHS - this is one of the many urban myths surrounding Beta such as that it had better picture quality than VHS - in reality, the differences are marginal and (putting Beta1 aside, which didn't last anyway in standard Beta machines) both have 240 lines Luma and 30 lines Chroma resolution. Given output quality was so similar, the simpler design wins - being more complex in design doesn't make it more "advanced" if the results are similar. Beta is also known for wearing down heads more than VHS.
@@tsmith7146 Agreed but I am writing about something else. Mechanisms or decks like U-Load and its derivatives like C and the like were more advanced in design than M Load from VHS. And more expensive to manufacture.
@@janmos5178 I just don't agree with your label as being 'more advanced' - to me it is just more complex. In Beta, the tape follows a longer and more convoluted path to get around the head than in VHS - this, I feel, is an example of being more complex than more advanced. If it is genuinely more advanced, it should reap picture quality improvements.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the cheapest VCR's on the market were Sanyo's Beta range (marketed as Betacord) - cheaper than equivalent VHS machines at the time. So Sanyo managed to get their Beta prices down - and didn't keep tape spooled around the head drum whilst FF/Rewind so head life better then Sony Beta machines.
My parents had a Sony Betamax (from I think 1983) with exactly the same case, but a slightly different color scheme, a lighter grey.
Nice Video. 😀
Thanks! 😃
All I see on that box is S club 7
hi you are very right about money pits this why i went over to betacam decks because it's easy to use decks as parts
yes i have alot o working betacam sp decks note i have 14 beta hi fi stereo deck that are very ill why i use betacam sp high speed liner sound
and there 4 channel as well
はじめまして、失礼致します。私の好きな型番はSL- J9 です。❤👍
Hello, please excuse me. My favorite model number is SL-J9. ❤👍
Thanks for the video good Machine
hi i had adat recorders of ebay all that been bad is the headare not clean i use the same cleaning tip as you do
i up set my mate the sony 950 i time bomb waiting to go bad the hall ic' i call it he played over £600 for it
i picked up a pallet of juck betamax decks john had 1/2 of them i had rest he had the 5000 decks yes i got
the better deal
later on i picked up a full working betacam digi a500p for a £100
i went to a place called kings wood ex hire place to pick up the deck GOLD MINE very seen any video in one place very
you have just out video i have 60 easy working betacam decks from the hire place i had 2 eu pallets f betacam sp decks
i put alot of hrs fixing them up i do have betamax decks
reel to reel soundcraft 760 brenell mini 8 are my bag any thing i can get parts for