Betamax video recorder

stevieboy11

Has anyone got a working one they'd like rid of through the goodness of their heart or without breaking the bank?

for those of you under the age of forty betamax was....too hard to explain...lol

Thanks

zenmaster

stevieboy11 wrote: »

for those of you under the age of forty betamax was....

a bit like HD-DVD

hbloomers

Yeah right. I'm 19 and I know better than that :P Blu ray is better anyway. Its the way forward.

Have you tried freecycle? And.. why do you want a betamax video recorder anyway? hehe

stevieboy11

Thanks for the Freecycle tip - I'll give it a go

The Betamax is for a friend who thought it would be too rude to come on here and ask for it in his first post, so instead I did it with my eighth...lol

whats he want it for? Nobody knows...I'm hoping its for old Star Trek episodes, but I'm almost afraid to ask.....lol

hbloomers

Ah, but I'd imagine there's something rather romantic and nostaligic watching them on the first format they were released on. You gotta love a bit of Star Trek I have a few episodes floating around on VHS - my dad's old collection... though I'm not sure we even have a player in the house anymore.

A bit random, but there's a brilliant Futurama episode featuring the cast of Star Trek. Don't know if you're into Futurama at all, but its very funny and worth a look at. Eps called "Where no Fan has gone before" and its series 4.