Mark Downie · @poppastring
737 followers · 1508 posts · Server dotnet.social

For those old enough, do you recall the first film you saw on VHS? (bonus points for beta max 😊).

Mine was Conan the Destroyer with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilt Chamberlain and Grace Jones!

#movies #vhs #80s #betamax

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
56 followers · 221 posts · Server mas.to

Hey nerds! RoboCop was released in theatres 36 years ago today! This movie fascinated and haunted me. Absolutely stellar cast.

#physicalmedia #analog #retro #vcr #betamax

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Archus Byte · @ArchusByte
70 followers · 433 posts · Server hachyderm.io

This vs thing is really taking on a vs vibe.

The more I explore the more I like kbin, which unfortunately seems like it's the betamax in this comparison 🙂

#lemmy #kbin #vhs #betamax

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
58 followers · 218 posts · Server mas.to

I just picked up a decent sized Beta lot... and one of the tapes was an ED BETA! I hope there's some actual ED content but looks to be an audio master? I don't know, but I'll play it soon and find out.

#retro #vcr #analog #betamax

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Mike Torr · @macronencer
116 followers · 1021 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Another brilliant and informative video from one of my favourite channels. That Betacam machine was a joy to behold! The technology that went into such things wasn't far short of wizardry.

youtube.com/watch?v=hGVVAQVdEO

#retrotech #betacam #betamax #vhs

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Peter Nimmo · @Peternimmo
972 followers · 569 posts · Server mastodon.scot

"He’s still insisting to anyone who’ll listen that is the high-fidelity format of the future".
mastodon.online/@newsthump/110
newsthump@mastodon.online - Everything is proceeding exactly as I have foreseen, explains wise sage newsthump.com/2023/06/23/every

#brexit #betamax

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
56 followers · 214 posts · Server mas.to

On this date 33 years ago, the criminally underrated Gremlins 2, The New Batch opened in theatres! The crazy price of $92.98, and being released in Dec. 1990 at the very end of the days, probably makes this a pretty rare Beta copy.

#vcr #homevideo #analog #retro #physicalmedia #betamax

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
58 followers · 218 posts · Server mas.to

On this date 33 years ago, the criminally underrated Gremlins 2, The New Batch opened in theatres. The crazy price of $92.98, and being released in Dec. 1990 at the very end of the days, probably makes this a pretty rare Beta copy.

#vcr #homevideo #analog #retro #physicalmedia #betamax

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
56 followers · 213 posts · Server mas.to

Thorough cleaning for one of the Beta machines tonight. Buttons were a tad glitchy, let's see if removing the nicotine stains help.

#retro #physicalmedia #betamax #vcr

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
56 followers · 213 posts · Server mas.to

Happy ! Whoa, a factory sealed copy of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure on Beta!

#physicalmedia #vcr #analog #homevideo #betamax #BillAndTedDay

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
56 followers · 213 posts · Server mas.to

Happy to those who celebrate, Lol. High five if you're still using yours.

#vcr #betamax #NationalVCRDay

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Gentleman Gef · @SecularJeffrey
3408 followers · 8598 posts · Server ohai.social

@willmckinley

I spent a couple of years in the early 80s living in the woods with zero reception.

A friend was moving out and left us his player and a big stack of both home and pro recorded tapes.

We would take the deck to town and let it fill up a few tapes of MTV and watch them over and over.

#betamax

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꧁~Rollback-ED-Cea~꧂ · @alcea
35 followers · 2412 posts · Server pb.todon.de

If you think about it.. Isn't it ?

's lost to ..

But decades later won agains the HD-Disks ..

.

#ironic #sony #betamax #vhs #bluray #funny

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Flynn Todd :verified: · @flynntodd
36 followers · 120 posts · Server norden.social

Na, wer weiß noch, welchen Sinn diese Etiketten hatten?

#beta #betamax #vhs #video #videokassette #videothek #ufa

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Kimberly · @Macabre_ish
533 followers · 1908 posts · Server mastodon.world

Giving the laserdiscs a break. Tonight is Dawn of the Dead on beta, played on a machine I haven’t used in years.

#horror #beta #betamax #physicalmedia

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Maine Macabre · @mainemacabre
31 followers · 94 posts · Server home.social
John Macintosh · @johnmacintosh
163 followers · 2267 posts · Server swiss.social

Out of the Basement (by @vintagevideobasement on YT)

via Retro Tech Dreams from Twitter

#retrovideo #betamax

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Em-squared · @emsquared
367 followers · 4304 posts · Server mastodon.social
Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
53 followers · 174 posts · Server mas.to

Wonder if the buyer will dispute it once it arrives and they see for themselves this Beta copy of is, in fact -not- factory sealed. This is a great example of people getting caught up in the hype and not doing research before buying.

#betamax #physicalmedia #bttf #backtothefuture

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Marty Edwards · @DMCMarty
53 followers · 174 posts · Server mas.to

Any Back to the Future collectors here? Please don't fall for this. There are no MCA watermarks on this copy of . This is a reseal. This is not factory sealed, like the lower description states. Don't pay this kind of money for this.

#betamax #vhs #backtothefuture #bttf

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