Sony Betamax SL-8200 Demo Tape - 1978!!

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
  • From 1978, here is a tape I got from Sony, showing how to use their SL-8200, their first 2-hour Betamax deck. So dated, but very interesting!!

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  • @afr1952
    @afr1952 8 лет назад +9

    I loved my Betamax! It was built like a tank! I remember the tapes were expensive, $15 for a 60 minute tape in the beginning. That's $15 in 1978 currency. $15.00 in 1978 had the same buying power as $57.13 in 2016

  • @teitzis
    @teitzis 9 лет назад +15

    The optional timer at 2:03 is like an old taxi fair meter!

  • @duaneadkins5131
    @duaneadkins5131 8 лет назад +7

    Just got my Sony SL 8200 last weekend, in perfect condition.

  • @hugoboss5895
    @hugoboss5895 Год назад +1

    My god that’s a beast of a machine. I love that we had to be shown how to use the video.

  • @toolazy4names302
    @toolazy4names302 3 года назад +4

    Just got mine from a goodwill for $15 in nearly perfect condition there such mechanically interesting

  • @honzam.1953
    @honzam.1953 3 года назад +3

    It's incredible that this video is still actual. Only the tape had been replaced by an USB stick, but principe of use is still the same

  • @purefoldnz3070
    @purefoldnz3070 6 лет назад +9

    Set the time. Insert the tape. Add plutonium. Its that simple.

  • @Galidorquest
    @Galidorquest 5 лет назад +21

    Nothing says 70's like wooden walls.

    • @charlieretro
      @charlieretro 2 года назад +1

      The house I'm working on right now has them and I'm keeping them because the house was built in 1978 and I'm only updating the outside and leaving the inside its retro look.

    • @blastradius9136
      @blastradius9136 Год назад

      Paneling in walls was staple in the 70's. Everybody had them lol

    • @Galidorquest
      @Galidorquest Год назад

      @@blastradius9136 And patterned wallpaper, colored carpets, lampshades with tassels and avocado-green toilets, fridges & ovens... 70's decor had more flare. 😎
      Nowadays, dull, dark colors and wooden floors are the trend in modern decor since the 2010's... They call it 'minimalism'...

    • @LubbockBabesFan
      @LubbockBabesFan 3 месяца назад

      That was the wooden age.

  • @karlhungus5554
    @karlhungus5554 4 года назад +2

    This is great. I'll hook it up to my console TV and record the game while I listen to my 8-Track tapes.

  • @BETAMAX19732
    @BETAMAX19732 2 года назад +1

    Good video

  • @sesfilmsllc
    @sesfilmsllc 3 года назад +6

    The 70’s when everything was wood paneled.

  • @AaronLauper
    @AaronLauper 8 лет назад +12

    Sony Betamax had the best quality, but VHS was cheaper. End of story for Betamax.

    • @JimmyEsposito
      @JimmyEsposito 4 года назад +1

      I’ve seen Betamax openings. They’re pretty low quality

    • @ivok9846
      @ivok9846 3 года назад

      how can you say sony is betta after such poor quality video?

    • @jourwalis-8875
      @jourwalis-8875 3 года назад +1

      But it evolved to a professional broadcast format, called Betacam! So there you have it!

  • @jourwalis-8875
    @jourwalis-8875 3 года назад +1

    "Black and white sound camera"! Oh, my God!

    • @charlieretro
      @charlieretro 2 года назад

      Oddly back then the black and white cameras where better then the colored ones over how the colored ones would make colors way darker and red seemed to give many of them a fit.

  • @zinabreatomic2205
    @zinabreatomic2205 2 года назад +2

    In fact, after putting his family to sleep he's going to watch a cool movie with Ron jeremy and Seka

  • @harveytow6396
    @harveytow6396 7 лет назад +4

    I still have my SL-8200 on permanent display. However, what I'd like to have is this guy's head of hair...

    • @karlhungus5554
      @karlhungus5554 4 года назад

      And how.

    • @charlieretro
      @charlieretro 2 года назад

      Just hope it never falls because it would leave a hole in the floor .

  • @Y0Y0Evan
    @Y0Y0Evan 4 года назад +1

    I remember seeing 2:12 when I was younger and was stunned by the ability to instantly record something with a camera hooked to the VCR itself. Too bad Betamax was a huge flop, as I found out a few years later.

  • @dollartooth5616
    @dollartooth5616 3 года назад +2

    His family's diet largely consists of fresh souls.

  • @vhsmies3990
    @vhsmies3990 5 лет назад +1

    Wow!

  • @eastkingstonnh
    @eastkingstonnh 8 лет назад +3

    Wonder how long the monochrome camera option lasted. Seems outmoded even for the mid 70's.

    • @tlatosmd
      @tlatosmd 5 лет назад +1

      B/w was outdated for home *MOVIES* shot on film in the mid-70s, but certainly not for home video. Marketable consumer home video and home video camcorders were certainly still in their infancy at that time.

    • @pyeltd.5457
      @pyeltd.5457 3 года назад

      @@tlatosmd but they had iPhones back then. Soo

  • @holydiver73
    @holydiver73 8 лет назад +1

    Hell yeah! I want one.

  • @michaelturner4457
    @michaelturner4457 6 лет назад +1

    The guy in the suit and tie is very creepy.

  • @joeduece1
    @joeduece1 Год назад +1

    The 70s God bless

  • @paianis
    @paianis Год назад +1

    2:35 This was why they failed.

  • @superbayan
    @superbayan 5 лет назад +4

    Shut up and take my money!

  • @dv_vid
    @dv_vid Год назад

    I saw the 1975 TV console version at Olum's furniture store in Binghamton, NY. Probably a lot of wealthy Jewish families could afford them (hence elohainu melech ha Olum). Also I'm sure the balding Jewish Israeli men named Hymie or Chaim at B&H sold many of these.

  • @curtiswalker8388
    @curtiswalker8388 6 лет назад +2

    Tape one Channel watch another

  • @F40PH-2CAT
    @F40PH-2CAT Год назад +1

    Pffffft....too expensive. RCAs video disk will destroy em.

  • @weitang9727
    @weitang9727 5 лет назад

    This video it self is VHS ?

  • @purefoldnz3070
    @purefoldnz3070 6 лет назад

    Change the channel Welcome Back Kotter is on!

  • @Crisperdad
    @Crisperdad 4 года назад

    Hahaha as a kid if I waited until 1am to watch something, it usually was not something appropriate for my age if you know what i mean

  • @musicom67
    @musicom67 9 лет назад +2

    2:28 - A TV cameraman he is not. At this point in the video it gets creepy with that wood paneling - like they're in the basement....and this 'guy' is taping these kids....yuck. 2:47 - Video hit. Ah memories...

  • @user-zp5oq8ix4c
    @user-zp5oq8ix4c 4 месяца назад

    Sony Beta Max
    Management education experience
    Attendance Mon 15 2024 16:26 4:26pm
    Training Video
    Devin Joshua Schneider

  • @AtticTapes14
    @AtticTapes14 5 лет назад

    Tivo

  • @josemariarodriguezgrosser4106
    @josemariarodriguezgrosser4106 5 лет назад

    Guau, where can I buy one.

  • @devilmario666
    @devilmario666 9 месяцев назад +1

    Przepiękna maszyna ❤👍