6 Jun
2003
6 Jun
'03
10:13 a.m.
I still have a circa 1980 Sony Beta that's 8"
high 14" deep and about 18" long
and it weighs a *lot*, however, it still works. (I saved it from a scrapyard and
replaced
Betamax is _modern_ :-)... I have a pair of 1972-vintage Philips N1500s
still in working condition (and still, AFAIK, with the original heads --
the only things I've had to replace are the belts and one transistor). I
have some even older Sony reel-to-reel VTRs, but those have had head
replacements (done the hard way, using betamax head tips on the original
beam...)
I really must sort out my Philips V2000 machines. It is said they give a
very good picture, and I must also admit that some of the features, like
'dynamic track following' with the heads mounted on peizo-actuators,
appear to the hacker in me :-)
Of course I have the service manuals for all of the above, but then I
would, right :-)
-tony