Post by Simon Collis on Aug 2, 2014 19:51:40 GMT
I have an old Betamax video and about 20-30 tapes. Some of them I quite clearly know what is on them (the one marked 'Ren & Stimpy', for example, is exactly that), and some of the tapes I bought new, recorded once, and then never recorded again.
But... some of the tapes are older and I really don't know what's on most of them. Worse, last time I tried the machine itself, it powered up, the clock displayed... and that was it. I suspect the years in storage up to that point didn't help, and it's had a few more. It'd be a brave man wanted it... or someone who really needed the parts to repair a similar model (it's a Sanyo VTC9300PN - see here www.rewindmuseum.com/betamax.htm). (Repairing it is beyond my limits - if it doesn't have a keyboard and a screen my repair skills are pretty much at the "quiver in terror while I wait for the repairman" stage)
Anyway, I'm moving abroad soon and it's currently cluttering up my ex's garage. I've got no chance of putting it up on eBay and it would literally have to be collection only on a specific date, in York. (Although I can probably be more flexible about the tapes, and maybe even post them).
If someone wants the machine and/or the tapes, please message me. I don't want any money for them, I'd rather that they went to a collector and/or anything missing (although there's minimal chance there is ANYTHING missing on them) got preserved/returned to archives/etc.
But... some of the tapes are older and I really don't know what's on most of them. Worse, last time I tried the machine itself, it powered up, the clock displayed... and that was it. I suspect the years in storage up to that point didn't help, and it's had a few more. It'd be a brave man wanted it... or someone who really needed the parts to repair a similar model (it's a Sanyo VTC9300PN - see here www.rewindmuseum.com/betamax.htm). (Repairing it is beyond my limits - if it doesn't have a keyboard and a screen my repair skills are pretty much at the "quiver in terror while I wait for the repairman" stage)
Anyway, I'm moving abroad soon and it's currently cluttering up my ex's garage. I've got no chance of putting it up on eBay and it would literally have to be collection only on a specific date, in York. (Although I can probably be more flexible about the tapes, and maybe even post them).
If someone wants the machine and/or the tapes, please message me. I don't want any money for them, I'd rather that they went to a collector and/or anything missing (although there's minimal chance there is ANYTHING missing on them) got preserved/returned to archives/etc.
