Betamax

iluvdvds@Cult Labs · #1 2nd March 2016, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MuckyFunster

Well I've went out with a few pigs in my day

Ha! Any dogs?

mr 420 · #2 2nd March 2016, 02:32 PM

You'll need to keep your eye on EBay, Kyle. There are always a few gems (tapes on betamax) on there.

iluvdvds@Cult Labs · #3 2nd March 2016, 03:08 PM

There sure are buddy. Although there's also quite a few going for silly money - people trying their luck!

Do you collect betamax tapes too, Mr or just come across them when browsing eBay? Ever had one back in the day?

mr 420 · #4 2nd March 2016, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by iluvdvds@Cult Labs

There sure are buddy. Although there's also quite a few going for silly money - people trying their luck!

Do you collect betamax tapes too, Mr or just come across them when browsing eBay? Ever had one back in the day?

I've still got a Sony C9 and a few betas stashed away in my parents loft. Nothing too exciting I'm afraid. You are right about people chancing their arm on EBay, but if you keep looking you'll soon be able to build up a collection for not a great amount. Good luck on the hunt.

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs · #5 2nd March 2016, 04:10 PM

'Animal Farm' did the rounds when we were at secondary school.
Thankfully I never had the (dogs) balls to take a (goosey) gander!

I'd be careful of what else this perv has sold you Kyle.

This prick will be chapping your door shortly mate......

platostotal · #6 2nd March 2016, 04:35 PM

The main reason you still find old-school early 80s porn tapes is ironically the VRA which outlawed all XXX on tape in 1984, all of a sudden these pervy tapes became rare so I guess people just shoved em in the cupboard instead of on the shelf

even in 2004 when I worked at Oxfam we would get bags of household bits handed in including loads of old porn tapes, too many copies of Deep Throat to count in fact

you could tell by the dust and musty odor they been there a while, (compared to porn I found very few pre-cert tapes over the course of 9 years)

mr 420 · #7 2nd March 2016, 04:36 PM

The Infamous Mr (not so) Bright. The door's that way, Graham.

Gerry · #8 15th July 2016, 02:04 PM

I still have my Beta 9300 from 1979 and still working but weighs a ton

Can not post pics or links to it yet.

MrBarlow · #9 2nd May 2017, 02:03 AM

About 7-8 years ago I was working in a abandoned block of flats came across a Beta tape player and video cases. One of the cases was Escape from New York and the movie Coma. Back then I didn't think of picking them up and keeping them.