My first VCR. It was great. I spent a lot on it in 1984, and it lasted five years. But when it worked, it was amazing. Movies like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was where it shined. I alao remember hooking it up to a stereo TV decorder of some kind, and watching the first stereo TV show through it, which was the Tournament of Roses Parade on NBC. Sadly, this VCR died about five years later. I decided that it was then the time to go to VHS HiFi. But this Sony was my first home theater equipment. I hooked it up to a Panasonic stereo with a built in turnatable, nice pair of speakers. No subwoofer. It was a whole new aural experience! It was, at the time, a big upgrade.
I wish they introduced a PAL HiFi version of this machine. In this design we had the SL-C6 MkI and II, which were linear mono. We had to wait for the SL-HF100 and SL-HF950 SuperBeta. Sanyo I believe introduced a HiFi Beta, I think it was the M40, but I was never a Sanyo fan.
The VTC-M40 was a lovely machine, but I think Sony may have built the heads on that one. It's just about the only Sanyo to suffer from short head life. All the Beta Hifi processing is done on a Sony chip set.
I found an SL-2710 which is on Facebook Marketplace in my state for $20, I bet it works and it's HiFi but I don't have any space in my room anymore haha
They're definitely electrolytic, but I've seen people replace them with film caps due to the better tolerance and small values. I remember someone saying that Sony "should have" used film caps.
I have some made by "Channel Plus" that modulate two channels on UHF. I've done a few videos about them. You can use one of those basic ones as well that outputs on channel 3 or 4, but those will probably need a booster if they're not in the same room as the VCR and TV.
Yes and no. The early Betacam oxide tapes can be used in a Betamax VCR for recording but recordings made on Betacam machines won't play on a Betamax machine. Don't use any other variants of Betacam tapes such as SP or Digital. Those use metal-particle tape which will destroy the heads of a Betamax machine.
hi i bet this was usa only the only good beta system was the betacam i pickrd up a betacam (SMALL TAPE) in the uk wow the audio can out do this easy this you would get drop out with old tapes i have some 100ub the black one made for the uk market place betacam sp came later
Alright....seeing as how you're talking about ET playing quiet and louder on one channel I have in my hand an original MCA Home Video made in 1988 and the sound is CRAP!! Always has been!! It louder on the right side AND you have to have the volume turned up to hear 90% of the movie BUT the action scenes are far too loud!! DO NOT USE "ET" AS A TEST TAPE!! It says right on the tape BETA HI FI STEREO "Dolby Surround" AND Digitally Recorded. Whoever engineered the sound on this tape should be fired because it is by far the WORST bought tape I've ever owned!! I have a Sony SL-HF360 Super Beta HI-FI (Mid-line $850 Canadian brand new in 1989). The Mono track actually sounds better is you can figure that out LOL. All I'm saying is MCA did a terrible job on making this tape and PLEASE save yourself the headache and find a better test tape because these ALL have the same problem apparently!!
Good to know. I do have several copies of ET, so I should see if the others are the same. Overall, I've found that early Hi-Fi releases seem to vary wildly. Even when the levels are ok, the overall quality is the same as the linear track, since the source wasn't much better.
@@probnotstech I have early HI-FI tapes on both VHS and BETA and the very early ones unfortunately seem to have the intro (RCA, Paramount, MCA, Touchstone, Warner Brothers) in STEREO but yet the movie was NOT in stereo despite the HIFI light is on BUT the peak meters (VU meters) were perfectly equal lol. I Think they thought they could get away with this because most people used coax cables and not many people had component type TVs. Back in 1987 my mother 100% broke the bank (as a single mother of 2 kids) and saved up and bought an RCA Dimensia 27 inch TV. Now...this thing was AMAZING and we had it up until 1995 in regular use, and then in our rec-room in 1991 (They-mom remarried in 1988) bought a RCA Console with a 36 incher) and then I got it for my bedroom in 1997 when they bougyt a 36 inch Hitachi. Anyway I never knew the potential of this TV until we got the Beta HI-FI in 1989 and hooked it up though the RCA jacks. HOLY HELL what a difference!! in 1991 they bought a Sony SLV-R5UC VCR S-VHS Hi-Fi because the RCA console had a S-Video jack.....which NEVER got used properly until 1993 when we got our Echostar Dish (The OLD OLD Bell Expressview) which had a full 500 lines of resolution. The best part was that I had that old RCA right up until 2009 without any picture problems! I NEVER maxed out the contrast and brightness and every couple months I took the back off an used compressed air and a vacuumed to keep it clean (I smoked...still do just not in the house). At a young age I always made sure our electronics we kept cleaned as a family member owned a Electronics repair shop and I use to hang out there and learned a LOT! I still have both the Sont Beta and VHS and they work as good as they did new. However when I'm not using them I shut off the power bar just to keep the displays bright and not run power though them because I might use them a few times a month when I'm craving a movie that I KNOW is online...but I'd rather watch it on tape. Weird eh? I still have a full case of 10 L-750s bought in 1995 because I use to tape a LOT of music video off much music from 1991-2003 on S-VHS on then pick out my favorites and put them on Beta because it became mine once they got the VHS lol. WIN for me lol. I have 15 tapes of music from 1991-2003/2004 all taped in Super Beta BII copied off S-VHS SP T180 tapes. Plus I use to make a little money very early in my years by hooking the VTRs through the stereo and making cassettes. I always has the newest music and people would give me a list and a blank tape and 5 bucks and they would have PERFECT Stereo recordings on a Denon DDR-780 from '91 (still have that too). That's my story with that lol.
My first VCR. It was great. I spent a lot on it in 1984, and it lasted five years. But when it worked, it was amazing. Movies like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was where it shined. I alao remember hooking it up to a stereo TV decorder of some kind, and watching the first stereo TV show through it, which was the Tournament of Roses Parade on NBC. Sadly, this VCR died about five years later. I decided that it was then the time to go to VHS HiFi. But this Sony was my first home theater equipment. I hooked it up to a Panasonic stereo with a built in turnatable, nice pair of speakers. No subwoofer. It was a whole new aural experience! It was, at the time, a big upgrade.
Hey buddy from Winnipeg!! I have to say...I really like your videos and your presentation!! Keep up the great work!
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Awesome Sony tank, they had such ambition. Why do we subscribe? To support excellent content
I hope one day we see a beautiful Panasonic PV-1730 revived on your channel!
Great old machine...enjoyed this video!
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I wish they introduced a PAL HiFi version of this machine. In this design we had the SL-C6 MkI and II, which were linear mono. We had to wait for the SL-HF100 and SL-HF950 SuperBeta. Sanyo I believe introduced a HiFi Beta, I think it was the M40, but I was never a Sanyo fan.
The VTC-M40 was a lovely machine, but I think Sony may have built the heads on that one. It's just about the only Sanyo to suffer from short head life. All the Beta Hifi processing is done on a Sony chip set.
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Lovely looking machine. Don't remember seeing this series here in England. We had the monoral SL-C5
It looks closest to a C6, but with hi-fi sound. PAL Beta HiFi was harder to do as it needed extra heads like VHS HiFi.
ItsMyNaturalColor found a similar machine with the same servo problem. I wonder if he ever got it fixed.
Good Betamax machine
I found an SL-2710 which is on Facebook Marketplace in my state for $20, I bet it works and it's HiFi but I don't have any space in my room anymore haha
Now find the world's first Hi-Fi VCR on VHS!
I actually have the Zenith VR-4000, which was a clone of the JVC HR-D725 - the first Hi-Fi VHS VCR!
What were the exact size of the belts? I believe one is 11.0 If you can list all of them.
I just had to go watch that Wang Chung music video on UA-cam. Hahaha! Gotta love the 90s!
The caps that the servo uses for its time constants aren't electrolytic. They are ceramic or polyester film.
They're definitely electrolytic, but I've seen people replace them with film caps due to the better tolerance and small values. I remember someone saying that Sony "should have" used film caps.
What kind of rf modulator do you use for the built in tuner?
I have some made by "Channel Plus" that modulate two channels on UHF. I've done a few videos about them. You can use one of those basic ones as well that outputs on channel 3 or 4, but those will probably need a booster if they're not in the same room as the VCR and TV.
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Does it work if I put beta-cam tape in the beta-max player? And does beta max tape work on beta cam player?
No, Betacam is a different format - both the speed and signal recorded to the tape are completely different.
Yes and no. The early Betacam oxide tapes can be used in a Betamax VCR for recording but recordings made on Betacam machines won't play on a Betamax machine. Don't use any other variants of Betacam tapes such as SP or Digital. Those use metal-particle tape which will destroy the heads of a Betamax machine.
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hi i bet this was usa only the only good beta system was the betacam i pickrd up a betacam (SMALL TAPE) in the uk wow the audio can out do this easy
this you would get drop out with old tapes
i have some 100ub the black one made for the uk market place betacam sp came later
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Alright....seeing as how you're talking about ET playing quiet and louder on one channel I have in my hand an original MCA Home Video made in 1988 and the sound is CRAP!! Always has been!! It louder on the right side AND you have to have the volume turned up to hear 90% of the movie BUT the action scenes are far too loud!! DO NOT USE "ET" AS A TEST TAPE!! It says right on the tape BETA HI FI STEREO "Dolby Surround" AND Digitally Recorded. Whoever engineered the sound on this tape should be fired because it is by far the WORST bought tape I've ever owned!! I have a Sony SL-HF360 Super Beta HI-FI (Mid-line $850 Canadian brand new in 1989). The Mono track actually sounds better is you can figure that out LOL. All I'm saying is MCA did a terrible job on making this tape and PLEASE save yourself the headache and find a better test tape because these ALL have the same problem apparently!!
Good to know. I do have several copies of ET, so I should see if the others are the same. Overall, I've found that early Hi-Fi releases seem to vary wildly. Even when the levels are ok, the overall quality is the same as the linear track, since the source wasn't much better.
@@probnotstech
I have early HI-FI tapes on both VHS and BETA and the very early ones unfortunately seem to have the intro (RCA, Paramount, MCA, Touchstone, Warner Brothers) in STEREO but yet the movie was NOT in stereo despite the HIFI light is on BUT the peak meters (VU meters) were perfectly equal lol. I Think they thought they could get away with this because most people used coax cables and not many people had component type TVs. Back in 1987 my mother 100% broke the bank (as a single mother of 2 kids) and saved up and bought an RCA Dimensia 27 inch TV. Now...this thing was AMAZING and we had it up until 1995 in regular use, and then in our rec-room in 1991 (They-mom remarried in 1988) bought a RCA Console with a 36 incher) and then I got it for my bedroom in 1997 when they bougyt a 36 inch Hitachi. Anyway I never knew the potential of this TV until we got the Beta HI-FI in 1989 and hooked it up though the RCA jacks. HOLY HELL what a difference!! in 1991 they bought a Sony SLV-R5UC VCR S-VHS Hi-Fi because the RCA console had a S-Video jack.....which NEVER got used properly until 1993 when we got our Echostar Dish (The OLD OLD Bell Expressview) which had a full 500 lines of resolution. The best part was that I had that old RCA right up until 2009 without any picture problems! I NEVER maxed out the contrast and brightness and every couple months I took the back off an used compressed air and a vacuumed to keep it clean (I smoked...still do just not in the house). At a young age I always made sure our electronics we kept cleaned as a family member owned a Electronics repair shop and I use to hang out there and learned a LOT! I still have both the Sont Beta and VHS and they work as good as they did new. However when I'm not using them I shut off the power bar just to keep the displays bright and not run power though them because I might use them a few times a month when I'm craving a movie that I KNOW is online...but I'd rather watch it on tape. Weird eh? I still have a full case of 10 L-750s bought in 1995 because I use to tape a LOT of music video off much music from 1991-2003 on S-VHS on then pick out my favorites and put them on Beta because it became mine once they got the VHS lol. WIN for me lol. I have 15 tapes of music from 1991-2003/2004 all taped in Super Beta BII copied off S-VHS SP T180 tapes. Plus I use to make a little money very early in my years by hooking the VTRs through the stereo and making cassettes. I always has the newest music and people would give me a list and a blank tape and 5 bucks and they would have PERFECT Stereo recordings on a Denon DDR-780 from '91 (still have that too). That's my story with that lol.