INDEX:

1. Transferring your Beta over to DVD

2. Splicing of video tape

3. Missing electronics on circuit boards

4. Specks in playback picture

5. How to tell if tape is wearing out?

6. How long do tapes last?

7. Who makes the best tape?

8. Should video heads be demagnetized

9. What is the best recording speed

10. Beta shuts down

11. Beta stops and tape spills from cassette

12. Who made Beta VCRs?

13. Picture goes blank and no sound

14. ED Beta color noise

15. Vertical bars in picture of SL-HF2100

16. Unstable playback picture

17. Changing pitch in audio

18. Power but no operation

19. Why no 25th Anniversay Beta?

20. Why are there no more Beta machines?

21. Why VHS over Beta?

22. Tape ejects right after insertion

23. Cassette gets cocked on insertion

24. Rewinding tape stops prematurely

25. How to prolong life of Beta

26. Where to get Beta machines

27. Cleaning cassettes

28. Beta Bx1 speed recorders

29. Pulse in playback picture

30.Capstan out of control

31. Ranking the Beta format manufacturers

32. What were the first home video formats?

33. How many changers?

34. BetaHiFi adapters

35. Tracking has no effect

36. EDC-55 opens then closes lens iris when turned on

37. Noise in picture during pause

38. What does a framing servo do?

39. Noise bar in playback picture

40. Turns only off and on but no other operation

41. Changer for the SL-2700

42. Dim display in SL-HF900

43. Using the Sony SL-HF900 for creating animation

44. SL-HF360 locks up after inserting cassette

45. World TV standards and Beta storage

46. Most difficult to work on Beta

47. Interference in picture

48. Special plug in back of some Beta VCRs

49. The video jukeboxes

50. GCS-50 and
SL-HF1000 comparison

51. Item pricing

52. Switch for clock frequency setting

53. Refurbishing Beta VCRs

54. Repairing a VHS recorder

55. Is the Sony name an acronym?

56. Clock date expires on the SL-HF2100

57. In which years were each Beta models made?

58. What does the name Beta mean?

59. The tape recording time dilemma

60. Improved dubbing by using S-Video connectors

61. Dangers of static electricity

62. Adjusting a Betamovie

63. Thinner tapes damage easier

64. What is micro timing-phase editing?

65. What are pre-roll, insert edits, etc.?

66. Is HDTV compatible with my Betamax?

67. What is edit preview?

68. What is a field?

69. What causes picture noise when tranferring film to video?

70. Which was the most popular Beta model made?

71. Why are Beta machines noisy?

72. Why is picture frozen on digital VCR?

73. Does using the SL-HF900 tuner only for TV stations harm it?

74. Do you own a dog named Max?

75. Is Vidimagic only model?

76. Specks in picture from time to time

77. No color

78. Best Betas ever made

79. Pulsing clock display

80. Beta model numbering system

81. What does Sanyo B-Cord mean?

82. Shutdown after difficulty threading

83. Regular and SuperBeta compatibility

84. Unit only runs in reverse

85. What is the DOC circuit?

86. What does PCM do?

87. What is a time-lapse Beta recorder?

88. Can tapes with mold in them be safely played back?

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