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[Jeffrey]

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After 40 years, Sony announced they will discontinue selling Betamax cassettes and supplies.
Apparently, Sony has been selling these products in Japan for 4 decades. But don't worry you Betamax die hards, you can still buy all the cassettes and cleaning tapes you will ever need until next March.

Source: Sony

 

[pc747]

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After 40 years, Sony announced they will discontinue selling Betamax cassettes and supplies.
Apparently, Sony has been selling these products in Japan for 4 decades. But don't worry you Betamax die hards, you can still buy all the cassettes and cleaning tapes you will ever need until next March.

Source: Sony

I'm sure majority of the forum members here don't even know what you are talking about. The VCR is a foreign term now.

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[TisMyDroid]

And Betamax is even more foreign, lol! I can't believe you can still get cassettes for it. I'll have to tell my brother. I bet he still has his.

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[thunderbolt_nick]

Never personally owned one but this is hilarious. Leave it to Japan to keep Betamax alive.

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[Jonny Kansas]

Yup. Can't say I've ever seen one in person. We had VCRs as long as I can remember. I saw an old school laser disc player when I spent the night at a friend's house once. The kind where the disc was the size of a vinyl record.

I'm honestly not surprised that they're still using these in Japan either. I guess VHS didn't quite win the war as well as we all thought all this time...

 

[kixfan]

Wow! Can't believe these are still around. Never actually owned a player but i do have a couple of the tapes i bought as Star Trek collectibles. I also have a couple of HD DVDs as well for the same reason and of course VHS tapes too. My wife says I never knew when to throw things away. LOL

 

[Mustang02]

We had a beta. It would eat PB&J sandwiches like a beast.

 

[akhenax]

Once upon a time I had tons and tons of DVD's and I was proud of my collection. Now they collect dust in favor of just getting the content I want over the Internet (usually by legal means ).

Streaming media is the future.

 

[kixfan]

Once upon a time I had tons and tons of DVD's and I was proud of my collection. Now they collect dust in favor of just getting the content I want over the Internet (usually by legal means ).

Streaming media is the future.

Wait! You can get content over the internet legally?? Wow! Who knew? LOL

 

[boidsonly]

I have always said the XB1 looks like a betamax.
Most folks never got my reference...

 

[GoCliffGo05]

I have always said the XB1 looks like a betamax.
Most folks never got my reference...

That was my initial thought. I said I'd never buy that ugly piece of junk. It's the only gaming console I own now lol

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[UltraDroid]

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After 40 years, Sony announced they will discontinue selling Betamax cassettes and supplies.
Apparently, Sony has been selling these products in Japan for 4 decades. But don't worry you Betamax die hards, you can still buy all the cassettes and cleaning tapes you will ever need until next March.

Source: Sony

I owned a betamax very similar to that back in 1984 or 1985 and sold it to a techie friend in the early 90s. Against all odds, he has it still functional in 2015. Nothing wrong with using it - he enjoys tinkering with old equipment.

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