Nearly 30 years after playing one at a classmates house and thinking "OMG, I NEED THIS," I've got a Sega Saturn in my living roomWayyyCleverer t1_jecjtfl wrote
What’s on top of the tv?
wowbobwow OP t1_jeck4rn wrote
It's a Sony BETACAM SP deck. The name "BetaCam" makes it sound like the old consumer-level BetaMax stuff, but this is a professional-grade videotape deck of the type that most TV shows were played back from for broadcast during the pre-high-def era. My wife worked in TV production back in the 90's, so we picked this deck (and the Sony display) up from a small production company - I use the display for retro gaming, and she'll use the BETACAM deck to digitize her old work. Win/Win!
Elijah_Man t1_jecth2y wrote
Hells Yeah! The little funky tapes that Sony thought were gonna beat out VHS tapes because they were smaller.
megamoose4 t1_jeer2ep wrote
Man that’s cool to see! My dad has a production company and still has all his old Betacam gear, including the same monitor. Amazing technology in its time.
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