Well, the last Beta was made in 1993 and someone was selling this one, and
I have it for keep sakes, but you are right now you can get VHS for
nothing and soon people will have to paw through for VHS as well.  I'm
impressed with the DVD as I wasn't sure how user friendly these were with
the exception of course with the menus.





On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Steve wrote:

> Why in the world would you want to copy something to Beta?
>
> If your Beta machine ever died, I don't think you could find a replacement.
> Most manufacturers are going to stop making VHS models and I doubt a Beta
> machine has been made in the last twenty years.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:09 PM
> Subject: off topic VCR/DVD issue resolved
>
>
> Hi everyone, and happy new year to all ofyou!  I just thought I would
> write a few observations on my VCR issu.  I did end up getting   a new
> VCR/DVD combination and it is a Toshiba, and so far so good.  I can play
> music CDs in it, and even MP3 CDs in there, but I've noticed that with the
> MP3 files in there that you can't jump to certain portions like you can
> with an audio CD.  I haven't yet tried out any DVDs yet, but I will try
> and stop and get some at the library tomorrow or later on in the week.  As
> I said the unit I have is a Toshiba VHS/DVD machine, and I now have
> capabilities for Beta, VHS and now DVD and i have to figure out a way to
> make the Beta work and get a long with the VHS as I can't have both of
> htem on at the same time if I wanted to copy a VHS or DVD to Beta.  The
> VHS unit will only work on CH 3.
>