BETAMAX...When was the last time you saw anything on this format?

I think I might have seen something in my elementary school library on Betamax. But we've always been a VHS family. That first pop up VCR cost $500 in 1984? and was still working 8 years later.

I vaguely remember we had Betamax first but ditched it when nothing was coming out in that format in the 80's.

We bought Empire Strikes Back a few years later on VHS for $89.99 (that would be $258 today.)

Can anyone imagine buying a movie for almost 300 bucks today?

But that was the price.

And then we watched it so many times, you had to use a quarter to wind and tighten the tape so it wouldn't fuzz out on the screen.

I think we learned our lesson with Betamax, we never got into laser-disc.

I remember renting them before we pulled the trigger on a VCR.

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i don't think i've ever seen anything on Betamax

I remember a friend had Betamax and only had 2 movies: Star Wars and Annie

Guess they only had 2 movies b/c they cost like $100 a piece

Transformers the Movie. I watched so much I broke our Betamax. I would watch it and rewind it as soon as it was done and rewatch it. My daughter does the same now so thank goodness for dvds.

Betamax is the wave of the future!

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my daughter has a huge collection of the classics

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She got Song Of The South?

Beta was definitely better quality than VHS. Not that either is "quality" compared to anything available today.