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I just sold one of these in my garage sale this summer — my first Betamax. They were truly awesome machines. Weighed at least 30 lbs, made out of metal. Remember what metal was? I got $50 for it from a collector… it needed new belts.
In the early days of video rental we would rent the machines with the movies. Can you imagine lugging this mother up 3 flights! And back the next day!
Kiddies, life was hard in the good old 80’s. Remember that. Your parents put up with a lot
of shitto bring you reruns of The Smurfs.-- Billy PoobahThere’s something very 21st-century snark about that ad title. I think it could work today - not necessarily in that font, though.
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betamax! one of the landmark cases that has led to today’s music landscape… whatson:
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