Wanted: Beta Alignment Tapes

[Chris F.]

Does anyone know where to find alignment tapes for Beta VCR's? I see them
mentioned on several sites (with numbers such as Sony KR5-1M) but can't find
them for sale anywhere. I have a number of Beta units I'd like to properly
refurbish to sell, I've been managing without these tapes so far but
tracking / servo alignments are very tricky indeed.
I'll probably never have a slick operation like operation like
www.mrbetamax.com ; he has all the equipment I either can't find or can't
afford..... just like everything else I try to do, I never have the right
equipment or the money to buy it with.

 

[Chris F.]

Seriously, that guy makes me feel like a complete amateur. But I suppose
when you have money, you can get all the equipment and training you want.

"Chris F." <zappyman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Does anyone know where to find alignment tapes for Beta VCR's? I see them
mentioned on several sites (with numbers such as Sony KR5-1M) but can't
find them for sale anywhere. I have a number of Beta units I'd like to
properly refurbish to sell, I've been managing without these tapes so far
but tracking / servo alignments are very tricky indeed.
I'll probably never have a slick operation like operation like
www.mrbetamax.com ; he has all the equipment I either can't find or can't
afford..... just like everything else I try to do, I never have the right
equipment or the money to buy it with.

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Just a thought...

Do you have a Beta deck you /know/ to be in near-perfect alignment? A
recording made on such a deck might be useful for aligning other decks.

 

[Chris F.]

Well I have recordings made on decks that appeared to be working fine, but I
have no way of knowing if they were perfectly aligned. I also have some
prerecorded tapes but of course they only use the BII speed. And I don't
have anything recorded in BI at all - if someone has some BI recordings
they'd sell, I'd be interested in them.

"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Just a thought...

Do you have a Beta deck you /know/ to be in near-perfect alignment? A
recording made on such a deck might be useful for aligning other decks.