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From another format war...

The Sony SL-2000 Betamax.

We had one of these in the early 1980s. It actually belonged to my old high school, but I got to use it now and then. It was quite the device at the time and cost several thousand dollars. I remember at least one band trip I tagged along with my folks on where I shot video of the marching band (I wasn't in high school yet). This was a very cool rig at the time (the camera that went with it was a tank) and got me all nostalgic...and imagine my surprise that someone had a copy of this ad for it!


Posted by John Knowles on February 22, 2008 01:45 PM |

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That is wild.

Youtube is a treasure trove (sometimes dump) - I need to explore it more. I watched Oingo Boingo on the Gong Show last night. Wild.

Posted by: Tiberius | February 22, 2008 02:12 PM

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