and what is the best way to sell it? ebay? Sony BetaCam Video Cassette Player UVW-1200 RGB Silicone Graphics 1600SW LCD Monitors (2 of them) I just took these home as scrap from work and I have no idea what to do with them. Apparently they were barely ever even used and were very expensive when new. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
check ebay, there may be something listed and you could get a quick read on the current supply/demand for old stuff. and you are right, that equipment was outragously expensive in 1980.
Im not sure but I could use lcd monitor. I still have a big on well depth that it its a 15". Once you figure out what you want let me know.
Or just take it to a field, and go office space on it. Let me know how much you want for one of the monitors also, and how big are they.
Don't trash the Betacam deck! It's not like the consumer Beta of the 80's, this is high-end video tape made for news outlets and commercial shoots. You should be able to unload it easily, lots of places still shoot Beta. Worth at minimum a few hundred dollars.
lol, i'm waiting for my desktop pc to go out, and i intend to give it the office space treatment once it does, payback for the amount of times it's ticked me off, but yeah, i know my old high school has switched to digital, BUT, they still do shoot beta to teach about the "old times" of video production. definitely donate it if you'll just wind up throwing it away.
The Betacam VTR might be worth something.... Did a quick search and it looks like they're asking about $2200 - $2500 at used video equipment sites. It would be worth more if it was a UVW-1400. The 1200 is a player only -- the 1400 will record as well. The 1200 was designed to be used as a playback or general feeder machine in TV stations, linear edit suites, mobile trucks, etc. These machines are workhorses, but they don't have all the bells and whistles of the "broadcast" series of Betacam VTRs because they were designed to be connected to and controlled by a video edit system or remote controller (in the case of a production truck or master control room -- that's why there are only a very few basic controls on the front panel -- the computer is supposed to "drive" the tape machine). I believe it can provide "frame accurate" tape movement, when controlled by computer. It probably WON'T provide a perfect still image when the tape is parked in pause mode. The value of these machines really depends on its "mileage." There are un-resettable "hours meters" in a diagnostics menu you can get to by pushing a few buttons (Google for a service manual to get the button sequence and the codes). If the hours and transport cycles are low, and the heads aren't worn, you might have something that's worth something there... Best way to unload it is probably Ebay, but you'll have to pack that monster up and ship it somewhere, which'll be a pain. There you go. Probably WAY more info than you wanted. Good Luck!
