NEW in sealed box 1983 Sony SL-C9ES Betamax VCR - unboxing and test 

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There can be only 1 DrCassette, but it was a nice video.

Just as well I read the video description before commenting. I was just thinking to myself "you're not DrCassette, you don't sound like him".

Excuse me, was box closed amost 40 years ??? This is right???

What is the difference compared to SL-F11, is it also in the "Profeel" line? Amazing find, you are so lucky 😊

Not just seemed, WAS simpler. Life had so much more mystery to it back before the internet and smart phones. If you wanted to research something, you needed to go to a place called a library and read BOOKS.

@@revokdaryl1 Nostalgia seems to have gotten to you a bit - I am old enough to remember having to go to the library to do research. Terrible! Their choice of books about electronics was very limited, and most of the books dated back to the 1970s. Because of this, some of my fist electronics experiments were done with old Germanium transistors. Nothing worked, the transistors were probably dead on arrival due to their age. Life would have been simpler with the internet, where datasheets and circuits for almost any electronic component are readily available.

@@DrCassette Yes, I tend to let nostalgia take over and make the past seem better than it probably was at the time. I imagine it would have been terrible having to read outdated books when trying to build something new. I am barely old enough to remember researching in the library.

and when things were much better made.. though it should be noted that electrolytic capcitors degrade even when not in use.. luckily Japanese caps can last decades regardless.. if you are lucky......

@@DrCassette I have specifically written with Caps lock seemed. But overall the wuality of life must have been better. I mean, allright, now we have every info we need at a fingertip, including your great videos. But we are sleeping with the phones near us, the phones are constantly buzzing including non working hours, the overall pressure and the noise of a running clock has never been so big. Regarding the music specifically, I have more then one terra of high quality music and for sure the quality of good flac overpasses a tape (even if, in my opinion, not mandatory true, sounds a little sterile) but for my limited time I am spending more time choosing the music rather then listening. With a tape, Is easier. I sit in front of the shelf and I choose one. In conclusion, overall, the ease of access for everything in vastly improved, the technology is unbelievable but the pace of the life has increased so much that we physically feel it. This is why I am using a fountain pen, a non disposable double edge razor, a film camera, a tape deck, a record player and in the near future a reel to reel recorder (I have seen some videos made 10 years ago by you so I can say that you are probably my age or younger) or nice mechanical wristwatch. Basically I am lying myself that there is time and I am obliging myself to slow down a little. Also, by choosing not to use only disposable stuff you feel less disposable as a human beeing.

"What do you mean Doc, all the best stuff is made in Japan".

Rubber parts and electrolytic capacitors though.

Yep, my two Mitsubishi cars are a testimate to that. The plastic and wires may be cheap, but the engines never stop.

Absolutely true! My HVX-200 3CCD hybrid camera which uses both, digital tapes and P2 cards keeps on filming without any problems!

Made in China means throw your money in trash bin.

true :)

So true

Id Buy that for a Dollar 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Agreed

Nothing? hmm... I'd take Swiss and German above the Japanese. Imagine a NIB EMT turntable or something from Studer/Revox...

Yes bro

True nowadays Everything breaks after using the manual

Stuff Made in Japan is STILL made for long use.

More like time capsule

Yes,however manhood doesn't value this great machine,almost nobody records in these days.

It was probably a gift to a VHS fan. 😁

Just imagine what other electronic gems are hiding out there.

That's a lucky VCR! I have been trying to get back into a box ever since I got out! Had I known better, I would have stayed in much longer LoL...

Its Like You Born And Still In Hospital Cradle 😅

We had several over the years too, but our first one was in 1980 I believe and it was the Sony C5. It had a corded remote control too. What a wonderful era that was, unlike the rubbish we have today.

Film & Video labs used Beta-Max for transfers in the early 2000's.

+1. Box staples are those "clamps" he pried open. I remember using the box stapler, and that type of shipping tape (you pull a lever, and the bottom of the tape drags across a wet sponge, then cuts when you release the lever) while working a warehouse job 32 years ago. Good memories!

Umm they STILL make quality products, the best... what ate you talking about??

There is only one rubber belt in this VCR, most of the mechanism is Direct Drive. But indeed that one belt still works fine, and that's quite impressive! :)

@@DrCassette Why does some old rubber last forever, but other rubber falls apart after 35 years? I never understood why. Were all the small rubber belts from inferior material?

Umm they STILL are great wtf you talking about???

+1. I remember our first VCR (a top-loading, VHS machine with fake wood-grained paneling) cost $1,200 back then...probably about $3---4,000 in today's money. Our first microwave oven (microwave/convection oven--top of the line!) cost about the same.

Me too, I recorded Dallas back in in 1982 because I worked second shift.

I was more a Dynasty fan myself :)

U gotta B in sane. This belongs in a museum.

and Germany was divided . and the LA Olympics had not happened yet

And you'll not beleive if I say how much this luxury thing could cost in 1983 at USSR. : )

When it was sealed I was 14

@@renekauts8323 , such type of devices were sold in USSR by diplomats or sailors who had access to other countries. The price of this thing (Sony, made in Japan) could be about 15 000 roubles at 'black market'. Lada 2101 (middle class auto) had cost 5 500. You can imagine how valuable this VCR was at 1983 in USSR. It was possible to buy a house at seashore for this money.

Soviet Union was anus!!! The scariest place the person could have been born!!!

its... not it's

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Lol, i was about to say that has been awhile since I didn't watch his videos...and his voice changed alot :)))

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There is only one rubber belt in this VCR, most of the mechanism is Direct Drive. But indeed that one belt still works fine, and that's quite impressive! :)

The early models were difficult to program and configure for the average non-technical user. Obviously not all VCRs were created equal. For 1984, this model seems to be top of the line.

As far as I know there is only one belt in the eject mechanism. Everything else is indeed Direct Drive.

Seems like they didn't trust the packing tape alone back then. But of course in following years equipment got lighter and lighter, so maybe the clips are only required when the contents of the box has a certain weight.

@@DrCassette I just remember how that part of the unpacking was the hardest. Pliers, ripping the box apart, you name it. But honestly, I can't believe I remembered it once I saw this. It just goes to show some of the "norms" of the past we forget as time fades things out.

Our first VCR, a JVC HR-D120EM had a similar, but more attractive, feature. The flap was in two parts, and the lower part changed from dark blue to dark red when a cassette was inserted.

@@nkt1 Very smart. I used to have a JVC VCR (It was the last VCR I had. I think I still keep it somewhere at the attic) I cannot remember the exact model number, probably 620E or 650E. It wasn’t a 4-head VCR but had 3 heads instead, and had a very clear picture. Personally the most distinct feature of that machine was the fact that it had two digital tuners enabling you to watch live TV in picture-in-picture while watching video or vice versa. Even if you don’t want to record anything you were able to watch two channels at once on the same screen, one of them in PIP.

@@decaf1964 Nice. My parents kept the JVC machine until it died in 1999, so we went without such luxuries. No stereo, OSD or SCART for us. I don’t think it even had long play!