Well a family member has a betamax tape with a home movie on it, some of the people on there are no longer with us etc.. and it would be really nice if we could get it on a dvd or even play through a video player or something.

I have no idea where to start!

Any ideas?

Thanks

Yellow Pages (www.yell.com) for a bureau to do the conversion for you?

You can buy a device which you connect between you Betamax and PC then record to DVD or simple buy a standalone DVD recorder and connect the Betamax to the DVD recorder.

Cheapest way would be to get an old Beta machine off ebay and transfer to your dvdr (if you have one).

If not its going to cost you to get a company to do it all

Looking at ebay they are going for around £80!

Ill have a look at an adaptor

We have an old Sony C30 at work put away in a cupboard. Not back at work 'til Monday, If I can get hold of it I'll let you know via a PM and could put the tape onto a DVD-R.

Did this for my Brother with some old Air-Shows from the 80s.

My gran had an old Betamax machine and a load of old tapes (like 30 or so) I hooked it all up and checked out a couple and there was old tv recordings from the late 80's and 90's If id gone though them all I'd of found a gold mine of old tv ads I'm sure. I was going to do it at one point but non of my leads would hook up between the betamax and the DVD recorder. The output socket was something I'd never seen before so I just said 'sod it' and sold the lot on eBay.

Your saying if held back and done more research I could of gotten hold of a lead so I could of done it?

DAMN

Yes, it's a trivial procedure - what did the connectors look like?, before SCART was developed BNC was most common, with either phono or DIN for audio, but occasionally PL259's were used for video instead of BNC.

I just typed BNC into google and got a photo and yes that was it. It was a BNC and a phono socket did a look on ebay and a BNC,phono to scart lead for £3


Damn Damn Damn! all those classic advert and ident gems I let slip. I'm kicking myself right now

You sold the BMX and the tapes?? If so can you not appeal to the goodwill of the buyer and ask if he/she has any of your original tapes??

thanks for your help guys, I managed to find one for free, So i will let you know how i get on.

Somewhere like snappy snaps will transfer onto disc from tape for about £20

I heard a rumour that support was being dropped for Betamax and that VHS was going to win...

You can't believe every rumour you hear!