I need help,where can I find beta heads for my Sony machine?

[popeseeker]

-I HAVE A SONY BETAMAX HI-FI MACHINE (4-HEAD) AND I NEED TO FIND SOME HEADS THAT WORK PROPERLY.

-DO YOU KNOW SOME WEBSITE OR STORE WHERE I CAN FIND THESE ARTICLES.

-I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.

[Seeker47]

-I HAVE A SONY BETAMAX HI-FI MACHINE (4-HEAD) AND I NEED TO FIND SOME HEADS THAT WORK PROPERLY.

-DO YOU KNOW SOME WEBSITE OR STORE WHERE I CAN FIND THESE ARTICLES.

-I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.

The more obvious answer is Ebay. If there is a major Sony Service Center anywhere near you, it will probably depend on whether those particular part #s are still available. (Some maybe, others not.) If they are still available, they will probably cost you plenty. (Not that Ebay assures you of any bargains, either. It's a matter of relative scarcity, and whatever competition there is from other bidders.)

Any surviving Betaphiles should probably seek out Ray Glasser's Beta site, if it's still online. It had perhaps the best wealth of Beta info out there. There was also a whole Beta "webring" of sites. I don't have any recent info on this, so give Google a shot.

[BJ_M]

dont yell ...

what model ?

it is sometimes better to buy another machine ..

[edDV]

One strategy - buy a "parts machine" on ebay and take your chances.

New heads are probably expensive.

[MikeV]

Check with MCM Electronics they used to carry all types of replacement parts for VCRs.

[edDV]

If you can find an old timer VCR repairman, he will know how to get parts and will probably enjoy getting your old Betamax machine up and working.

[SLK001]

MCM does have some Sony type video heads available.

[Trident5]

Not knowing where you live going to suggest this. In canada we have a chain of stores called Vallue Village second hand products and they carry old vcrs like beta max. they usaly say working or not you can usaly test the products in most of the outlets.. If your not in canada mabe you might have a friend or fam that would chk out there local Vallue Village store there are many around the city..the units are usaly very cheap so they could get it and fed ex to you probably be way cheaper than ebay and you get a working product...anyways one thing to try good luck with your search

[BJ_M]

value village -- like salvation army or goodwill stores

(some really good buys in value village though(sometmes))

[davideck]

I would seriously consider a VCR purchase on EBay.

I have bought these machines on EBay; JVC-9600 / 7600 / 5400 /4900

They were all low priced and are all in excellent condition, outperforming other VCRs that I had bought new. My only DOA purchase, a JVC-7100?, was returned for a prompt refund.

I also sold a couple of higher end Sony Beta machines on EBay. They were in great shape and the buyers were very happy.

Better chances these day than replacing heads IMHO...

[piano632]

You can try asking people on the Yahoo Betamax group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Betamax/