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Pilgrim

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Oct 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/27/99
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I heard somewhere that you could take a beta tape and
put it in a special case to play in VHS machines. I forgot
where I heard it at. Any ideas?
Thanks for any help.

Pilgrim

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Oct 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/27/99
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You hear wrong. It is not physically or electrically possible to play a Betamax
tape in a VHS machine. Or the other way around. Although the tape in the
cassettes is the same width, NOTHING else is even remotely similar. Cannot be
done.

Paul Weber
Albuquerque, NM
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webpa


bob...@worldnet.att.net

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Oct 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/27/99
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Pilgrim wrote:
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> I heard somewhere that you could take a beta tape and
> put it in a special case to play in VHS machines. I forgot
> where I heard it at. Any ideas?

Perhaps in a smoke-filled room where a pipe was being passed around?

Jeff Wildman

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Oct 28, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/28/99
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I think you were dreaming in Technicolor. It's not possible.

Pilgrim wrote:

> I heard somewhere that you could take a beta tape and
> put it in a special case to play in VHS machines. I forgot
> where I heard it at. Any ideas?

Greg L. Kimnach

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Oct 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/30/99
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In article <7v82i0$i8m$1...@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net>, pil...@mayflower.com
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>
>I heard somewhere that you could take a beta tape and
>put it in a special case to play in VHS machines. I forgot
>where I heard it at. Any ideas?
>Thanks for any help.

no can do.

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Video Services

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Oct 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/30/99
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This is another false "rumor".

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A suggestion from Video Services
www.repaircamcorder.com

Greg L. Kimnach wrote in message <381a39e2$0$4...@news.en.com>...

margar...@gmail.com

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Dec 30, 2014, 3:50:59 PM12/30/14
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On Wednesday, October 27, 1999 6:00:00 PM UTC+11, Pilgrim wrote:
> I heard somewhere that you could take a beta tape and
> put it in a special case to play in VHS machines. I forgot
> where I heard it at. Any ideas?
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Pilgrim

Hi Pilgrim,
did you ever get to convert the beta tape into a vhs cover??
just wondering as i have been asked to obtain the vhs cover that hold the beta tape. I am in Australia.
cheers,
Margaret
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