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    Format Question for old-Timers :)

    Posted by James Dow on June 22, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    I can’t remember…will a Beta SP machine play back a Betacam tape? It’s been a few years.

    Thanks,
    JPD

    JPD

    James Dow replied 8 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Tom Matthies

    June 27, 2017 at 1:29 pm

    Yes, It should be backwards compatible. I have seen some older oxide tapes “tear” a bit in an SP machine, but it largely depends on the condition of the older tape as well as that of the playback machine.

    Not my monkeys. Not my circus.

  • James Dow

    June 29, 2017 at 9:10 pm

    Thanks!

    JPD

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