Beta (betamax) Video Tapes for Sale |

Great deals on movies & TV programs on Beta videotapes!

It's time to say good-bye! Back when the Sony "betamax" (beta) video tape format was popular, I purchased many movies and programs on the beta format. Unfortunately, VHS seems to have won out (of course now DVD is the medium of choice).

Back then, movies and programs were much more expensive than they are now. Generally it was impossible to find any "programs" for under $20 ... and most movies cost $29 to $89 ! And that's in 1982 dollars! Compare that to now, when DVD's can be purchased between $10 to $20.

While I still have a Sony Hi-Fi betamax VCR, I only use it for transferring personally taped videos to DVD (need your own tapes converted? --> see http://www.freewebs.com/betatodvd). My beta videotape library is starting to take up valuable space, and I need to clean it out (see photo below). Of the 500 or so beta tapes in my collection, about 184 are "pre-recorded" (that is, purchased in a store), so these are the only ones that I can legally sell (due to copyright laws, movies or shows that are taped off the air, cable or satellite can not be sold, only used for personal "time-shift" viewing). That being said, below is a list of all store-bought Beta movies and TV programs that I have available for sale.

I am using this medium to sell these, since selling these on eBay would be prohibitive due to all the listing, re-listing and final valuation fees. I'll try to keep it simple:

All tapes are only $ 4.00
Postage of $ 2.50 per tape for media mail (priority mail is available too, starting at $6.00 per tape, less if more tapes are bought).
Shipping insurance is separate, starting at $ 2.60 for up to $100 coverage from the US Postal Service or free insurance up to $100 if I ship via DHL!
If you purchase a large quantity, I might ship via DHL to save on shipping cost
I will only ship within the USA (or lower 48 States if via DHL).
All tapes are sold as-is
All tapes are in NTSC format (USA TV standard)
All tapes are in the original boxes or cases.
Due to age, there might be slight fading of the cover art or separation of glue joints in the outer paper cases / boxes or possible brittleness in the plastic storage cases (remember, these are mostly 20 years old!). For my cataloging, I put a small sticker with a number on each tape case. The adhesive on the labels on the tape can sometimes also come off (20 years appears to be the life span of adhesive that was used on the labels). In any case, the videotape and the videotape shell are in good condition, only the packaging seems to have suffered in some instances despite good storage
All tapes are used (some were purchased new at the time and may have only been view once or twice, others were purchased used and thus have been viewed many times)
Most of these tapes have NOT been viewed in over 12 years. All have been stored vertically as recommended, in a standard air-conditioned home environment. To my knowledge, all tapes should be in a rewound state.
Payment: PayPal is preferred. Once you reserve the tapes, I will hold them for a couple of days in order for you to get payment to me. I'll send you a PayPal invoice; you can then pay via your existing PayPal account balance, your credit card or a transfer from your checking account.

The list of available tapes is as shown below. As people purchase them, I will take them off the list. If you want to reserve any of these, or have a question, please e-mail me at "peter @ pcelias . com" (sorry, due to spam, I can't make this a clickable link, simply copy the text between the quotes into the "to" box of your e-mail program and delete the spaces)

List of beta videotape movies & programs currently available:

TYPE	TAPE1	Nr	MOVIE	HIFI	STEREO	FOREIGN	NAME	EPISODE	COMMENT
Cartoons	B	253	No	No	No	No	Doonesbury (AVAILABLE !)		cartoon
Cartoons	B	270	No	Yes	Yes	No	Walt Disney (AVAILABLE !)	Donald Duck
Comedy	B	405	No	Yes	No	No	Eddie Murphy (AVAILABLE !)	Raw
Comedy	T	22	No	Yes	No	No	Honeymooners, The (AVAILABLE !)	TV or not TV
Comedy	T	22	No	Yes	No	No	Honeymooners, The (AVAILABLE !)	The Golfer
Comedy	T	22	No	Yes	No	No	Honeymooners, The (AVAILABLE !)	Funny Money
Comedy	B	183	No	Yes	Yes	No	Working Stiffs (AVAILABLE !)		TV show 3 episodes
Documentary	T	6	No	No	No	Yes	Triumf des Willens (AVAILABLE !)		Germany, no subtitles
Documentary	T	3	No	No	No	No	Vietnam War (AVAILABLE !)	The Tet Offensive
Documentary	T	2	No	No	No	No	World War II (AVAILABLE !)	The German High Command
Documentary	T	1	No	No	No	No	World War II (AVAILABLE !)	Air War Over Europe
Misc	T	16	No	No	No	No	Of the Dead (AVAILABLE !)
Misc	B	276	No	Yes	No	No	On Any Sunday (AVAILABLE !)		Motorcycle racing
Misc	B	192	No	Yes	Yes	No	Video Aquarium (SOLD)
Movie A	B	453	Yes	No	No	No	Abroad With 2 Yanks (AVAILABLE !)
Movie A	B	408	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie A	B	206	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	After Hours (SOLD)
Movie A	B	149	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Against All Odds (SOLD)
Movie A	B	247	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Airplane (SOLD)
Movie A	B	368	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Alamo Bay (AVAILABLE !)
Movie A	B	340	Yes	No	No	No	Amateur, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie A	B	401	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	American Tail, An (AVAILABLE !)		Animated
Movie A	B	243	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Animal House (SOLD)
Movie A	B	223	Yes	No	No	No	Apocalypse Now, part I (AVAILABLE !)		part II is on B224
Movie A	B	224	Yes	No	No	No	Apocalypse Now, part II (AVAILABLE !)		part I is on tape B223
Movie B	T	40	Yes	Yes	No	No	Baby, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie B	B	181	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Back to the Future (UNAVAILABLE)		A classic!
Movie B	B	325	Yes	No	No	No	Barbarella (AVAILABLE !)		Jane Fonda!
Movie B	B	337	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Better Off Dead (SOLD)		Hilarious!
Movie B	T	4	Yes	No	No	Yes	Blaue Engel, Der (AVAILABLE !)		Germany, subtitled
Movie B	B	360	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Blood Simple (AVAILABLE !)
Movie B	B	228	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Body Double (SOLD)		Excellent thriller
Movie B	B	173	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Bounty, The (SOLD)		w/ Mel Gibson
Movie B	B	210	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Brazil (AVAILABLE !)		Weird!
Movie B	B	257	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Breakfast Club, The (SOLD)
Movie B	B	342	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Brother From Another Planet, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie C	B	412	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	C.H.U.D (AVAILABLE !)

Movie C	B	225	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Christine (SOLD)
Movie C	B	454	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Color of Money, The (AVAILABLE !)		w/Tom Cruise, Paul Newman
Movie C	B	29	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Commando (AVAILABLE !)
Movie C	B	266	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Cotton Club, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie C	T	17	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Creepshow (SOLD)
Movie D	B	366	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Dead Zone, The (SOLD)
Movie D	B	272	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Desparately Seeking Susan (SOLD)
Movie D	B	339	Yes	No	No	No	Diner (AVAILABLE !)
Movie D	T	21	Yes	No	No	No	Dirty Harry (AVAILABLE !)
Movie D	B	255	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Down and Out in Beverly Hills (SOLD)
Movie D	B	139	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Dune (SOLD)
Movie E	B	355	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (AVAILABLE !)
Movie E	T	7	Yes	No	No	No	East of Eden (SOLD)
Movie E	B	238	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Embryo (AVAILABLE !)
Movie E	B	338	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Empire Strikes Back, The (SOLD)		Star Wars
Movie E	T	29	Yes	No	No	No	Enforcer, The (AVAILABLE !)		Dirty Harry
Movie E	B	261	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Escape from Alcatraz (SOLD)
Movie E	T	13	Yes	No	No	No	Excalibur (AVAILABLE !)		King Arthur fable, excellent movie!
Movie F	B	271	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Falcon and the Snowman, The (SOLD)
Movie F	B	193	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Fatal Attraction (SOLD)
Movie F	B	362	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	ffolkes (AVAILABLE !)		Sean Connery
Movie F	B	350	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Firestarter (SOLD)
Movie F	B	392	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Flashdance (AVAILABLE !)
Movie F	B	346	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Fly, The (SOLD)
Movie F	T	11	Yes	No	No	No	Freebie and the Bean (AVAILABLE !)
Movie G	B	367	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Ghost Story (SOLD)
Movie G	B	307	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Ghostbusters (AVAILABLE !)
Movie H	B	345	Yes	Yes	No	No	Half Moon Street (AVAILABLE !)
Movie H	B	354	Yes	No	No	No	Halloween (SOLD)
Movie K	T	12	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Killing Fields, The (SOLD)
Movie L	T	25	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Ladyhawke (SOLD)
Movie L	B	351	Yes	No	No	No	Last House on the Left, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie L	T	26	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Lion of the Desert (AVAILABLE !)
Movie L	B	123	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Logan's Run (AVAILABLE !)
Movie L	B	9	Yes	No	No	No	Lord of the Rings (AVAILABLE !)		animated
Movie L	B	242	Yes	No	No	No	Love Story (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	B	379	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Macon County Line (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	B	258	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	T	33	Yes	No	No	No	Magnum Force (AVAILABLE !)		Dirty Harry
Movie M	B	341	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Man with One Red Shoe, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	B	260	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Mask (SOLD)		Jim Carey
Movie M	B	273	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Mean Season, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	T	28	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Mean Streets (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	B	403	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Meaning of Life, (Monty Python's) The (SOLD)
Movie M	B	5	Yes	No	No	No	Missionary, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	B	118	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (UNAVAILABLE)
Movie M	B	237	Yes	No	No	No	Moonlighting (AVAILABLE !)
Movie M	B	267	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Moscow on the Hudson (AVAILABLE !)
Movie N	B	244	Yes	No	No	No	Neighbors (AVAILABLE !)
Movie N	T	14	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	NeverEnding Story, The (AVAILABLE !)		VHS copy
Movie N	B	347	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Night of the Comet (AVAILABLE !)
Movie N	B	374	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Ninth Configuration, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie N	T	5	Yes	No	No	Yes	Nosferatu (AVAILABLE !)		Germany, 1922 version
Movie N	B	409	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Nuts (SOLD)
Movie O	B	330	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Octopussy (AVAILABLE !)		James Bond
Movie O	B	256	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Officer and a Gentleman, An (SOLD)
Movie O	T	23	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Once Upon A Time in America (AVAILABLE !)		2 tapes
Movie O	B	56	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Osterman Weekend, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie P	B	380	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Passage to India, A (SOLD)
Movie P	B	71	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Phantasm (UNAVAILABLE)		simulated stereo on beta
Movie P	B	130	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Polyester (SOLD)
Movie P	B	263	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Prizzi's Honor (SOLD)
Movie P	T	34	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Protocol (SOLD)
Movie P	B	352	Yes	No	No	No	Psycho II (AVAILABLE !)
Movie P	T	36	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Purple Hearts (AVAILABLE !)
Movie R	B	248	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Raiders of the Lost Ark (SOLD)
Movie R	B	336	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Reckless (AVAILABLE !)
Movie R	B	82	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Red Dawn (SOLD)		w/Patrick Swayze, et al
Movie R	B	132	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Return of the Soldier (AVAILABLE !)
Movie R	B	274	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Revenge of the Nerds (SOLD)
Movie R	T	15	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Right Stuff, The (SOLD)		2 tapes
Movie R	T	10	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Risky Business (SOLD)
Movie R	B	378	Yes	No	No	No	Road Games (AVAILABLE !)
Movie R	B	319	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Rollerball (AVAILABLE !)		w/James Caan
Movie R	B	329	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Romancing the Stone (SOLD)
Movie S	B	268	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Scarface (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	344	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Scarlet and the Black, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	T	37	Yes	Yes	No	No	Sharky's Machine (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	T	27	Yes	No	No	No	Shining, The (SOLD)
Movie S	B	364	Yes	No	No	No	Silent Running (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	353	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Silkwood (SOLD)
Movie S	B	264	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Spies Like Us (SOLD)
Movie S	B	334	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Splash (SOLD)
Movie S	T	32	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Star 80 (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	277	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Star Trek I: The Motion Picture (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	278	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	148	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Star Trek III: In Search of Spock (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	218	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	258	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Starman (SOLD)
Movie S	B	300	Yes	No	No	No	Steamboat Bill, Jr (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	427	Yes	No	No	No	Stir Crazy (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	252	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Sure Thing, The (AVAILABLE !)
Movie S	B	417	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Surrender (AVAILABLE !)
Movie T	T	38	Yes	Yes	No	No	10 (AVAILABLE !)
Movie T	B	275	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	2001: A Space Odyssey (SOLD)
Movie T	B