The "Other" Betas!

These are the Betas that were limited runs, made by companies other than the big 6 Beta Makers. These machines are EXTREMELY rare and usually bring in big bucks on the 'Net...especially if they're working!

Built by Sanyo, this was a two-track linear stereo unit, but with a mono tuner.

VR-200 (1982)
$1295

Aiwa released two Beta hi-fi units in the mid 1980's. The AV-50M was a two-piece portable unit, and the more upscale AV-70M had 3 heads and offered 8-event, 14-day programming.

AV-50M (1984) $750 A two-piece unit like the Sony HFR series; a Beta VCR and a separate stereo processor. Supposedly the Beta was portable.
AV-70M (1985) $1395 Two pictures of the 70M; upper pix is from an Aiwa brochure, the picture below shows this author's former unit, with enhanced brightness.	\|

Pioneer released two SuperBeta hi-fi units in the '80s, made by Sony. The VX-90 was a clone of Sony's SL-HF900 and could be modified to record and play at B-IS.

VX-50 (1985) $800
VX-90 (1985) $1500

Radio Shack released a number of Beta VCRs under their Realistic name in the mid-80's. These were made by Sanyo.

MODEL 20 (1985) $500 This was a Beta Hi-Fi unit with 14-day, 8-event programming.
MODEL 22 (1986) $800 Radio Shack's only SuperBeta Hi-Fi entry, resembling Sanyo's 7250.

SOME REAL RARITIES.....

MURPHY Beta

This was made by Sanyo for the European market.

MAGNESONIC Betas
Also OEM'd by Sanyo. These were up on eBay a long time ago and we nabbed the pictures!!

WEGA Betas
Ditto on this one...no info at all. Looks VERY similar to the Japanese SL-J7, which this author has....therefore, it may be a Japanese or European model.
GENERAL VG200B Beta This one is from the U.K. and looks like late 1970s vintage. Other than this was made by Sanyo, we have no other info on this one.

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