Beta max

Before the VCR my parents owned a Betamax. Just like a VHS payer but more compact and smaller cassettes. I remember the remote control for it was connected to the box but we still thought it was the coolest thing ever!

My Dad recorded all 3 Star Wars movies and both Ewok movies when they came out and we used to watch the recordings all the time as kids! The cool thing about it was the tape player would pop up at the top and you'd slip the cassette in and press it back down. Very cool.

Even when we got a VHS player we kept our Betamax and continued watching it well into the mid-90's. I'm sure my parents still have it in a closet somewhere but it probably doesn't work. Anyway, random thought for the day.