Tracking Sex: Implications of widespread data leakage and tracking on porn sites

Re:Tracking Sex: Implications of widespread data leakage and... by olyjohn on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @03:46PM (#20568408)

The early Betamax recorders didn't have a timer on them. Plus the tapes were super short. So if you had a show at 3pm you wanted to tape, you had to be there at 3pm to push the record button, then be stuck with only 90 minutes of recorded content.

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Re:Tracking Sex: Implications of widespread data leakage and... by kalleboo on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:16AM (#20574157)

The first Betamax recorder sold in the US was the LV-1901 which included a 24 hour timer.

The first standalone Betamax VCR was the SL-7200 on which the timer was a $45 optional add-on.

Also at the time people were already buying wall socket timers for their reel-to-reel tape decks to record the radio, these would also work with a Betamax deck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbNgbtZJAcU

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