Sony SL-F25UB Betamax - The UK's last commercially available Sony Betamax machine.

This ones a little bit different insofar as we're looking at a Sony F25 from 1986. It's the last Sony Betamax to be released and sold in the UK although the HF950 did hang around for a while too. It would be great to hear stories from back in the day of these machines and the HF950 too from a sales point of view especially any discounts offered at the time. I'm guessing these machines went for very little money in the end. They were certainly built to a budget and the screw count really confirms that. I know I say about being tight on the amount of screws but I do get that saving $1 over a million units really does make a difference but the F25 is still a well thought out machine with a big forehead! On the plug check - I just noticed that the live wire is too long in the plug so that's a mark off the 10 out of 10! Please like, share and subscribe - subscribing really will help me do a lot more varied content and I do really appreciate it too. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:25 Checks and diagnosis of the F25 09:48 Plug check 10:29 First power on 11:56 Testing with a cassette 14:02 Removing the front 16:48 Remote control 18:03 Power supply 19:35 Removing the power supply from the SL-F25 25:50 Swapping capacitors 27:33 Checking all is still well 31:26 Loading gear check - removing the loading/ lacing motor assembly in the F25