Betacam SP & Digital Betacam
Compact players and full studio recorders for ingest and playback.
J-30SDI · DVW-A500
Valencia, CA · ships nationwide
Broadcast tape decks. One or a hundred.
Rentals and sales of professionally serviced videotape and audio decks: Betacam, Digital Betacam, DVCAM, XDCAM, D-2, U-matic and more. The largest broker of videotape-based decks in the US. In stock, or sourced from suppliers worldwide.
- J-30SDI Betacam / Digibeta player
- DVW-A500 Digital Betacam
- DSR-2000 DVCAM
- DVR-10 D-2
- PDW-F1600 XDCAM HD
- VO-9800 U-matic SP
- D-2 composite digital
- TASCAM reel-to-reel
- Marantz / Denon cassette, CD, SD
Serviced onlyEvery deck is professionally serviced and tested before it ships.
Bulk is normalSingle units, matched sets, or a whole lot for a digitization line.
Sourced worldwideNot in stock? Gray's suppliers around the world can fill large orders, and his technicians refurbish hard-to-find decks.
Deal with GrayOne call or email, one quote, straight from the owner. Better pricing on multiples.
00:01 · Formats
Formats we supply
Mostly Sony broadcast decks, plus pro audio. Some are on the shelf today; the rest Gray sources through suppliers worldwide. Ask for what you need.
DVCAM & MiniDV
Studio decks that play DVCAM and MiniDV cassettes.
DSR-2000 · DSR series
XDCAM & XDCAM HD
Professional Disc decks for MPEG HD422, MPEG HD and DVCAM discs.
PDW-F1600
D-2 & legacy digital
Hard-to-find composite digital machines for archive playback.
Sony D-2 · DVR-10
U-matic & U-matic SP
3/4-inch recorders and players, the backbone of TV news archives.
VO-9800 · BVU series
Pro audio decks
Reel-to-reel, cassette and CD/SD recorders, racked and ready.
TASCAM · Marantz · DenonNeed something not listed, or not in stock? Ask Gray. He has supplier relationships all over the world for large numbers of decks, and skilled technicians who refurbish hard-to-find machines.
00:02 · Large orders
Equipping a whole transfer line?
Digitization houses, archives and post facilities buy from A/V Gear Guy because one call covers ten, twenty or fifty matching decks. Every unit is numbered and tracked.
- Tell Gray what you needFormats, quantity, and whether you want to rent or buy.
- Get a quote on tested stockGray confirms what's on the shelf, sources the rest, and quotes the whole lot.
- Ship or pick upPacked or palletized and shipped, or picked up in Valencia (Greater LA).
Digitization & transfer housesArchives & librariesUniversitiesTV stationsPost-productionFilm & TV productions
00:03 · Rent or buy
Two ways to get a deck
Rentals
Need a deck for one project? Rent it for as long as the job runs.
- Short or long-term rentals
- Single decks or multi-deck setups
- Local pickup or shipped
Sales
Buy serviced decks outright, from one machine to a full lot.
- Professionally serviced and tested
- Better pricing on multiples
- Call or email Gray for what's in stock now
Recent sale
Sony DSR-2000 + DVW-A500 pair to Partizan Entertainment
00:04 · In the warehouse
Real stock, real photos
00:05 · Quote & rental requests
Tell Gray what you need
You'll hear back from Gray directly, within minutes during business hours.
About me
Graham "Gray" Jones
Gray has spent his career working hands-on with tape. On one rush order he sourced 68 compact Digital Betacam decks and had every one serviced in three weeks flat. He has personally captured 14,000 tapes in 10 weeks, and he has driven decks from Los Angeles as far as Boston and Atlanta to hand-deliver them.
Behind that is a long career in post-production: 325 TV episodes as editor, 135 as colorist and 60 as sound editor. He has transferred media for the late Betty White, Maroon 5, the Grateful Dead, Bunim Murray and the US Army. He also runs Archive2Digital (tape and film transfers) and DrivingFootage.com (360° driving plates).