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When TV went HD, there was a local station with a semi trailer half-full of BetaSP machines. Not for sale, though, due to some accounting thing that prevented it.
Years before that, I recall personally pushing two perfectly good, updated Quad machines off the back of a truck into the dump/scrapyard. We got about $120 for the pair. No market in the pro world, even if free.
There was also a complete Ikegami EC-35 camera system that went to the junk dealer who cleaned out the rest of the warehouse. I found it for sale in his store, for about $500, travel cases included.
The fact is, businesses who use this stuff can't afford to keep things around like a museum. Maybe an example or two for lobby decoration, but that's it. Square footage costs money.
Chip
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