I recently bought a Betamax SL- HF750 on EBay to transfer the better end of my collection. I have had some suprizing insights. The bulk of my Beta tapes are not worthy of movement to DVD. My sense of the quality issue is, that at best, X1 speed, with the best possible tape, the 240 lines of resolution out of 525 that the Beta format could capture, leave a lot to be desired in 2003 DVD-R terms. I recorded most originals from a C-Band satellite with composite inputs. When I imagine viewing the Bogarts, the John Fords & the WWII documentaries on a larger screen, with a more critical eye that is now tuned for DVD, I think that of the 1K Beta tapes I have, I will save only the most rare and move them to DVD. Those less rare, I'll just watch for them to show up on TCM.