Longform 1989 television commercial for Life Magazine offering subscribers a free "designer telephone console" for signing up. The BetaGems channel also has "1989 Gourmet Magazine television commercial," "1989 National Business Employment Weekly Magazine TV ad," "1985 Family Computing Magazine TV commercial," "Time Magazine musical ad 1986 clock radio giveaway," "1989 Nintendo Power Magazine television commercial," "1987 Saltwater Sportsman Magazine TV commercial," "Playboy magazine TV commercial 1985," "1989 TV Guide ad Khrystyne Haje, Sasha Mitchell, Paul Winfield etc," "Don Pardo 1988 TV Guide television commercial," "Valerie Bertinelli TV Guide commercial 6-13-84 cover story," and "Animated TV Guide ad 5-20-86"

BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from the early 1980s into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online.

Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads. In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area. This upload features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. To be used for research and archive purposes only, no commercial reproduction allowed.

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