Here are some sites with some kind of relation to the museum.
BETAMAX
The Beta Info Guide - a comprehensive American Betamax resource:
http://www.betainfoguide.comThe BetaPhile society - the (now defunct) American Betamax fan club:
http://condor.lpl.arizona.edu/~vance/betaphile.htmlAnd some similar Beta pages in the UK:
http://www.colin99.co.uk/beta.html
http://www.palsite.comV2000
A sub-page of the betamax fans' palsite:
http://www.palsite.com/v2000/index.htmlVideo Disk
CED Magic: a very active CED / Selectavision community, in the US:
http://www.cedmagic.com/index.htmlDiscoVision - a collector's page for the early US precursor of the LaserVision format
http://www.oz.net/blam/DiscoVision/PhonoVision - a remarkable site, by the man who "cracked the code" of Baird's TV records - TV signals on 78rpm records, from the 1920's and 30's. Includes animations showing the actual original recordings!
http://www.tvdawn.comVHD DiscWorld: a US-based fansite for the VHD/AHD format:
http://disclord.tripod.com/vhddiscworld/index.htmlThe CartriVision Site
http://www.angelfire.com/alt/cartrivisionThe Domesday Project - a LaserVision based 1980's update on the Domesday Book http://www.atsf.co.uk/dottext/domesday.html
Other collectors and museums
LabGuy's World - a very rich site by a guy in California who claims to have spent over $30,000 on collecting old video machines...
http://www.labguysworld.comA British collector of VCRs, TVs and other old technology -- fun diary section, too!
http://www.eclipse.co.uk/mikey/An avid collector in Holland (in Dutch)
http://www.videoinfo.nl/A very professional site for collectors of Broadcast TV technology:
http://www.broadcastcollecting.com/index.htmlQuadruplex Park - a museum of broadcast VTR "dinosaurs":
http://www.lionlmb.org/quadpark.htmlPassions Incongrues - a museum of VTRs and VCRs in french (with amusing english translations...):
http://sky.prohosting.com/vtrs/Peter Schmitz collects various old tech, including V2000. (In German)
http://www.peterschmitz.com/Video_2000/video_2000.htmlHamid also collects various tech, including betamax
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hamidk/betamax.htmAn excellent museum of early television
The Early Television Foundation and MuseumMiscellaneous
Video99 - If you need a tape transferred, Video99 offers the widest range of video cassette format transfers in the UK. Practically every format known to man!
http://www.video99.co.ukThe Farnsworth Chronicles - the startling story of who REALLY invented television.
http://farnovision.comSome stuff on the VCordII format:
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/ThinkTank/1935/index.htmlA media history site, including sections on the dawn of film in Brighton, and early video:
http://www.terramedia.co.uk/index.htmlAn interesting sociology project, looking at video rental stores: http://echo.gmu.edu/workshops/jgreenberg/
A review of the history of television, from an American perspective: https://wyomingllcattorney.com/Blog/Business-Studies-Broadcasting-History