Features include: Beta Hi-Fi Ready with a Sony HFP adapter, Playback in BI, BII and BIII, Record in BII and BIII, Beta Hi-Fi Sound, Tuner/Line Selector, and Tape return. It has Betascan & Beta SkipScan high-speed picture search and its 3-head design give it a noise free Still frame. It has Frame advance and Slow motion speeds of 1/5 & 1/10, Cable compatible stereo tuner, Not just the first 36 channels like a lot of Sony VCR's. The channels can be accessed directly from the keypad on the front of the unit or with the remote.