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The VHS Revival, It's True And Happening

Sal1950

Sal1950

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As I've predicted a few times the VHS Revival is beginning. :p
Just think about it, no instant chapter jumps, a glorious analog soundtrack, and the fun of the occasional spilled tape to
attempt to unwind from the inside of the deck. And then there was all that beautiful fuzz and grain in the picture, it gives
your movies a WARM watching experience. LOL
Don't miss your opportunity to say "I was there when it all started". ;)
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Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release

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Can we start the VHS/Betamax war off again? That'd be fun!
 
Shootout!

Which is better, VHS hifi, CD, LP, RTR, cassette or 8 track?
 
My brother and I used to make VHS tapes of music for parties. Wasn't too bad back in the day.
 
Bet there's someone, somewhere who's been digitally adding two slowly moving, horizontal distorted white lines to his 4K Atmos movies, in order to recreate the comforting old school look and feel of a worn out VHS tape.
The video equivalent of vinyls crackle and pop.
It's a weird world we're living in for sure.
 
Unless something's changed, nobody is making VHS machines.
 
...And hipsters will start collecting prerecorded tapes. The rest is history. kinda.
 
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I kept a few precious Doctor Who VHS tapes that came in collector's 'tins' plus a small handful of other tapes to record on. There are four VHS machines working (very occasionally) in the house, three Panasonics and a late JVC which has an excellent (for the genre) picture. I also have a Sony C40 Betamax and a handful of tapes to play on that (it needs using every few months so the wind-rewind idler doesn't go slippy, spilling precious tape all over).

A new film on VHS? Lord, I'm only just looking at the odd blue-ray purchase now. None of our tellies are large, the biggest currently 32," (mini bedroom size for many of you lot I'm sure), so the added resolution is pointless really. Since we don't watch much, for our small sitting room, it's ample and it's not so large a screen that the severe flaws in VHS are magnified too much.
 
OMG, This is the stuff of my youth! Laser Disc, VHS, Betamax just makes me ready to listen to REAL high quality music and movies. Not the overly harsh stair stepped sound of digital LOL You guys made me think back to days long gone by. Cool stuff at the time. Car 8 tracks were good as you never had to mess with it, it would just play until you removed it. Cassettes were more hassle as they stopped after 30 to 45 minutes. The next thing we need to bring back is RABBIT EARS for TVs!! Nothing like adjusting the rabbit ears to get a better picture ;) Plus you could always smack the side of the TV and get a better picture too. Techniques and talents long lost to the younger generations. I still use the analog smacking technique all the time and it even works once in awhile on Iphones. When the phone pisses me off I smack the hell out if it and it usually fixes it until one smack too many and then I have to go to TMobile and pick up a new one. Maybe applying old school analog techniques to digital equipment is not really the best thing to do. LOL
 
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