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The VHS Revival, It's True And Happening

Sal1950 said:
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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Best post of the month!
 
I had an RCA Select-A-Vision CED player for a while, and some discs (disks?), too... but I never managed to get it to work. Kind of a worst of both worlds technology. ;)

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This Radio Shack morph was easier to find an 'ad' for in a hurry. ;)
source: https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/1982_radioshack_catalog.html

EDIT: Meh. here's one :)
source: https://www.theturntablestore.com/products/rcs-sgt-200-selecta-vision-video-disc-player
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Kinda presaged the CD*, but used a stylus of sorts to read changes in capacitance encoded by little pits in the "records". Grown people thought up, designed, and developed these. They could have even been sober at the time. ;)


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source: https://images.saymedia-content.com...azing-rca-selectavision-videodisc-players.jpg

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* My recollection is that the technology was briefly referred to as "CD" (and not CED) but them those Sony-Philips things came along and that was that.
 
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Blumlein 88 said:
Shootout!

Which is better, VHS hifi, CD, LP, RTR, cassette or 8 track?
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A steel wire recorder is the real hot setup, no messing about with broken tape, splicing, and the rest.
Biggest issue is when you have a spill, getting things back right again can be a issue. :facepalm:

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OH MY GOD NOOOO !!! LOL

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mhardy6647 said:
ooooh, the possibilities...


They're gonna want low-generation copies of the masters. ... and they'll pay for 'em, big time!
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For the true VHS experience you gotta hire ‘em, and keep ‘em that extra day to get a fine.
 
Anyone remember the so called “moviebox” or what they called them in other countries, a complete rental VHS player of very sad quality built into a case ? You rented this if you did not own your own VHS .

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Many VHS/Beta/V 2000 weren't reissued on DVD because it costs too much.
 
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Sal1950 said:
A steel wire recorder is the real hot setup, no messing about with broken tape, splicing, and the rest.
Biggest issue is when you have a spill, getting things back right again can be a issue. :facepalm:

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OH MY GOD NOOOO !!! LOL

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Back in the day when I was running an audio repair shop -- which had been in business since the 1950s -- there actually was one of those wire recorders sitting on one of the back shelves, left behind after its owner was told it couldn't be fixed way back before my time there.
 
Spkrdctr said:
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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Adjust the rabbit ears & then have to hang on to the rabbit ears to maintain the picture? Never had them (but seen people trying to deal with them). I've always had outdoor antenna on a rotator (FM for 80 miles for the stereo). Never watched the TV much, so dispensed with it & cable in 2007.
Yeah, my iPhone gets spanked frequently. That was more effective on old juke boxes when the Fonz did it,, though.
 
Analogue video has the advantage of smooth curves without those annoying digital steps. The low resolution also hides the fact that many scene are filmed on a sound stage (soundstage reduction technology). Fully loaded with tinnitus cancelling background hiss (*only with original linear tracks*). Automatically wipes away some image quality with each play to provide a fresh experience at each subsequent viewing. It's just better.
 
EJ3 said:
They never stopped, you just didn't need one, so haven't checked the right places. Their expensive, too.
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No, they really have stopped making them. Apparently there are tens of thousands of unused machines around, but good luck with warranty
 
spigot said:
Analogue video has the advantage of smooth curves without those annoying digital steps. The low resolution also hides the fact that many scene are filmed on a sound stage (soundstage reduction technology). Fully loaded with tinnitus cancelling background hiss (*only with original linear tracks*). Automatically wipes away some image quality with each play to provide a fresh experience at each subsequent viewing. It's just better.
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But you’ll need an analogue TV or you only get dots
 
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