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The VHS Revival, It's True And Happening

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Jackpot! I have two VCR players sitting on my shelves in my furnace room! :-;
 
Had one of those in house when I was working in a film processing facility, they bought 2 projectors to screen prints, and conveniently forgot that you needed a whole lot of equipment to play the optical tracks. We only processed negative, no prints - I was able to score a whole rack to get sound for the screening room at pennies on the dollar.
I'd align the heads with a scope, and then the boss would screen prints during the day, and figure he could get better sound by fiddling with it - making matters worse.
Then, at night I'd align the heads again (if time permitted, we'd run 30.000 feet of neg a night) - only for the boss to wreck it again next day. Worst six years of my life.
I have to say though, nothing beats screening a fresh print from negative you ran in the night, on a perfect set-up. I was always partial to Fuji stock, when outdoor scenes were involved. It is like going from a crappy theatre to seeing Imax for the first time.
 

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off air to vhs and transferred to dvd-rw still have the vhs off air with reel change over dots makes it ultimate rare
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reel change over dot

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Palmer said:
Had one of those in house when I was working in a film processing facility, they bought 2 projectors to screen prints, and conveniently forgot that you needed a whole lot of equipment to play the optical tracks. We only processed negative, no prints - I was able to score a whole rack to get sound for the screening room at pennies on the dollar.
I'd align the heads with a scope, and then the boss would screen prints during the day, and figure he could get better sound by fiddling with it - making matters worse.
Then, at night I'd align the heads again (if time permitted, we'd run 30.000 feet of neg a night) - only for the boss to wreck it again next day. Worst six years of my life.
I have to say though, nothing beats screening a fresh print from negative you ran in the night, on a perfect set-up. I was always partial to Fuji stock, when outdoor scenes were involved. It is like going from a crappy theatre to seeing Imax for the first time.
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worst boss ever tampering with the alignment
 
Sal1950 said:
Damn you have a big collection of some serious video gear!
VHS Hi Fi could offer some great sound recording quality in it's day, I played with it for a short while doing LP needle drops until the home computer
came along.
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the vhs on bottom shelve i think i may upgrade it with tray shelve and place it underneath one many pionner laserdic players , super mega upgrade coming soon , when i have the time
 
Vinyl maudlin sentimentality too.
(But more so. And costlier.)
 
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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It will change your life. You feel so much connected with… well, something. And the ritual, ah, yes the ritual, the physicality, the tangibility.
 
Leporello said:
It will change your life. You feel so much connected with… well, something. And the ritual, ah, yes the ritual, the physicality, the tangibility.
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vhs don't see that annoying 4k disc garbage colour banding noise or pixels noise and vhs doesn't tamper with the soundtracks like every single garbage trash 4k atmos disc into near field mixes , vhs has so much going for it
 
I bought one in the late 80's VHS HiFi deck best ever made.

Harman Kardon VCD1000 High Fidelity Audio/Video Cassette Deck

It says right on the front.

Friend had bought a Sony Betamax even better quality, but VHS beat that format out.

Recorded Live Aid it was broadcast in stereo, ruined a beautiful Saturday, should have been out with friends.
Still have the tapes though.

I still own the VCD1000
 
i just had great idea for vhs storing a movies the width of rubbish 4k trash disc , okay take same width for vhs and digitally store movie using new dream fantasization , the 4hr tape would hold a lot and the new vhs storage width for each bit of the tape would be 500gb so the vhs will be deluxe end of all end games definition and have nit rating that would show up on the moon if projected , sick and tired reading bs how crap 4k disc is , i hardly now buy 4k anymore its garbage trash ,

i may get back into vhs collecting since 4k is now on the 1% or was on the 1% rating of buying now has dropped below my scale , why 4k isn't even on the lower end of my food chain anymore

vhs , if nasa had time they would have put a vhs player on voyager's v'ger seeks the vhs creator lol
 
Palmer said:
I think that's what bosses do... I heard the term Manglement is an apt descriptor for Management.
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captain kirk had to deal with bosses in vhs star trek

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Leporello said:
It will change your life. You feel so much connected with… well, something. And the ritual, ah, yes the ritual, the physicality, the tangibility.
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Oh brother, here we go again. :facepalm: LOL

Last night I just happened to watch Star Trek - The Motion Picture - The Directors Edition 2022 4k.
Even streamed from Paramount + thru my Apple 4k box, the video and Atmos sound quality was incredible.
If I was as big a video buff as many here I'd pop for the new BluRay, I didn't think they could make this 1979
print look this good, awesome.
trekmovie.com

Review: ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition’ Stuns On 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

Plus we check out the new 4K 'Special Longer Version' available in the limited box set.
trekmovie.com trekmovie.com

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theatrical mix , not a lot on here have proper Dolby stereo cat150 decoders with proper surround arrays with legit THX , it sounds feels like 70mm when its playing here yet its matrix 4.2.4 ,., 70mm print was rare one showing on opening night and all rest have been 35mm

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