juvenal Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/vcr-day/ Dig out those old films and dust off that VCR machine for your own nostalgia film fest!! Use that Cleaning Tape, and don't stint on the popcorn! I'm off down to where Blockbusters used to be for a short vigil with tea lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Liebenstein Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Should I go VHS or BetaMax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 According to Wired, 'Betamax continues to occupy a connoisseur's niche to this day..' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I have to confess I still have a Panasonic top of the range DVD/VCR player/recorder in my study. But no VHS to play on it. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolBuyer Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 When you buy the popcorn, you will probably need to buy a set of replacement drive belts as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Moderately interesting facts: Sony only stopped selling Betamax tapes a year ago... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34776424 David Attenborough used VHS tapes to help edit Planet Earth II http://nerdist.com/david-attenborough-still-used-vhs-tapes-to-help-narrate-planet-earth-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Liebenstein Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 14 minutes ago, Dave Beans said: Moderately interesting facts: Sony only stopped selling Betamax tapes a year ago... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34776424 David Attenborough used VHS tapes to help edit Planet Earth II http://nerdist.com/david-attenborough-still-used-vhs-tapes-to-help-narrate-planet-earth-2/ The trouble with that is that resolution is limited on VHS and this make repurposing the content for future use on say HD or UHD difficult. This is why a lot of 1980s programmes shown today look rubbish, basically they are 335 x 576 luma and 40x240 chroma (less chroma info as eyes fill in the blanks). Super VHS from 1987 onward was a bit better. But go back to film shot on celluloid from the 1930s onward and you can get great looking content- it might need a digital clean up and despeckle, but the resolution is much much higher, even than BluRay/4K - that why you could blow it up onto a cinema screen. Basically it's an optical rather than digital process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 http://www.ginmonkey.co.uk/ Good grief!!! I nearly missed it! Today is World Gin Day!!!! I'll be having a few tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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