Re: S-VHS cassette recorders

On a sunny day (Mon, 6 Jan 2025 17:27:21 -0500) it happened bitrex
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On 1/6/2025 3:00 PM, Don Y wrote:
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Last time I saw someone walking around with a portable record player
was.... never.
 

The album art is bigger on LPs, and they have more distortion (warmth.)

 
Nostalgia.  Folks also play 80's video games.  Yet, you don't see
those industries ressurected so the demand is more of an oddity
than a financial reality.

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"80s-inspired" new-release video games is a genre, like how
synthwave/80s-inspired new-release music is a genre.
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There might be more 8-bit looking and playing video games (that were
built with modern software tools) on the market now via Steam and online
distribution than there were 8-bit games available for sale at any point
in the actual 1980s...
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In the latter case "that 80s sound" never really went away and popular
music goes through cycles of huge reverbs and gated snares...
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Only for the "look at me!" factor.  I've probably a hundred vinyl boots
"just out of shrinkwrap" stored -- along with a Beogram 8000.  None
have seen the light of day since they were ripped (the sound quality
isn't going to get any BETTER with use so whatever I captured originally
has been faithfully preserved (and repeatedly reproduced) each time
I listen to them -- regardless of WHERE I choose to do that (including
on cross country flights:  "Miss, can I plug my turntable in, somewhere?")

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Yeah I don't mess with either, I move a lot and large collections of
physical media are a pain to lug about. I prefer to have books if I'm
going to keep one variety of it

A 4 TB USB harddisk can likely hold a thousand CDs, DVDs, Blurays.. and fits in your pocket.
My 1000 CD - DBD Blueray - MDISC box:
 https://panteltje.nl/pub/CD_box_binnenkant_IXIMG_0549.JPG

Need to copy it all one day to one of my 4 TB Toshiba USB harddisks...
Have 3 of those in use already...

As to VHS, I still have a player somewhare, analog (composite) out.
Most tapes have been copied to DVD or similar etc.

Best is to get books as pdf,
that said I have some music books that I can place in front of the keyboard when playing.
and A4 sheets with music notes I wrote,...
Big touch screen maybe be one day...

Tape recording is cool, cassettes, started with Qadruplex Ampex in the studios in the sixties:
 https://www.historyofrecording.com/ampexvrx1000aniv.html
  you like toobs???
Then I bought a Philips LDL1000:
 https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philips_video_recorder_ldl_1000_00.html

Did read an article about the VHS color system (not avialable then) and modified my LDL1000 for color
Sony came out with the UMATICs:
 https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philips_video_recorder_ldl_1000_00.html

Soon all will be stored in DNA I expect :_) all knowledge and stuff of the world in the size of a marble.

Maybe swallow it LOL :-)

Faster learning than from these teachers:
 https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/new-new-jersey-teachers-no-longer-have-pass/