TIL there is still infrastructure to produce new prerecorded VHS tapes

[unnick@booping.synth.download]

@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems wait what

[ratsnakegames@mastodon.social]

@whitequark this toot tricked me into thinking it contained a link, and i was very sad it wasn't

[dysfun@social.treehouse.systems]

@whitequark huh. how about audio cassette tapes?

[ratsnakegames@mastodon.social]

@dysfun @whitequark there's even still audio cassette players on the market (although they suck ass)

[xgranade@wandering.shop]

@whitequark I mean, cassette tapes are making a comeback as an audiophile technology, so I guess that tracks?

[xgranade@wandering.shop]

@whitequark (I still wish HiFi VHS took off more, it's fascinating what you can do with VHS tapes if you use the whole bandwidth of the tape for audio only.)

[hikari@social.noyu.me]

@whitequark that must be vastly less complicated than producing new VHS recorders or players, so that doesn't surprise me too much

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@xgranade I guess I just think of the VHS quality as basically indefensible

[xgranade@wandering.shop]

@whitequark No argument. Just that doesn't always seem to stop romanticization of old tech.

[pervognsen@mastodon.social]

@whitequark @xgranade Now we just need a retro revival of the Betamax vs VHS videotape format war. Even worse than baseline VHS quality was SLP ("super long play") that AFAIK was the default in the NTSC parts of the world.

[postweber@mstdn.social]

@whitequark It's the new vinyl! We'll just sell them fiber-optic HDMI cables and say thin means analog.

[groupnebula563@mastodon.social]

@ratsnakegames @whitequark same lol

[xyhhx@social.treehouse.systems]

@ratsnakegames @dysfun @whitequark most of my friends have tape collections wtf

[pikhq@social.treehouse.systems]

@whitequark how the fuck