VHS is the new vinyl?

  On 8/20/2009 at 6:06 AM, Calx Sherbet said:

tapes have surprised me.

 

has anyone noticed on start-up, after you pop a completely rewound tape in...it starts on just a black screen and you can hear a really faint series of tones?

THEY ARE GHOSTS TRYING TO SPEAK TO US FROM THE BEYOND, I'M NOT EVEN FUCKING KIDDING

DON'T LISTEN TO JOYREX HE IS JUST PART OF AN ELABORATE AND MULTIFARIOUS SCHEME TO HIDE THE TRUTH

THINK FOR YOURSELF QUESTION AUTHORITY

VHS is to DVDs as Tape casettes are to CD's.

BULLLLLLLLLLLLLSHIT!!!!!!

The fact is that they are easily damaged, wear down over time, Develop curious and unexplainable anomalies, its all shite.

Not only that but the advent of being able to skip to a track/scene easily rendered all that shit obsolete.

At least with vinyl you can skip to different parts of the album fairly easily but the rewind/fast foreward button on Tapes was an aweful thing to fight with. Also the tracking button..... I haaaated that shit. Trying to tweak the tracking just right on a shitty VHS so that there was hardly any bullshit static on the screen.

Don't even get me started. Although that being said, whenever they come out with a format that is superior to discs it will be easy to point out the flaws in discs. Namely, the fact that they get all scratched to shit easily and have no sort of protection. I can't wait until I have a car with either an MP3 port or a tape casette port with a headphone jack adapter so I can throw my cds in a box and never look at them again.

VHS is not going to become collectable like vinyl has. Vinyl is still, in theory, superior in quality to cd's. As thehauntingsoul said, VHS tapes like cassettes degrade with each use and aren't really notable quality to begin with. The only collector's value comes from VHS only releases, whether it be that the movie wasn't released on any other formats or that a particular cut or edit of it is only available on them.

That said, a nice low-gen VHS-only source captured and stored on DVD can still yield very enjoyable quality that is preserved for the future. This only really benefits the bootleg circuit though

i suppose VHS was preferable to big entertainment companies then, since they degraded and had to be replaced, bringing in more cash

[/raging leftie]

lol

  On 8/23/2009 at 6:45 AM, Space Coyote said:

VHS is not going to become collectable like vinyl has. Vinyl is still, in theory, superior in quality to cd's. As thehauntingsoul said, VHS tapes like cassettes degrade with each use and aren't really notable quality to begin with. The only collector's value comes from VHS only releases, whether it be that the movie wasn't released on any other formats or that a particular cut or edit of it is only available on them.

 

That said, a nice low-gen VHS-only source captured and stored on DVD can still yield very enjoyable quality that is preserved for the future. This only really benefits the bootleg circuit though

vinyl degrade the more you play them too, also i've never fucking understood the idea behind vinyl just sounds better. Maybe I'm just a child weaned on digital sound, but that bullshit claim seemed more for nostalgic losers who can't come to terms with the world changing. Also put your music through a vacuum tube amplifier if you have too, it'll sound the same.

  On 8/23/2009 at 9:43 PM, dr lopez said:

  On 8/23/2009 at 6:45 AM, Space Coyote said:

VHS is not going to become collectable like vinyl has. Vinyl is still, in theory, superior in quality to cd's. As thehauntingsoul said, VHS tapes like cassettes degrade with each use and aren't really notable quality to begin with. The only collector's value comes from VHS only releases, whether it be that the movie wasn't released on any other formats or that a particular cut or edit of it is only available on them.

 

That said, a nice low-gen VHS-only source captured and stored on DVD can still yield very enjoyable quality that is preserved for the future. This only really benefits the bootleg circuit though

vinyl degrade the more you play them too, also i've never fucking understood the idea behind vinyl just sounds better. Maybe I'm just a child weaned on digital sound, but that bullshit claim seemed more for nostalgic losers who can't come to terms with the world changing. Also put your music through a vacuum tube amplifier if you have too, it'll sound the same.

Sell CDs in Vinyl packaging and everyone's a winner.

  On 8/23/2009 at 9:43 PM, dr lopez said:

  On 8/23/2009 at 6:45 AM, Space Coyote said:

VHS is not going to become collectable like vinyl has. Vinyl is still, in theory, superior in quality to cd's. As thehauntingsoul said, VHS tapes like cassettes degrade with each use and aren't really notable quality to begin with. The only collector's value comes from VHS only releases, whether it be that the movie wasn't released on any other formats or that a particular cut or edit of it is only available on them.

 

That said, a nice low-gen VHS-only source captured and stored on DVD can still yield very enjoyable quality that is preserved for the future. This only really benefits the bootleg circuit though

vinyl degrade the more you play them too, also i've never fucking understood the idea behind vinyl just sounds better. Maybe I'm just a child weaned on digital sound, but that bullshit claim seemed more for nostalgic losers who can't come to terms with the world changing. Also put your music through a vacuum tube amplifier if you have too, it'll sound the same.

It sounds minutely better on the first play only. And even then, you would have to have an extremely nice stereo system to notice it.

  On 8/23/2009 at 10:05 PM, assegai said:

  On 8/23/2009 at 9:43 PM, dr lopez said:

  On 8/23/2009 at 6:45 AM, Space Coyote said:

VHS is not going to become collectable like vinyl has. Vinyl is still, in theory, superior in quality to cd's. As thehauntingsoul said, VHS tapes like cassettes degrade with each use and aren't really notable quality to begin with. The only collector's value comes from VHS only releases, whether it be that the movie wasn't released on any other formats or that a particular cut or edit of it is only available on them.

 

That said, a nice low-gen VHS-only source captured and stored on DVD can still yield very enjoyable quality that is preserved for the future. This only really benefits the bootleg circuit though

vinyl degrade the more you play them too, also i've never fucking understood the idea behind vinyl just sounds better. Maybe I'm just a child weaned on digital sound, but that bullshit claim seemed more for nostalgic losers who can't come to terms with the world changing. Also put your music through a vacuum tube amplifier if you have too, it'll sound the same.

 

Sell CDs in Vinyl packaging and everyone's a winner.

bingo

  On 8/23/2009 at 9:43 PM, dr lopez said:

  On 8/23/2009 at 6:45 AM, Space Coyote said:

VHS is not going to become collectable like vinyl has. Vinyl is still, in theory, superior in quality to cd's. As thehauntingsoul said, VHS tapes like cassettes degrade with each use and aren't really notable quality to begin with. The only collector's value comes from VHS only releases, whether it be that the movie wasn't released on any other formats or that a particular cut or edit of it is only available on them.

 

That said, a nice low-gen VHS-only source captured and stored on DVD can still yield very enjoyable quality that is preserved for the future. This only really benefits the bootleg circuit though

vinyl degrade the more you play them too, also i've never fucking understood the idea behind vinyl just sounds better. Maybe I'm just a child weaned on digital sound, but that bullshit claim seemed more for nostalgic losers who can't come to terms with the world changing. Also put your music through a vacuum tube amplifier if you have too, it'll sound the same.

Looks like you are correct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_record#LP_versus_CD

no it's the new cassette.

must be first play only, because i've heard digeridoo in both CD and vinyl format. the vinyl was much better, and i didn't grow up with it or anything. digital is what i am used to

DVDs may be better than VHS, but they're still bullshit:

http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/?p=1239

elaborate

My Uncle has an extensive laser disc collection and some really expensive LD players. He claims it is far better than DVD quality. because it is "analog" with digital audio(usually, sometimes analog as well). I watched jurassic park on it, it was pretty nice, but kind of shoddy. LD has some problems, but I think it is one of the most interesting ways to watch a movie. LD is closer to the video equivalent of vinyl, VHS is more like an audio cassette.

  On 8/24/2009 at 7:57 AM, Bubba69 said:

My Uncle has an extensive laser disc collection

omg laser discs, does he work for NASA

  On 8/23/2009 at 9:43 PM, dr lopez said:

 

vinyl degrade the more you play them too, also i've never fucking understood the idea behind vinyl just sounds better. Maybe I'm just a child weaned on digital sound, but that bullshit claim seemed more for nostalgic losers who can't come to terms with the world changing. Also put your music through a vacuum tube amplifier if you have too, it'll sound the same.

me agrees. i certainly don't notice the sound as being better. when people say it sounds better i assume they just mean they like the lo-fi clicks and distortion and shit