More reliable and "supposedly" should be left out of informative reporting, The best examples of what it's all about can be found if you SNOOP around YouTube, and the Net as well, A lot has just be written in the press, and not online. VTR as seen on Wiki means the tape was not Confined to cassettes but still recorded video. The case with VHS and Beta is less about the tape, unless one is arguing the length and speed points
This format failed because it tried to compete with the VCR, which it couldn't do.
Laserdisc on the other hand also tried to compete with the VCR at the beginning and almost died trying to do so. But when Pioneer got LD, they decided to market it as a high end product for videophiles and not to compete with the VCR.
@sehnzeleid It's not a big concern with LaserDisc, it's more robust with CDs as well, and I advise people get a LD player for prized CDs because the circuits are better as well
someone could create this idea ,DSDvideo laser disc , record it blu-ray laser, or it the new technology Holographic Versatile Disc "HVD" , Direct Stream Digital Video, uncompress video and audio , original master
god i remember the first vcr my father brought back in 1984 it was a fisher and the tape deck flipped up and it had a wire remote control (how ancient is that) the unit sold for $700.00 and i think my dad got for a sale price about $450.00 at circut city now you can buy a vcr for as low as $30.00 that goes the same about DVD players too.
@daved1974 The "3rd" video format on disc was DVD!! haha Actually, Beta was better then VHS but both tapes lasted about the same, however, Beta threading is harder on the tape then VHS I believe
LOL. This was awesome. Love the way he says "you'll see these things called home video rental stores"....LOL : ) It's like the dotcom era but with analog instead of digital.
Loved seeing the original Raiders commerical. Funny to think the movie came out in June of 81, and in November 81 it's still playing wide enough to warrant a tv commerical. Nowadays a blockbuster in June is on DVD by November.
Not quite. The first season of ET (1981-82) was on KTXL. It moved to KCRA in '82 and stayed there until '87 where it was bumped for "The Wil Shriner Show". ET then spent one season (87-88) on KXTV; then back to KCRA from '88 until '92 or '93, I think it was 1993 when the show finally settled at KOVR. ET's spinoff show "The Insider" ran on KXTV from its inception until a couple of years ago, when it moved to KOVR sister KMAX (following a repeat KMAX airing of ET).
Can anybody upload again that Entertainment Tonight video open from 1981 with that jazzy theme with original hosts Tom Hallick, Rob Hendren, and Marjorie Wallace and also shows a report on Studio 51?
This is one of the best ET original themes I've heard. Of course this was also the time that ET just started out in September of '81 but within the last 27 years, it still hasn't changed a bit although now it seems more glamourized and tabloidish, This was the best ET theme I've ever heard in years!
That Maganavox laserdisc player was already old and clunky by 1981. Pioneer had just started to work out laserdisc's problems and make it a great format. The CED player shown is a Hitachi, the only ones that were made in Japan. The design of those is pretty neat.
VTR vs. VCR. VHS vs. Beta. Videodisc formats. The wonders of superseded technologies. The $750 price tag must exceed $1,000 in today's dollars.
There's a good clip of the jazzy 1981 "Entertainment Tonight" theme beginning at 2:30.
This must have been recorded off of a Sacramento TV station because the "Raiders" ad refers to movie theaters in Stockton and Modesto (fitting because Modesto is hometown of George Lucas).
Reference to Walter Mondale is amusing because '84 election is 3 years off!
$750 in 1981 is $1778.88 today. The VCRs are less than $100 (in some cases, less than $50) now. As for Mondale, he won only D.C. and his home state of Minnesota (by .2%!) for a total of a whopping 13 electoral votes.
An excellent video lift. Someone had access to the best of 80s tech. Thanks for recoding and posting.
JamJells 2 months ago
AMAZING special effects. Fast-forward and backward!
SebastienCade 3 months ago
Entainment Tonight talks about technology and not celebrities?
SawajiRisako 7 months ago
omg 600 bucks cd just because it fast forward wtf
jordan4ever100 9 months ago
More reliable and "supposedly" should be left out of informative reporting, The best examples of what it's all about can be found if you SNOOP around YouTube, and the Net as well, A lot has just be written in the press, and not online. VTR as seen on Wiki means the tape was not Confined to cassettes but still recorded video. The case with VHS and Beta is less about the tape, unless one is arguing the length and speed points
MetallicBill 10 months ago
Wow big disc
mattfox14 10 months ago
@mattfox14 12 inch is same as LP records, We grew up with that size, us old geezers who are geeks as well
MetallicBill 10 months ago
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This format failed because it tried to compete with the VCR, which it couldn't do.
Laserdisc on the other hand also tried to compete with the VCR at the beginning and almost died trying to do so. But when Pioneer got LD, they decided to market it as a high end product for videophiles and not to compete with the VCR.
rkoguy 10 months ago
Geez, even in 1981 people were molesting optical media with fingerprints.
sehnzeleid 10 months ago
@sehnzeleid It's not a big concern with LaserDisc, it's more robust with CDs as well, and I advise people get a LD player for prized CDs because the circuits are better as well
MetallicBill 10 months ago
I Believe This Was A Video Clip Of Entertainment Tonight's Report On Home Video Scene On November 18, 1981.
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someone could create this idea ,DSDvideo laser disc , record it blu-ray laser, or it the new technology Holographic Versatile Disc "HVD" , Direct Stream Digital Video, uncompress video and audio , original master
CMatomic 1 year ago
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What the hell is that at 1:44?!?! LOL! It looks like a huge 8 track player.
xxashyy 1 year ago
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xxashyy 1 year ago
Oh snap... That was TDK video cassette. I remember using those in order to record things off of televison (awards show,....).
zshaw7549 1 year ago
@zshaw7549 Those TDK's seem to be some of the best tapes too
mrfoxboy 10 months ago
Geesh 700 for a laser
Disk?
I saw one sat at goodwill for 2 bucks lol.:)
Turkeydoodlers 1 year ago
funny, he mentioned VHD.
thatguyontheright1 1 year ago
Damn, and I was hoping I could play my Laserdiscs in my Betamax machine! Technology sure is confusing!
singinglawnchair 1 year ago
"stolen performances"!!! hahahaha
MetallicBill 1 year ago
Ya think this guy regrets leaving Entertainment Tonight?
limboslam 1 year ago
chessy 80's music at the end lol i love it
rkoguy 1 year ago
god i remember the first vcr my father brought back in 1984 it was a fisher and the tape deck flipped up and it had a wire remote control (how ancient is that) the unit sold for $700.00 and i think my dad got for a sale price about $450.00 at circut city now you can buy a vcr for as low as $30.00 that goes the same about DVD players too.
daved1974 1 year ago
@daved1974 The "3rd" video format on disc was DVD!! haha Actually, Beta was better then VHS but both tapes lasted about the same, however, Beta threading is harder on the tape then VHS I believe
MetallicBill 1 year ago
LOL. This was awesome. Love the way he says "you'll see these things called home video rental stores"....LOL : ) It's like the dotcom era but with analog instead of digital.
Melville10 1 year ago
"how to tell the difference between tape and disc" LOL
check86 1 year ago
He's so "folksy."
capnquirky 1 year ago 4
If it's a blockbuster in June, it's already in the $5 bin at Wal-Mart by November! :)
OURACAN 2 years ago
1981 is an epic year!!!
i99xx 2 years ago 2
@i99xx it truly was-personally and culturally
deckard97 1 year ago
I can't believe people were buying the Jazz Singer starring Neil Diamond, its horrendous and nowhere near as good as the original
Clay3613 2 years ago
LOL at the way he says "VCR"
Clay3613 2 years ago
This is worth it just to see the Landers sisters. The Raiders ad is gravy.
mubirshu 2 years ago 5
Had Marjorie Wallace already been replaced by Dixie Whatley by this point?
Tubewings 2 years ago
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to me blue ray is out of date
thehourcup 2 years ago
Loved seeing the original Raiders commerical. Funny to think the movie came out in June of 81, and in November 81 it's still playing wide enough to warrant a tv commerical. Nowadays a blockbuster in June is on DVD by November.
Palpatin77 2 years ago 7
@Palpatin77 yep-the downside of the home video invasion
Still like films to remain in theatres longer
deckard97 1 year ago
Endless Love came to video really quickly.
acceptthis01 2 years ago
That guys got a nice perm!
mcgovernmatt 2 years ago 8
Huh? i'm confused.
rkoguy 2 years ago
hehe "tape machine"
tronfan 2 years ago
Wow! Nice clean video!
Looks like it could have been taped last week.
studmufinn 2 years ago 4
Not quite. The first season of ET (1981-82) was on KTXL. It moved to KCRA in '82 and stayed there until '87 where it was bumped for "The Wil Shriner Show". ET then spent one season (87-88) on KXTV; then back to KCRA from '88 until '92 or '93, I think it was 1993 when the show finally settled at KOVR. ET's spinoff show "The Insider" ran on KXTV from its inception until a couple of years ago, when it moved to KOVR sister KMAX (following a repeat KMAX airing of ET).
manhizzy 3 years ago
totaly mondern hero! nice!
weaponx420 3 years ago
Can anybody upload again that Entertainment Tonight video open from 1981 with that jazzy theme with original hosts Tom Hallick, Rob Hendren, and Marjorie Wallace and also shows a report on Studio 51?
ortonWWEchamp 3 years ago
I posted that comment. Just put back that video with the jazzy theme!
WordUp4Life 3 years ago
BTW, when did Mary Hart begin as ET host?
yosouf06 3 years ago
1982.
tvpirate05 3 years ago
This is one of the best ET original themes I've heard. Of course this was also the time that ET just started out in September of '81 but within the last 27 years, it still hasn't changed a bit although now it seems more glamourized and tabloidish, This was the best ET theme I've ever heard in years!
yosouf06 3 years ago 5
That Maganavox laserdisc player was already old and clunky by 1981. Pioneer had just started to work out laserdisc's problems and make it a great format. The CED player shown is a Hitachi, the only ones that were made in Japan. The design of those is pretty neat.
eyeh8cbs 3 years ago
VTR vs. VCR. VHS vs. Beta. Videodisc formats. The wonders of superseded technologies. The $750 price tag must exceed $1,000 in today's dollars.
There's a good clip of the jazzy 1981 "Entertainment Tonight" theme beginning at 2:30.
This must have been recorded off of a Sacramento TV station because the "Raiders" ad refers to movie theaters in Stockton and Modesto (fitting because Modesto is hometown of George Lucas).
Reference to Walter Mondale is amusing because '84 election is 3 years off!
jaybee1973jaybee 3 years ago
$750 in 1981 is $1778.88 today. The VCRs are less than $100 (in some cases, less than $50) now. As for Mondale, he won only D.C. and his home state of Minnesota (by .2%!) for a total of a whopping 13 electoral votes.
zymaymyn 3 years ago