Turning an old VHS camcorder into a time travel machine

[FilipinorenderHD]

lol where do i buy that thing?! please

[vdochev]

I'm wondering why did they bother installing a recording light on a home camera? For a news reporting camera - yes, but it's a home camera. I bet that it annoyed people more than being useful.

Um... yeah, I pressed the button, so I think it's recording. I don't need the red flash, thank you. :)

[theking0fnowhere]

Holy crap. It's great to put a face with the voice. Interesting vid.

[orison319]

dude go back to 1981 and tell the Secret Service someone is going to shoot Ronald Reagan..

[TroyFoxxin]

my grandma passed away few days ago. i was going throught her things and came across a "Computie!'s machine Language Runtines for Commodore 64" Book.

[CassetteMaster]

Fun! It's neat to do videos that look like they're from an earlier time. My Panasonic Omnivision also only goes up to 1999.

[Trance88]

Pretty cool. If only you had a 80's haircut and clothes to go with it, it would look even more legitimate! I don't think I own anything from specifically 1987.

[Yarach]

I have an old Denon amp and a pair of Bose 205 series from around that time. And damn, it is like having a real cinema and full orchestra at home. My parents are jealous of me because I have way better sound for € 70 in total, they have spended over € 300 for their 5.1 "home cinema" set.

[uxwbill]

Oh, this was fun! For 1987, you sure had a lot of CDs around! :-) And to think...you could also have a nice, new 3800 "BOP" car!

D8 seems a little bit sharper on some of the edges. The VHS image quality held up well compared to what the D8 tape was capturing.

[linuxpowerification]

o0 thats a very good camera for that time,its better than lots of new digital ones

[MrBarrelson]

the rad dude from the 80s is back  :)

[lmull3]

great scott!

[uxwbill]

@lmull3 I want to know if the camcorder had to be brought up to 88 miles an hour. If so, how was it done?

[lmull3]

@uxwbill why, with science of course!! :D

[lineartechbd1600]

you should stand in front of a 1985 car and make predictions like us going to war with iraq in the year 2001 and how michael jackson will die and castro will still be alive.

[coolbluelights]

That's pretty awesome! you should do a remake of the 1987 CBS TV pirating incident with a Max headroom mask :D I had a new VHS-C camcorder in 1993 and the date on that went up to 2099

[EastAngliaUK]

Can really tell the difference be twine them and the digital 8 is way better quality.

[AdmiralGilgamesh]

I always had a fascination with the gadgers and gizmos of yore. Thanks for letting me experience them!

[saxman112]

This video was recorded on the day of my birthday, which was Thursday the 12th!

[a5e26]

i love old music

[BrianPicchi]

Very cool video. You need to do more like this. I love pretending I'm watching an 80s video, not sure why. By the way, is this the first time you've filmed yourself on youtube? First time I've seen you anyway.

[vwestlife]

@BrianPicchi I've been on camera a few quick times as far back as 2009, but my first extensive appearance was my coming out video, posted 1/1/2012.

[bakonfreek]

assuming it was recorded direct from a capture card since there is no distortion on the bottom...

[bakonfreek]

@bakonfreek never mind, wow, I'm an idiot...

[CenTexVideo]

You could almost fool someone into thinking this is a old video.

[yelnam2manley]

All you need to is to play some 80s music, and this will be a ultimate video!

[travismay2008]

U2 Released The Joshua Tree 9 March 1987

[vwestlife]

@travismay2008 Then I must've gotten a pre-release promo copy! :-)

[MrComputerfan]

@vwestlife If you wouldnt say, everyone would beleve you made this back in 1987.

[ataristeve]

Where's the Delorean? Nice vid, and nice seeing you in front of the camera once in a while also. I hadn't thought about it until this video, but the first camcorder my parents got had a titler and color fade effects and other goodies. They never got used though.

[eliw4232]

It's kinda odd to think how many interesting videos would have been created in the 80s.... that no one will ever see. Now I could make a video of a car meowing and have hundreds of thousands of people see it.

[NJRoadfan]

@eliw4232 Nothing is stopping anyone from capturing those VHS or Betamax tapes and posting them on YouTube. Plenty of people have done it already.

[eliw4232]

@NJRoadfan That is true, but a lot of people have forgotten about, or lost the tapes.

[EnglishStani]

Lol ive just realised this is the first time I seen your face !

[umajunkcollector]

Even into the 90s, the Commie 64 was still very popular with ham radio ops for packet, rty, etc. That was b4 the web. I have one old vidicon b&w vid camera froom the early 70s. It only has a focus control and c mount lens.

[talldude123]

You look like Billy Madison!!! Yeah I guess your Panasonic is not "Y2K" compliant, which was a huge thing back in 1999.

[NJRoadfan]

@talldude123 Believe it or not, our 1987 LXI Series (Hitachi built) VHS camcorder is indeed Y2k compliant.

[wilkes85]

hehe awesome!

[gmcnewlook]

lol you didnt travel back to the 80s, you traveled to the 40s......

[aquachek3]

iam not use to seeing a face with the voice but great vid man

[OldTimeForties]

Nevermind, WBGO!

[OldTimeForties]

Do you happen to know what radio channel was that at 2:10? My favorite music :)

[OldTimeForties]

Wow, quite an interesting video :) 1987 Here we Come! It's nice seeing you in front of the camera - sort of put the man behind the excellent videos in front of the lens! Keep the great videos coming! :)

[luigi90900]

Year: 1987

Radio Station: 87.5

Hmmmm....

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@luigi90900, around here on 87.5, it's a tv station... weird

[vwestlife]

@SpiritsoftheWolf I use the Denon tuner on top of the rolltop desk. The tuner built into the stereo system resets itself back to 87.5 every time you turn it on, so I don't use it.

[luigi90900]

Nice Hat!

[daewooparts]

the room looks like a flashback from the 80's,i am even wearing my 1986 shirt today too

[133MHzz]

My Sony SLV-X60's internal clock goes from 1990 to 2005 so I just set it to whatever year gets the day of the week right. 2012 is the new 1995 :-D

[diowfj]

I have some home videos that look like that, it's a very interesting look I think..

[trevc5197]

Even though with the low light warning, the picture is still remarkably good.

[Mr1p0d]

Your viewer number 10 :D