VHS generation loss
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Uploaded by m1cke1983 on Oct 12, 2008
What happens if you make a copy of a copy of a copy (and so on) of a VHS tape? This experiment shows how the quality degrades with every generation.
The copying was done using two PAL VCRs in SP mode.
(The video is Fading like a flower by Roxette)
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Copyright protection, the old fashioned way.
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5:54 i seen nipple.
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@Tomsonic41 yea well thats most caused by scanlines but a lcd demastarion works perfact same thing happend with the highscore page for nes in nintendo power
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Switching from 23 generation to first it's like press ULTRA HD button :)
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you wouldn't believe how much I enjoyed this. I love video, it's why I do for the living, although I work with digital, analog vhs and tapes have a nostalgic feeling that can't be compared
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pretty interesting experiment :)
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23rd generation.....the RING!
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@shaun991000 It's the chorus to the Roxette song "Fading Like a Flower".
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I... Feel... H.A.P.P.Y....
You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas' attack!
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YO dawg i herd u liek vhs tapes so i put a vhs tape within a vhs tape so you can vhs while you vhs
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@turtlliwdnifuoyehthr You've read too many creepypastas.
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I saw a demonstration like this on TV long ago, but they had to point a camera at a TV screen (back then, the bad sync would play havoc with the broadcast equipment). Nice to see a demonstration like this with direct feed video. Did you use a time base corrector to stop the picture rolling?
Tomsonic41 3 months ago 3
@Tomsonic41 No, I suppose the VCRs have a built-in time base corrector of some kind, but I didn't use any external equipment. Only two VCRs connected with a SCART cable.
m1cke1983 2 months ago
Oddly fascinating...how much did you hate Roxette by the time you were done with this?
AMisplacedBoy 5 months ago 6
@AMisplacedBoy Haha, I really like Roxette, even after this little experiment :)
m1cke1983 4 months ago 6
the interesting thing for me is that the sound quality has a sharp drop after the first dub, and then it seems to only gradually degrade after that
veggiet2009 1 year ago 8
@veggiet2009 Yep, the reason for this is that only one of the VCRs are NICAM (stereo). After the first copy, the sound is mono.
m1cke1983 1 year ago