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I've been able to sell some of my old VHS tapes to people. Are there some people who actually prefer VHS? Why?
Why?
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Todays consumer technology is still not ready for digital video.
VHS was not great, but SVHS was decent enough.
(SVHS was estimated to be up to 65% of a quality of live feed, depending on the machine and tape used).
Then we had DVD that was way inferior to SVHS.
Blue-Ray was next step towards quality of SVHS, but didn't catch on.
Then the progress stopped, and started going backwards (netflix, youtube, etc).
Video signal is 5Mhz or more, NTSC/PAL.
Digital,(24b)it takes about 800 times of a CD.
In perspective, 1h of video will take about 50GB just to match SVHS 65% of live feed of NTSC/PAL.
So, you are looking at about 70-80GB for 1h of video in full quality of NTSC/PAL. That would not fit on Blu-Ray, but it was close.
Now we have HD wich will take way more. We cannot even match SVHS!!!
I hope you understand now why SVHS is still unsurpassed in quality.
If I have a choice to watch on SVHS, I always do. It simply beats all digital of today.
Compression is great for digital. But then someone invented "advanced" compression, and we ended up with MP3 and shit for the video.
Right SVHS 500 lines of resolution to Blue Rays 1200 lines, give me a break.
... But also in knowing you wouldn’t take up the bet :)
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Sox
But, the truth is that I actually prefer high quality. Extremely high quality. And, it's that preference which has driven me to make the decisions in video purchases that you've also made fun of previously.
I understand your point of view, however, and I actually agree with you. That's why I find your quips to be very amusing. I'd be sayin the same things.
If you really want to see those with deep commitments to low quality/low fidelity/obsolete technology, visit the Vintage Asylum here.
:o)
I still get a chuckle out of your TV saga.
Each to their own :)
I don’t visit the Vintage Asylum; I get all the amusement I need of folks liking low quality gear by reading your posts here :)
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Sox
You sir, are just plain wrong when you say, "If you really want to see those with deep commitments to low quality/low fidelity/obsolete technology, visit the Vintage Asylum here."
Amore Solum Opus Est
There are currently around 348,000 VHS listings on eBay.
Collectors ... collect things ... I don't think that it is any more complicated than that.
I try to own as few VHS tapes as possible ... haven't added any to my collection in years & continue to sell some rare tapes from time to time.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
For a well-mastered VHS tape, the softer edges of VHS seems more nearly consistent with how movies used to look in theaters with older, non- digital projection equipment. The Hi Fi sound is good too. Esp the blue ray digital stuff seems overly crisp to the point where the all the detail is distracting.
Get a good Plasma instead of LCD and you will see.
Some people look at crap and see treasure.
It's a brain chemistry problem.
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Greg House
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Here are 3 reasons why your VHS tapes may have sold to these people:
#1 They do not have a device that will allow them to play a DVD or Blu-ray
#2 They want movies on VHS that are hard to find/not released in the DVD or Blu-ray format
#3 They want the picture to fill the screen on their 4:3 television
I'm sure there may be more reasons, but preferring the picture quality of VHS to DVD or Blu-ray is not one of them.
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