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DrBouvenstein posted:And then this fellow. The CADILLAC of VCRs...I imagine: In the mid-90's my wife had saved up her money to buy a nice VCR. Her mom took her to Sears and she picked out a really nice Sharp VHS and a less-nice 22" Toshiba CRT. Her mom added the service plan to her Sears account. She wasn't taking any chances with this $400 vcr. That thing had so many features that I've since forgotten, but the one that always stuck with me was the scroll wheel. At that time i don't think the 3rd button scroll wheel was even standard on computer mice yet, but this vcr had one and it was dope. It made setting a scheduled recording so fast and i think you could also use it to scroll frame by frame when the video was paused. Eventually Sears got tired of fixing this VCR and in the late aughts they offered her a replacement for both the VCR and the TV. Little did she know that a $400 VCR in 1995 was very nice and a $400 VCR in 2008 was a cheap plastic shell filled with raccoons and potting soil. Sears also quietly neglected to transfer the service plan over to the new tv and vcr, which was a nice surprise when the tv broke after 2 years.
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sleepy gary posted:I would have bought one of those for $3. It seems to be just the player. No hot Disney tracks included, sadly.
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Arivia posted:It seems to be just the player. No hot Disney tracks included, sadly. Bleh. Far less enticing then.
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May 23, 2023 08:37
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That Disney mix stick looks very similar to slotRadio and I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a rebrand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftcvybQ_Be4
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Had a Sony SL-2710 until 1993 when I sold my entire Betamax collection to a family in rural Wyoming so I wouldn’t have to haul this thing back home. A fantastic VCR with astonishing picture quality for the time. And so many buttons. Love discrete buttons for control  
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Dr_Strangelove posted:Had a Sony SL-2710 until 1993 when I sold my entire Betamax collection to a family in rural Wyoming so I wouldn’t have to haul this thing back home. A fantastic VCR with astonishing picture quality for the time. 
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Dr_Strangelove posted:Had a Sony SL-2710 until 1993 when I sold my entire Betamax collection to a family in rural Wyoming so I wouldn’t have to haul this thing back home. A fantastic VCR with astonishing picture quality for the time. We had that thing up until DVDs became the norm. We also had VHS players, but this tended to outlast them.
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That beige late 1980s Sony AV aesthetic with tons of buttons that are so satisfying to push still makes me swoon. So stylishly futuristic and utilitarian at the same time, like a control panel from a mecha anime of the period. ...which probably isn't a coincidence, come to think of it.
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DrBouvenstein posted:And then this fellow. The CADILLAC of VCRs...I imagine: I do believe this is the model I inherited from 1991-1994 or so and I can assure you it was not.
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Watched some laserdiscs tonight, it had been a while. I really miss all of the “…and now our feature presentation” and THX intros and whatnot. The downside being that (in the case of VHS at least) it was coming after a ton of trailers, but just the overall presentation of home video being this amazing novel thing is something I miss. It’s such a normal thing now, who cares to spice it up anymore.
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May 26, 2023 05:27
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A Plex server loaded with high quality media, skip intros and skip credits buttons is a far superior experience to flipping a disc every 45 minutes or so.
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Nocheez posted:A Plex server loaded with high quality media, skip intros and skip credits buttons is a far superior experience to flipping a disc every 45 minutes or so. I'm not convinced.
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May 26, 2023 12:47
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Nocheez posted:A Plex server loaded with high quality media, skip intros and skip credits buttons is a far superior experience to flipping a disc every 45 minutes or so. And CDs are superior to vinyl.
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I own a bunch of vinyl but yea it’s a pain flipping records so I typically just use Spotify for everything.
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holefoods posted:Watched some laserdiscs tonight, it had been a while. I really miss all of the “…and now our feature presentation” and THX intros and whatnot. The downside being that (in the case of VHS at least) it was coming after a ton of trailers, but just the overall presentation of home video being this amazing novel thing is something I miss. It’s such a normal thing now, who cares to spice it up anymore. I will admit I miss trailers for other movies on the discs. Nothing like renting some b-movie or direct-to-video schlock and seeing a bunch of cheesy trailers for films you've never heard of and will never be able to track down in the early-internet times.
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Randalor posted:I will admit I miss trailers for other movies on the discs. Nothing like renting some b-movie or direct-to-video schlock and seeing a bunch of cheesy trailers for films you've never heard of and will never be able to track down in the early-internet times. I love when the We Hate Movie's podcast does older 90's stuff and they do the "VHS Trailer Quiz" GAME-MASTER'S CLUE!
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I'm only into analog video on my plex, you can really feel the texture.
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Did anyone ever build a computerized media server that streams strictly from analogue sources? There's got to be all sorts of remote controlled record players with disc changers for example.
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By popular demand posted:Did anyone ever build a computerized media server that streams strictly from analogue sources?
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Only is you can connect to it via internet and stream the movies from the projector to your phone.
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I wanted one of those 500 disc changers, but it's not like I had that many CDs. I found a 200 disc version that does DVD. I guess it could be useful when you want to marathon The Wire or LOTR. Or since it's 200 discs, more likely both along with star wars and the sopranos. I don't think that's even close to 800 hours yet.
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holefoods posted:Watched some laserdiscs tonight, it had been a while. I really miss all of the “…and now our feature presentation” and THX intros and whatnot. The downside being that (in the case of VHS at least) it was coming after a ton of trailers, but just the overall presentation of home video being this amazing novel thing is something I miss. It’s such a normal thing now, who cares to spice it up anymore. Laserdiscs are great, we've been building out our collection. We display them and watch them. Nocheez posted:A Plex server loaded with high quality media, skip intros and skip credits buttons is a far superior experience to flipping a disc every 45 minutes or so. I like both.
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Nocheez posted:A Plex server loaded with high quality media, skip intros and skip credits buttons is a far superior experience to flipping a disc every 45 minutes or so. You just need to not have the poverty spec players. A few of my LD players have the laser assembly on a rail and will go around the disc to read the bottom side. I've even chucked a webcam into one player for when I was doing LD streams over discord so my viewers could see the action.
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Life hack: for a more enjoyable experience consider not being poor
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Guy Axlerod posted:I wanted one of those 500 disc changers, but it's not like I had that many CDs. I found a 200 disc version that does DVD. I guess it could be useful when you want to marathon The Wire or LOTR. Or since it's 200 discs, more likely both along with star wars and the sopranos. I don't think that's even close to 800 hours yet. Or a substantial quantity of porn
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titties posted:Life hack: for a more enjoyable experience consider not being poor Thats kinda the joke... no normal person had an LD back in the day (or even now!). It's a big self own but I currently have 2 working players and 3 non-working ones. Also have a clients player that I'm repairing.
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Humphreys posted:You just need to not have the poverty spec players. A few of my LD players have the laser assembly on a rail and will go around the disc to read the bottom side. I've even chucked a webcam into one player for when I was doing LD streams over discord so my viewers could see the action. That would have been amazing back when we used to watch LDs in my brother's room in the basement. Tombstone and Airheads, over and over.
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Nocheez posted:That would have been amazing back when we used to watch LDs in my brother's room in the basement. Tombstone and Airheads, over and over. Dude, we put on Airheads twice last week!
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Humphreys posted:Thats kinda the joke... no normal person had an LD back in the day (or even now!). It's a big self own but I currently have 2 working players and 3 non-working ones. Also have a clients player that I'm repairing. Do you have the rare pre-Lucas-retroedit Star Wars disc?
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Do you have the rare pre-Lucas-retroedit Star Wars disc? I do!
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Do you have the rare pre-Lucas-retroedit Star Wars disc?
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I played this so much at Castle Park (shoutout 80s Hawaii kids!) My sister always wanted to do the water slides and my dad always wanted me to do the go carts, but I was just like gimme quarters so I can play video games!
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Lowen SoDium posted:And CDs are superior to vinyl. I grew up in that perfect slot to remember vinyl, appreciate it, yet glad I never have to go back to it. The problem I'm running into with my plex server is...well, a 480p rip with stereo sound was fine for me back in 2010 or so, but doesn't cut it anymore. So it's a mishmash of SD and HD sources with varied surround sound. I figure the way around this is to buy 4k discs for the important poo poo. DrBouvenstein posted:I love when the We Hate Movie's podcast does older 90's stuff and they do the "VHS Trailer Quiz" it's pronounced CUUUUUH-LUE Guy Axlerod posted:I wanted one of those 500 disc changers, but it's not like I had that many CDs. I found a 200 disc version that does DVD. I guess it could be useful when you want to marathon The Wire or LOTR. Or since it's 200 discs, more likely both along with star wars and the sopranos. I don't think that's even close to 800 hours yet. Back when a 5 disc CD changer was a big deal, my dad found one at a yard sale for $5 that was practically brand new, still had the retail box. "What's wrong with it?" "It never worked and I waited too long to return it". He decided to spend the $5 and what do you know, it works fine if you actually attach it to an amp. That may have been the same yard sale where he asked "how much is the VCR?" and the guy replied "it's not a VCR, it's a Betamax  "
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Do you have the rare pre-Lucas-retroedit Star Wars disc? 
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I’m a fan of the faces art versions, but drat if those don’t look nice laid out together. Is that version of Star Wars the one with the aspect ratio issue or the fixed one?
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:I grew up in that perfect slot to remember vinyl, appreciate it, yet glad I never have to go back to it. I like vinyl. Not for sound quality, although I enjoy the snaps, pops and crackles, but I just enjoy putting a vinyl on and listening to a record with some concentration. If I listen on a computer I tend to get distracted and pause and look at a video etc. I've been buying one vinyl a month for some time now. It's a nice little treat. One annoying trend is that many new releases are double vinyls, because they apparently have a better sound quality, but that just means more swapping when listening. I can deal with one side swap during an album, but three starts to get annoying.
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Lowen SoDium posted:And CDs are superior to vinyl. Yeah, but why bother with a CD? If I want to listen to a perfect recreation of a song, I can just listen to spotify. If I specifically want to listen to just one album, I'd rather put on a record. It's fun to go through the process of getting the record out, putting it on, sitting on my bed and then listening to all the pops and crackles. As opposed to putting a CD in and getting the exact same experience I'd get just listening to it on my computer. Records just make the experience more fun for me. Once decent streaming bitrates came about, there was really no reason to have a CD anymore.
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