Comments on: VHS Generation loss

By: Waldemar Sha

Waldemar Sha — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:50:52 +0000

If you copy a random VHS 666 times, Satan will apear on the screen and give you a recipe of cake…
it’s tasty.

By: DROP THERAPY

DROP THERAPY — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:34:40 +0000

that tape is dying.

By: Don Skiver

Don Skiver — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 20:25:16 +0000

Ahh… I like how the music has wow and flutter due to the uneven stretching of the tape medium as it is recorded… That’s what makes analog stuff so cool; the various imperfections is what makes it unique.

By: Stefano Pavone

Stefano Pavone — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:00:17 +0000

I count between 52 and 64 copies/transfers before both the audio AND the video become completely garbled and impossible to identify (I’m amazed the audio lasted longer than the video did).

By: brett dennis

brett dennis — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:16:30 +0000

dam thats gets really shity teehee

By: How’s it hangin? | CraftOtaku.com

How’s it hangin? | CraftOtaku.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:55:39 +0000

[…] up a VHS of a fansub and an import game cartridge. And the VHS was horrible quality because it was a 5th or 6th generation recording of another VHS if you were lucky. So you counted yourself lucky if you didn’t have a seizure just from the […]

By: Nicholas Lombardi

Nicholas Lombardi — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 20:01:51 +0000

This ends up getting creepy

By: VHS generational loss experiment | Global Grind

VHS generational loss experiment | Global Grind — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:58:56 +0000

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jay bob — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:37:56 +0000

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By: madthedj

madthedj — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:16:15 +0000

I may be off by 1 or 2, but I counted 64 copies made in total before the video ends, not including the original version at the start. Now, James says he went back and forth between two VHS tapes during the experiment. I wonder if the quality between generations would last longer if each new copy was on a brand new blank tape (rather than a tape recorded on repeatedly). Maybe someday someone else with too much time on his hands can try wasting 100 tapes on that experiment! 🙂