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To: Magnatron

I have a project/hobby digitizing old news, commercials, local ads, etc. I also collect tapes. It’s a really fun hobby and the tapes run fine. I have a few from the mid-1080’s that probably look and sound as good as the day they were recorded. On YouTube, if you look up a channel called Dave’s Archives, he digitizes tapes going back to the early 80s. Another channel, 80s commercial Vault has some digitized commercials going back to the late 70s. Tapes wear fast with heavy use though. I remember the countless times I watched E.T. as a kid and that tape didn’t look so good after a while.


27 posted on 06/06/2022 6:59:40 PM PDT by Analogisbetter
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To: Analogisbetter

“I have a few from the mid-1080’s...”


WOW!


30 posted on 06/06/2022 7:03:41 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: Analogisbetter

I have a few from the mid-1080’s


How’s the resolution?

😉


33 posted on 06/06/2022 7:11:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Analogisbetter

Many people don’t realize that the stuff taped off television back in the day is worth more, in a sense, than any commercial tapes. TV stations didn’t maintain an archive of a lot of their programming...in many cases, somebody’s home recording is all that’s left!

Another great site for digitized tapes (based mainly on Chicago television) is fuzzymemories.tv.


36 posted on 06/06/2022 7:22:24 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: Analogisbetter

Be Kind, Rewind


64 posted on 06/06/2022 8:59:25 PM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini (Wake up fellow Patriots before it's too late)
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To: Analogisbetter

“I have a few from the mid-1080’s”.

Any filmed at Agincourt?


72 posted on 06/07/2022 12:38:04 AM PDT by Does so (https//youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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