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Hom3r 09-02-2022 12:14
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
Some SD channels are as bad a VHS quality, and these are programmes that came long after VHS.

I guess they must-use some compression and that removes the quality.

It is like looking through a net curtain, flick to had channel, and you can almost see the "cut" on the actors face looks like a plaster.

Dude111 15-02-2022 04:09
I think VHS quality is goregous,especially on a CRT.....

epsilon 15-02-2022 14:20
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
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Originally Posted by Dude111 (Post 36113332)
I think VHS quality is goregous,especially on a CRT.....
Not as good as betamax...

BenMcr 15-02-2022 14:26
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by epsilon (Post 36113382)
Not as good as betamax...
Not much in it for consumer versions
- https://youtu.be/_oJs8-I9WtA

Hugh 15-02-2022 15:13
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dude111 (Post 36113332)
I think VHS quality is goregous,especially on a CRT.....
I prefer hieroglyphics on clay myself, for the OG graphics…

epsilon 15-02-2022 16:54
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36113383)
Not much in it for consumer versions
- https://youtu.be/_oJs8-I9WtA
To be fair those comparisons are for NTSC which never approached the quality of PAL. Hmmm! these comparisons of out of date technologies could become the new trend. ;)

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36113393)
I prefer hieroglyphics on clay myself, for the OG graphics…
Who needs 8K when we have clay...

Itshim 15-02-2022 18:53
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by epsilon (Post 36113382)
Not as good as betamax...
Was told that v2000 was the best ,never seen one though :erm:

epsilon 15-02-2022 20:31
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36113452)
Was told that v2000 was the best ,never seen one though :erm:
Debatable. The main players were continually developing new and improved features, playing leapfrog with the v2000. Many of the proposed v2000 features never made it to production models. Double sided video tapes were quirky and the machines were relatively expensive. Its main problem though, as you have suggested, was that most people had never seen one.

BenMcr 15-02-2022 20:49
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36113452)
Was told that v2000 was the best ,never seen one though :erm:
Quote:
Originally Posted by epsilon (Post 36113469)
Debatable. The main players were continually developing new and improved features, playing leapfrog with the v2000. Many of the proposed v2000 features never made it to production models. Double sided video tapes were quirky and the machines were relatively expensive. Its main problem though, as you have suggested, was that most people had never seen one.
Techmoan has a video on that ;)

https://youtu.be/SeSz6MoX00Q

daveeb 15-02-2022 20:55
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by epsilon (Post 36113469)
Debatable. The main players were continually developing new and improved features, playing leapfrog with the v2000. Many of the proposed v2000 features never made it to production models. Double sided video tapes were quirky and the machines were relatively expensive. Its main problem though, as you have suggested, was that most people had never seen one.
I used one in the mid 80's for a while. The tapes produced were subjectively superior to later VHS tapes I could compare them with, of course that may have been down partly to the quality of the tapes and the input source, I can't really remember. I do know they were complicated to use, especially without an instruction manual.

epsilon 15-02-2022 22:37
Re: Why are there still SD Channels and HD Channels?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36113472)
Techmoan has a video on that ;)

https://youtu.be/SeSz6MoX00Q
Did they use VHS or Betamax for that video? ;)


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