This is something I have always wanted to try out. Using a small CRT TV, darkened room and a reasonably cheap VCR – play some video tapes to the title screen and then hit pause/still. Due to the medium of VHS tapes and how the technology works, combined with a cheap device will cause all sorts of unusual corruptions in the picture.
To keep these posts from crashing everyone’s computers, including mine – I will keep it to just 5 clips per post.
As part of archiving video I come into contact with hundreds of different types of home video cassettes from all manufacturers, TDK, Sony, JVC, Toshiba and more.
This post is a celebration of the box artwork, some of which is quintessentially 80s or 90s design work.
This post will be updated regularly so be sure to check back often!
DVD’s, VHS’s, Blu-Ray’s, HD-DVD’s, video games – they all have them. Anti-Piracy disclaimers, or copyright disclaimers. A wall of text telling you to play nice or you’ll be put in the SLAMMER.
I don’t know really why I created this gallery – I just really like collecting things that are similar together. Anyway, enjoy the part you probably ignore 100x over.
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