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!
This is a 32 page catalogue showcasing the various titles available from Castle Vision and high street retailer WHSmith from 1995. The catalogue includes many WHSmith exclusive video releases.
The full list of releases included in the catalogue appear below:
(There is a fault with the below scan where two of the pages are duplicated)