Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ (Late-80's ULTRA Quality 4K 60FPS S-VHS National/Panasonic Demonstration Tape)
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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This footage is of "Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ" which is a promotional S-VHS video cassette produced by National (Panasonic / Matsushita) & only sold in Japan likely in the late 80's. This rare cassette is one of the few pre-recorded S-VHS tapes available to the public.
The demo cassette features a very 1980's model and her rather emotional experience doing a photoshoot. The scenes emphasize the high-detail-resolution of the S-VHS format using fabrics and various beauty objects such as palettes, brushes, & lipsticks.
The background audio is probably the most interesting part of this tape. Based around the word "WHAT", this catchy, generic 80's synthpop track will stump you with it's lyrics. +10 internet points to the first person to figure them out.
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This was played back with a restored Victor HR-W1 W-VHS deck.
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I like how the video actually tells a story without any audible dialogue
It's an amazing collection of high quality formats from back in the day, This is to show that video didn't suck back in the day, it was just too expensive for the average user.
5:00 Woooow she is totally taking it all OUT on that roll cake
I realized that 2010s makeup styles are so 1980s inspired especially the very bold eyeshadows and bushy eyebrows
I've tried my hardest, and probably made a few mistakes trying but who knows? Got confident enough with most of the words to share them.
I really do suggest trying to get the lyrics yourself without looking at mine; that way, we can have different choices and ideas of what the lyrics are and hopefully find the words that are actually used in the song.
Here is my attempt:
Baby, whatcha wanna
Realise it's you [to/who's] here
Everything starts with me
Know what I mean?
Hover what's in your mind
You can do that on the ground
But believe
Just to be
That's the lovin'
I'll make you the truth
And take you off the blues
[I'll/how] [many] baby
I'll wrap you up
Come into her
That's the magic
I'll set you so free
And love you like a treat
So {many aching/any anything]
Can feel like
It never ends
Now let's get up
Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ
It's the new, it's the birth
From the [thunder?/funnel?]
Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ
It's the new, it's the way
In the duo
[Instrumental]
Baby, whatcha wanna
Realise it's you [to/who's] here
Everything starts with me
Know what I mean?
Hover what's in your mind
You can do that on the ground
But believe
Just to be
That's the lovin'
I'll [make/take] [a/the] [?]
The beating heart, it moves
So you keep shining
And never be
Lost or away
That's the magic
I'll [treat] you some [tight/time/type]
Cause' you can see the light
You have to [get her/go] on
And go and tell
You make your [leg/way]
Now let's get up
Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ
It's the new, it's the birth
From the [funnel?]
Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ
It's the new, it's the way
In the duo
Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ
It's the new, it's the birth
From the [funnel?]
Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ
Very interesting! I took your advice and tried my hardest to transcribe it myself before reading any of yours. I'm actually surprised how many differences there are, since I felt very confident with a lot of it (but also very un-confident with the rest).
I have a lot of "(a)" throughout, and I interpreted these extra syllables as a by-product of the singer's (presumably Japanese) accent. Or possibly just the songwriter's grammar. Or, of course, my wildly inaccurate transcription skills.
Anyway, here's what I came up with:
Baby, whatcha wanna
Realize it's in (a) here
Everything starts with me, know what I mean?
Call it what's in your mind
What we do down on the ground
I believe, just the thing, that's the lovin'
I'll make you be true
And take you off the move/mood
So mamy feelings
Around you are
Coming to (a)
That's the magic
I'll set you so free
And love you like a dream
So many again
Can feel like
It never (a)
Now let's get (a)
WHAT!
Is it new?
It's the bird
From [???] unknown
WHAT!
Is it new?
It's the way
And the true, oh
Baby, whatcha wanna
Realize it's in (a) here
Everything starts with me, know what I mean?
Call it what's in your mind
What we do down on the ground
I believe, just the thing, that's the lovin'
I'll make you prove
The beating heart can move
So you can shinin'
And never be
Lost or away
That's the magic
I'll treat you so bright/right
'Cause you can see the light
You have to go on
And go and tell
You make your day
Now let's get (a)
WHAT!
Is it new?
It's the bird
From [???] unknown
WHAT!
Is it new?
It's the way
And the true, oh
WHAT!
Is it new?
It's the bird
From [???] unknown
WHAT!
I didn't make any changes after reading yours (but the one thing I will mention is that "birth" definitely makes more sense in context than "bird", lol)
The synth, piano and vocals remind me a lot of Strawberry Switchblade. They seemed to be pretty popular in Japan in the 80s since i’ve seen recordings of interviews in Japan as well as appearing on Japanese television.
I love the Song! It kinda sounds like Sophie an Italian singer popular in Japan
I couldn't find her, please tell me a song, we may consider it as a lead
@@miguelhugueninhere's some songs of hers
Dial my number
My world (most famous)
The promise you made
Same
Soft time
Broken tale
@@miguelhuguenin if I can link here here's an album of hers
ua-cam.com/play/PLLIrGhY4yK5oEbRt5hvDjf2xYDuJcNOqD.html&si=-YUsL6c3WcZ0sN51
This song is very catchy.
An S-VHS demo tape with an unknown song at 0:53? Lostwave really can come from all sorts of places.
Wow three uploads in a week!
Coming here for a lostwave 🙌
Well one of the main selling points of S-VHS was, that it was _really_ cheap, about a quarter of the cheapest competitor, U-Matic. If you were only doing monochrome video it actually was good enough for professional use outside of ENG. Chroma was of course no better than VHS, though some higher end machines did try to improve on that.
The market was kinda the "higher end" consumer, the one who didn't have the money for a real VTR, but still wanted a higher quality than VHS and it was extremely popular in that market with such S-VHS VTRs still showing up in masses on auction sides.
6:10 is where is the screenshot was
My attempt at lyrics:
Baby, what you wanna
Realize it's you to here
Everything starts with me
Know that I mean? ["What" makes more sense here, but I distinctly hear a "th" sound both times it's said, especially the second time.]
Color what's in your mind
What you do down on the ground
I believe just to be [or: "just to think"]
That's the lovin'
All of it could be true [Alternatively: I'll make you be true]
And take you off the [nooks?]
How many
Feelings
Around you are
Comin' to us
That's the magic
I'll set you so free
And love you like [a treat? a tree? Atriz? This could be a name or something, maybe?]
So many achin'
Can feel like
It never ends
Now let's get up
W H A T
It's the new,
It's the birth
[Frontiers] unknown (I think they are saying "frontiers", it's just very slurred and rushed to make it fit.)
W H A T
It's the new,
It's the way,
In the jewel
Baby, what you wanna
Realize it's you to here
Everything starts with me
Know that I mean?
Color what's in your mind
What you do down on the ground
I believe just to be [or: "just to think"]
That's the lovin'
I'll [make it prove? make it improve? Is this even english?]
The beating heart that moves
So you can
Shine in
And never be
Lost your own way
That's the magic
I'll treat you so tight
'Cause you can see the light
You have to
Grow old
And go until
You make your day
Now let's get up
W H A T
It's the new,
It's the birth,
[Frontiers] unknown
W H A T
It's the new,
It's the way,
In the jewel
W H A T
It's the new,
It's the birth,
[Frontiers] unknown
W H A T
My theory on the lyrics is that they're actually just the Japanese version of Prisencolinensinainciusol
The greatest song ever
I LOVE THIS VIDEO
Closing Credits by delaberry its not the original song
closing credits samples thats the magic (w-h-a-t)
Very good conversion, perfect.
The model was just identified as "Victoria Lockwood"
Is she also known as Victoria Spencer who was married to Princess Diana's brother?
@richardfan7157 yes
My theories: i think the name of the song is "what" and the song is made for this video
3:07 LETS GET UP REFERENCE 🗣🗣🔥🔥
I'm glad Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ isn't from an adult film
S-VHS, Near-DVD quality on Analog VHS Tape!
The DVD reached up to 720p maximum, the S-VHS only 480i
I noticed on a couple clips, you could tell it was shot with a vidicon or similar tube and not CCD
Was there even a TV in 1988 capable of making it look as good as we see right now?
Any CRT from the 80's or even earlier would have been able to play this at 60+ fps
American consumer televisions, utilizing the NTSC video & broadcasting standard, could display up to 576 interlaced lines, or 480 we can actually see as video. So, with S-VHS being a 400-line format (normal VHS was only 240), the answer to your question is yes, people 36 years ago saw this video in virtually the same quality as we can today.
THATS THE MAGIC
ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣＳ
2:43 This part makes me sing it when I shower 🗣🔥🔥
Someone tell me the song this stuff is GROOVING
Unfortunately, nobody seems to know Ｗ･Ｈ･Ａ･Ｔ is the title of the song.
@@ReelyInteresting 😂
Awesome
What if the song is actually called "What"? Maybe that can be a lead to finding this song
Hello :) Could you please share the process and the equipment you used to achieve such high-quality results? (4k 60fps) I would love to learn about the techniques and tools involved. Any insights or tips you can provide would be extremely appreciated. Thanks a lot!
Finally it was found..
Technically not, artist is still unknown.
@@lostwaved Yes but the full clip was, i'd say its enough for me
This feels like the predecessor of Metamorphosis
woah
It doesn't appear in the credits, who is this song by?
What capture device are you using, and what type of cable?
Does anyone happen to know what camcorder were they using?
It would of been most likely done with some short of television camera from the time period or some short of professional video camera from the mid 80s. It wouldn't be any consumer camcorder. The original quality would be a bit higher resolution than the S VHS dub.
I don't recognize this anime OVA but it's not bad, still 2nd to the HD 1993 New York OVA, that was pretty damn good
Hello, Nice Collections. Please guide - I wish to make a short film with the VHS aesthetics. Then I want to show it at a film festival. Therefore the quality needs to be near HD or 4K. Can you please guide how to get that quality from a VHS camera.
Look for a good JVC camera that can record to S-VHS tapes, or if you have the money look for ED-Beta which is Sony's highest fidelity analog betamax format.
@@madhatter8508 thanks I read about the Sony HVS cameras…are they really expensive?
@@Waadee101 To my knowledge Sony never made any S-VHS camcorders. The ED-Beta ones are expensive, but Sony's Hi8 camcorders are around $150-300 on eBay. Hi8 is another analog tape format comparable to S-VHS
@@madhatter8508 Sorry I meant Sony HDVS cameras....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_HDVS
@@Waadee101 From what I've found the tape isn't that expensive but the camcorders are; you might find one for $5,000-10,000. Also being an HD format, it won't really have VHS aesthetics. It'll look much closer to 16mm or 35mm film
Who is she?
So you upload Prores or H.264?
Vibes tho ☕ 🌎 🎯
Try to decipher the lyrics to the song, you can't
from kylie boggly hii
T'pau, - china in your hand, idk, sounds similar to me
0:54 any info on this song?
how do you get 4k from a tape format?
You can get 4K from any analog source. It's still 400 lines from the S-VHS video, just 5 pixels per line in 4K.
@@madhatter8508 Well an S-VHS tape actually has an analog luma resolution of approx. 420 TV lines/picture height, which is equivalent to 560x480 in NTSC or 560x576 in PAL in the digital world. The reason for this is that analog TV's aspect ratio is normally 4:3, and 420x4=1680/3=560, and then you have to multiply it with the resolution of the TV standard itself. The same theorem applies for standard VHS as well, because if we have around 240-250 horizontal lines in NTSC or PAL, then we will get a 320x480 (for a non-HQ recorded NTSC tape) or 333x576 (for a PAL tape recorded with a VHS HQ compatible VCR) digital pixel resolution for the luminance signal, which is really not bad at all, I mean it's actually more or less equivalent to 384 pixels of resolution in 4:3, which is very impressive, many people thinks that it's just 240-288 pixels, but they are completely wrong. Though most of consumer/prosumer analog video cassette tape formats could have a better chrominance resolution (at least 60 lines, if not 120 like Betacam SP), including S-VHS, VHS, SuperBeta, ED-Beta, Hi8 and so on, as they only provide approximately 30 lines of color resolution, you can actually improve it to perceptually look like 60 lines of chrome by playing around with the color balance settings, and giving it a little bit of saturation, if available. Videotapes are not bad, in fact, they are actually pretty darn good even by today's standards, and sometimes they can look better than even DVD discs, DV digital tapes, and DVB or ATSC MPEG-2 digital TV broadcasts (no doubt, DVDs, DV tapes and digital SD broadcasts they are the best video formats for achieving reference quality SD video, which is not the case for SD UA-cam videos), because analog videotapes usually have a more natural look, and they are obviously better than UA-cam's crappy looking, highly compressed 480p videos, because they contain a lot of macroblocking and ringing artifacts done by the codec's DCT compression algorithm at fucking low bitrates.
That does not look 4k to me nor 1080 but ok:(
It seems to be only in 1080p
Where's the Lawnmower for those eyebrows?
Do you know who is the model?
Yep, Brooke shields (probably)
Its actually victoria Lockwood @@tom_wuba