Vey cool. My father dumped his hifi 6(?) heads VHS VCR and i wish it was mine. it had a ton of options, buttons, jog wheel etc... I wonder how good the quality was to record audio. It did also do slow speed recording for extra low fi :D
I'm still using a Hi-Fi VCR to record audio. In fact, I'm thinking of using it to run my backup audio going live later this year. This was almost the de-facto standard for cheap high-quality audio recording before DAT. The 6-head thing is more in reference to the video part though, not audio.
@@5minutesofretro I recently got rid of my last CRT TV. A 32 inch beast, Panasonic Tau. Flat glass, weighed 166 pounds, could do 1080i through composite video. Took up so much room in my small space. It was great for playing Xbox and watching TV in the early 00s though.
Wanted to do this but i couldn't decide wether to keep it 16:9 and put up with letterboxing or crop it to 4:3 and put up with the screen being cut lol. Neither sounds great
Using something to Crop the video to 4:3 would be a nice touch I think. For example, if you own the DVDs, play them on VLC Player , cropped as desired, and maybe add a-little film grain for horror movie type effect. My blu-ray copies came with DVD for Seasons 1 and 2
I think my VHS has only two outputs and one SCART. I think its the white and yellow one. Is it supposed to be mono audio? Most of this RCA have left-right audio and video.
Many consumer VHS machines in the 80s were mono only. It would say HiFi Stereo on the deck if it is a stereo machine and then you'd have both white and red RCA connectors (audio) as well as a yellow one (video) in the back or at the front, or both.
Haha, nice! Very cool. I actually did a similar thing but going whole-hog and doing a pan-and-scan with telecine to 4x3 NTSC through an NLE, and also remixed the audio to be thinner/ more compressed. Example is here- ua-cam.com/video/sUZavt6On_E/v-deo.html I would put up longer clips but they get struck down hard of course, haha.
Although I'm a huge fan of CRT monitors for classic video games & computers (and I own dozens of them), I much prefer a modern HDTV for watching movies and even classic television shows. I also worked in broadcast television engineering & production for 5 years in the CRT era and I studied it in College with suitable degree. I put the shows on the air and ran 8 million dollars worth of state of the art television gear in the late 80s into the early 90s (and ran their antique gear prior to getting the grant) before going into computer support. There's simply no replacing a CRT for classic video games or old computer games.They had a fantastic look to them that can not be duplicated on HDTV's and the game designers specifically took advantage of the CRT. But this is not the case with movies and even a lot of classic TV shows. Movies were made on film, and even a lot of TV shows were done on film and converted to television. And today, an HDTV does a much better job of transferring the original films at high resolution than a CRT ever could. I'm amazed that even watching a lot of old TV shows look so much better on a HDTV with tons of detail. I assumed they were shot on low resolution NTSC video back in the day, but apparently not. Now we're able to watch them better than ever. And modern TV shows are made for HDTV. With classic video games, the look of the tube gave the games a lot of charm and actually smoothed out the edges that look terrible when displayed on LCD & LED displays. Last night I watch "Close Encounters of the third kind", one of my favorite movies, on HDTV and it was like seeing it in the theater again. So much detail and I was noticing a lot of things I had forgetting about since seeing it at the drive in theaters a couple times in the 70s. NTSC video (or PAL) just doesn't do it justice. Plus the wide screen ratio too. I guess we're all entailed to our opinion, but mine is that CRT's are way better for classic video games, and HDTV's are way better for watching movies.
Absolutely. We're all different. I to watch HD movies on my projector or big screen flat TV, but sometimes I want another experience. And when it comes to VHS and Laserdisc there are no question, CRT only. ;-)
@@5minutesofretro I can understand that for a different experience. I don't miss movies or TV on standard definition devices. You'd think I'd more more nostalgic about it like I am with classic video games since I worked in broadcasting, and was an early owner of a VHS VCR (about 1980 or 81), but it's just the realization these movies and a lot of shows were actually shot at a much higher resolution than what they were transferred onto for home formats, so I'd much rather enjoy them in their more detailed versions. I also don't miss collecting the physical product at all either. It just ends up taking a lot of space. I love the streaming concept and the simplicity of not even needing to go to the video closest, grab a video and place it in the device. It's all hard drive type access today. I don't think there is a single video I haven't found online that I wanted to watch. Especially movies. But classic video games on modern display totally ruining the look for me. Plus they look blocky & pixelated. Our family has a video closest. We have more storage room than anyone you know. A very unconventional house. I'm sure we have a good 500 - 1000 home videos or more in the closest. It's like Blockbuster in our storage room. Not sure what we're gonna do with them. I'm not sure this building will always be in the family however. Pretty much all of my possessions since I was born in the 60s are still in the building, but I bought another house I live in. A museum's worth of collectables we have on multiple levels. Classic arcade machines, computers, video games & synthesizers are what I was heavily into collecting. Originally my Dad wanted a movie theater in the house and he bought a row of movie theater seats. We never did that, but did have a basketball court inside & a BMX track in the back yard (in the early 80s). The basketball court eventually became more storage for collectables.
Taking down a physical copy of the movie I want to watch, looking over the cover (Especially on laserdisc) and the whole experience of inserting it into the player etc, it's all part of the nostalgic adventure. It makes it real. Streaming reduces watching movies to something cheap and sorted. Not the same at all to me.
I just purchased this setup to try the same thing. Thank you so much for sharing
Cheers!
If I wanted to watch it on a modern TV but still VHS would I need that converter your using?
In this video I'm using a cheap simple HDMI-SCART adapter. SInce I'm in Europe SCART is on every piece of old audio/video gear.
Vey cool. My father dumped his hifi 6(?) heads VHS VCR and i wish it was mine. it had a ton of options, buttons, jog wheel etc... I wonder how good the quality was to record audio. It did also do slow speed recording for extra low fi :D
I'm still using a Hi-Fi VCR to record audio. In fact, I'm thinking of using it to run my backup audio going live later this year. This was almost the de-facto standard for cheap high-quality audio recording before DAT. The 6-head thing is more in reference to the video part though, not audio.
Next step is to watch on an 80s CRT television with the curved glass, fake wooden exterior, and all 😄.
I much prefer the Sony Trinitron. There is no better CRT to watch on.
@@5minutesofretro I recently got rid of my last CRT TV. A 32 inch beast, Panasonic Tau. Flat glass, weighed 166 pounds, could do 1080i through composite video. Took up so much room in my small space. It was great for playing Xbox and watching TV in the early 00s though.
They're big indeed.
Wanted to do this but i couldn't decide wether to keep it 16:9 and put up with letterboxing or crop it to 4:3 and put up with the screen being cut lol. Neither sounds great
Using something to Crop the video to 4:3 would be a nice touch I think. For example, if you own the DVDs, play them on VLC Player , cropped as desired, and maybe add a-little film grain for horror movie type effect. My blu-ray copies came with DVD for Seasons 1 and 2
Why would you crop out parts of the image? That's what they did in the actual 80s before letterboxing. Terrible idea.
I think my VHS has only two outputs and one SCART. I think its the white and yellow one. Is it supposed to be mono audio? Most of this RCA have left-right audio and video.
Many consumer VHS machines in the 80s were mono only. It would say HiFi Stereo on the deck if it is a stereo machine and then you'd have both white and red RCA connectors (audio) as well as a yellow one (video) in the back or at the front, or both.
OHDEAR....You forgot to take in the SENT of a woman - or in this case the sent of a brand new VHS casette - before inserting it into the machine...
I had a little whiff on the side.
Haha, nice! Very cool. I actually did a similar thing but going whole-hog and doing a pan-and-scan with telecine to 4x3 NTSC through an NLE, and also remixed the audio to be thinner/ more compressed. Example is here- ua-cam.com/video/sUZavt6On_E/v-deo.html I would put up longer clips but they get struck down hard of course, haha.
That's dedication!
Hi! How can i get interlaced nvidia gforce rtx 3060 with w11? Cant find it anywhere.
I have no idea. I only know the gear I use.
@@5minutesofretro i can use my girlfriends laptop. No worries. Can it be different TV if it still has scart in the back? :) Like flat screen tv.
Sure.
Hi Espen, nice episode. Just watching Stranger Things for the first time.
Thanks!
Sweeeet!!! Thank you. :)
Cheers!
Well, stranger things have happened (sorry, could not resist it :)).
:P
Not really a "stranger things have happened" moment though was it..
I have a composite to vga modulator, i was able to do this 20 years ago.
You saw Stranger Things before anyone. Congrats.
Love projects like this- i might have to run these specs through my fairlight cvi
I've wanted to record some Atari ST video (from a PC emulator) to VHS. So thanks for the tip on the downscaler! [signs in to Amazon...]
Cheers!
I tried this recently also, into my Commodore 1702, without recording to vhs. Hdmi converter to S video. S video to chroma/luma
Nice!
Although I'm a huge fan of CRT monitors for classic video games & computers (and I own dozens of them), I much prefer a modern HDTV for watching movies and even classic television shows. I also worked in broadcast television engineering & production for 5 years in the CRT era and I studied it in College with suitable degree. I put the shows on the air and ran 8 million dollars worth of state of the art television gear in the late 80s into the early 90s (and ran their antique gear prior to getting the grant) before going into computer support.
There's simply no replacing a CRT for classic video games or old computer games.They had a fantastic look to them that can not be duplicated on HDTV's and the game designers specifically took advantage of the CRT. But this is not the case with movies and even a lot of classic TV shows. Movies were made on film, and even a lot of TV shows were done on film and converted to television. And today, an HDTV does a much better job of transferring the original films at high resolution than a CRT ever could. I'm amazed that even watching a lot of old TV shows look so much better on a HDTV with tons of detail. I assumed they were shot on low resolution NTSC video back in the day, but apparently not. Now we're able to watch them better than ever. And modern TV shows are made for HDTV. With classic video games, the look of the tube gave the games a lot of charm and actually smoothed out the edges that look terrible when displayed on LCD & LED displays.
Last night I watch "Close Encounters of the third kind", one of my favorite movies, on HDTV and it was like seeing it in the theater again. So much detail and I was noticing a lot of things I had forgetting about since seeing it at the drive in theaters a couple times in the 70s. NTSC video (or PAL) just doesn't do it justice. Plus the wide screen ratio too.
I guess we're all entailed to our opinion, but mine is that CRT's are way better for classic video games, and HDTV's are way better for watching movies.
Absolutely. We're all different. I to watch HD movies on my projector or big screen flat TV, but sometimes I want another experience. And when it comes to VHS and Laserdisc there are no question, CRT only. ;-)
@@5minutesofretro I can understand that for a different experience.
I don't miss movies or TV on standard definition devices. You'd think I'd more more nostalgic about it like I am with classic video games since I worked in broadcasting, and was an early owner of a VHS VCR (about 1980 or 81), but it's just the realization these movies and a lot of shows were actually shot at a much higher resolution than what they were transferred onto for home formats, so I'd much rather enjoy them in their more detailed versions.
I also don't miss collecting the physical product at all either. It just ends up taking a lot of space. I love the streaming concept and the simplicity of not even needing to go to the video closest, grab a video and place it in the device. It's all hard drive type access today. I don't think there is a single video I haven't found online that I wanted to watch. Especially movies.
But classic video games on modern display totally ruining the look for me. Plus they look blocky & pixelated.
Our family has a video closest. We have more storage room than anyone you know. A very unconventional house. I'm sure we have a good 500 - 1000 home videos or more in the closest. It's like Blockbuster in our storage room. Not sure what we're gonna do with them. I'm not sure this building will always be in the family however. Pretty much all of my possessions since I was born in the 60s are still in the building, but I bought another house I live in. A museum's worth of collectables we have on multiple levels. Classic arcade machines, computers, video games & synthesizers are what I was heavily into collecting. Originally my Dad wanted a movie theater in the house and he bought a row of movie theater seats. We never did that, but did have a basketball court inside & a BMX track in the back yard (in the early 80s). The basketball court eventually became more storage for collectables.
Taking down a physical copy of the movie I want to watch, looking over the cover (Especially on laserdisc) and the whole experience of inserting it into the player etc, it's all part of the nostalgic adventure. It makes it real. Streaming reduces watching movies to something cheap and sorted. Not the same at all to me.
@@5minutesofretro I get that, but that part of experience was never that appealing to me. Photos of everything are online now.
@@n8goulet didn't stop me from enjoying Rare Replay