A VHS tape made from recycled food containers
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- On the menu tonight: Playing an incredibly cheaply made VHS tape made from recycled polypropylene, the kind of plastic used to make food containers. Starring motocross and off-road racer Rick Johnson.
12voltvids' teardown of the "UNIshell" VHS tape: • The UNIshell VHS tape ...
#vhs #cassette #abs
Tape: plastic
Acting: wooden
Haha
Lmao!!!! Classic....
“Acting”
How do I get those new analog brakes?
but picture quallity pretty high considering cheap tape and cheap recorder
Absolutely losing my mind thinking about visiting a friends house for movie night and watching "how your ABS brakes work for you"
Right after the airport training videos!
@@lovelyheiferdev dont forget the one on how to shift into 4X4! lol
Very much a Red Letter Media type movie night
@M-2 Hydra There is a German Short Film called "Staplerfahrer Klaus" (Forklift Driver Klaus) which starts of like an safety training video but is just pure comedy. Very gory. You can find it here on UA-cam.
@@BenjaminDierdorf watch?v=ChOHnSL7ZCg that's just the best think i've seen today
I swear the name of the tape sounds like something Troy McClure would be in!
Seriously!
You might remember me from such Driver's Ed films as "Alice's Adventures Through The Windshield Glass" and "The Decapitation Of Larry Leadfoot."
Lmao this comment is underrated
Hello i'm Troy McClure. You may know me from Educational films like "Here Comes the Metric System" and "Man Versus Nature: The Road To Victory".
It took me a while to realize that what my non-native ears were hearing as analog was actually antilock 🤦♂️
born and raised speaking yeehaw english and that got me too a lot of times
I thought all brakes were analog, even without abs, as you can gradually increase or decrease the amount of pressure on the brake pads with the brake pedal
Oh... I was confused all the time why they're speaking of an analog system when the system is in fact computer controlled.
the quallity of the video is actually pretty darn good considering that the recorder and the tape is so cheaply made
Man, Rick Johnson just oozes charisma.
Ricky Johnson is one of the greatest motocross riders of all time (7x champ) but as a spokesman/narrarator..........
@@fintanoclery2698 mathematically speaking, the number of spokesmen and narrators is countable, so you can say he was one of the best as well.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
And, of course, the mid-90s "poofy hair without flaunting it" I've been trying to achieve since I was 8 years old.
I remember there was a lot of confusion when ABS came out. People letting off the pedal because of the pulsating, or pulsating the brake, etc.
The pinnacle of cost-cutting strategy. The cassette had already outlived its intended useful life (about 2 weeks I think😉). And the pic&sound quality is still pretty perfect - impressive.
Why 2 weeks?
@@gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240
Life expectancy for this "disposable item".
But despite being made as cheapest as possible with every possible corners cut (if the shelll could be made of plain cardboard they probably had done that😳) its useful ilfe is just a tiny longer than expected - 20 years instead of 2 weeks.😆
Wonder if that cassette has ever been played before. Wear on the tape must be heavy with those fixed posts instead of rollers..
Expected to learn about a different type of VHS tape, and also ended up learning about how ABS works.
I think they made that cheap Funai VCR from recycled food containers also!
LOL
It's lighter than the tape itself.
Dollar store special!
@@5roundsrapid263 I’ve actually seen DVD players at the 99 cents store, usually for less than 10 bucks!
@@nslouka90 New or used? There are no-name Chinese DVD players on Amazon for less than 20 dollars. Interestingly they are region free and don't have the DVD trademark on them, they can get away with this because the relevant patents are all expired now. I bought one for an older relative who doesn't really use the internet and it works for what it is.
This reminds me of Driver’s Ed. We had to watch a 20 minute tape from a similar era as this about antilock brakes. This wasn’t in the 1990s though. This was 2 years ago. My driver’s Ed teacher just hadn’t changed his style since the late 80s.
I had this tape in my '96 Sonoma's glove box for years. I've never watched it until now.
That's absolutely right, Cindy
That’s right, Jay!
I regret not having picked up a couple of those ultra cheap HiFi VCRs during the last days of VHS.
You would think if a VHS about ABS was made from an unusual type of plastic, it’d be ABS!
Wow as someone who looks at content all the time and still uses laserdisc on a weekly basis I have to admit like others below - HOLY CRAP on that picture quality! I was rooting for recycled plastic tapes but figured it would look....questionable to say the least - NOPE! Great post as always sir!
If this gets any more 90s, I may just have to start doing the Macarena.
So many things in the video really scream the 90s! I can remember when front disc brakes were all the rage.
When I worked in radio in the 90s record companies used to send us music videos in those recycled shells. And though they were built cheap, those Funai-made Symphonic-Emerson-Slyvania VHS decks can last a long time if you didn't abuse them and kept the heads clean (I bought one for dubbing tapes too).
"Sounds complicated? It is."
Fun fact: ABS has only continued to improve as time went on.
Glad it does. My bike's brakes saved my ass many times
Isnt that also a type of plastic?
ABS
@@coolelectronics1759 Yes, yes it is.
I had no idea these existed
VHS tapes?
@@TechHowden I feel really old now. Thanks 😁
@@bazahaza No I meant that type of VHS tape I already know about VHS tapes
@@TechHowden 🤣 I feel better now.
Considering how video tape has evolved from the big expensive machines available only to TV stations and recording studios, to the least common denominator throwaway mindset junk that you elegantly demonstrate, the results are pretty amazing.
Wow the picture quality on that budget VCR is pretty outstanding.
I wonder if they could make laser discs out of recycled plastic or hemp plastic.
@@Attmay I love laserdisc.
I remember tapes like that being given away for free with various products. My mom bought a bread maker that came with one of those lol (it wasn't even an instructional video, it was just an infomercial for the company that made the bread maker haha).
His shoe and sock combination is stunning.
Watch the video again. The shoe and sock combo, belong to the woman in the purple jacket.
I have just one tape like this in my collection. It was mailed out by a local law firm circa 2001. It's basically a ten-minute ad for them.
This is the absolute cheapest videotape I have ever seen in my entire life… I imagine this is how Dollar Tree would have made a VHS tape!!!
Some days I’m glad laserdisc remained a niche by comparison. That meant there was a stop loss on how much dumbing down and cutting corners they could get away with.
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was completely astonished by the picture quality!
This kind of reminds me of a similar style of really cheap promotional VHS tapes, "V-Lite", which had no sort of latch at the top, were made of I assume recycled plastic (as well as styrofoam), and could probably only be played once due to how barebones it is.
"So what did you do Thursday night"
Me: So there's this guy on UA-cam... Cassette missing some bits... then Rick Johnson shows up ... it's made from Polypropylene instead of Polystyrene... need to apply firm even pressure... recycled food containers!... wheel sensors measure the speed difference... 1990's GM truck lineup...Funai were making VCRs so cheap... and remind people they could steer while braking now... there wasn't even a latch on the flap!
Them: *blank stare*
Me: uh, porn. I was watching porn.
Well, it is sort of - car porn! It would get someone excited, I'm sure.
Funai was making VCRs, then they made DVD recorders.
You are technically correct. The best kind of correct. It was tech-porn.
BTW - RE: the tools to take apart the reader for the blind - I realized embarrassingly that I did NOT have my contact information on my UA-cam "about" page. I have rectified that and am still willing to donate the tools...
I remember still seeing a funai dvd vhs combo only a few years ago brand new
wow despite how great lenghts they went to cheap out on the tape itself, the content is surprisingly educational (and that synth music is amazing lol)
It was useful to find out about that 8mph clunk you feel, my car does it and it's the first car i've felt that system in.
tfw world's cheapest VHS tape played on a bottom of the line VCR plays better than all my tapes played on my Sony.
I remember these types of tape, it was possible to snap them apart and put them into a normal shell and reuse them; thus recycling the tape, so to speak; works okay on LP and EP speeds! And you'd get almost 30 minutes or longer from them. Fine to use as an 'emergency' tape (when a better, longer, one isn't immediately available). Can't remember what the one we had was promoting, it was a while ago now!
For some time, I wondered about those 'analogue brakes' he was talking about.
I thought it was my bad hearing...I heard the same thing, "analogue brakes"
OMG! The actor who plays 'Dave' here I have in a store training video! He played Mike, the new hire, and learned all about responsible alcohol selling. Another actor from the same video was an uncredited extra on one episode of Cheers! I wish I could know more about these people but training and promotional videos are seldom credited.
Then I bet "Dave" and "Cindy" didn't actually purchase new GM trucks like Rick said they did.
@@vwestlife And I bet they aren't even friends! 😂
My god I was just looking up this kind of VHS. Sort of wondered what they would be like
It took me a Loooong time to get out the "pumping the brakes" habit. Then again, It also took me awhile to stop mashing my foot on the floor looking for the headlight dimmer! Driving becomes muscle memory, and when bits get moved about, It can be rough on an "old timer". LOL.
The ROVR channel is full of videos like this. Definitely worth subscribing to if you're a fan of '80s and '90s corporate videos made by auto manufacturers.
The intro and outro jingles reminded me a lot of Top Gear. Don’t know if that was intentional or not lol.
"This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds" :P
I'm amazed at the video quality of that inexpensive VCR, and the cheapest VHS ever made!
The deck I've captured most of the VHSs on my channel with is a cheap Samsung VHS / DVD combo. It has a surprisingly sharp picture!
This recycled VHS tape "Anti-Lock Braking System, How it works for you" is supposely was given if you bought the GMC, Chevy and Oldsmobile cars in that time, and they give a this VHS tape after buying the car itself.
It's been said before, but wow. The quality of that footage is absolutely fantastic.
I kinda like seeing those old cars again
I Do remember those Funai VCR's, we had one back in the early 2000's. They where indeed surprisingly good. But I'm glad that I still have my old JVC Super VHS recorder. Still working after 25 years.
Amazing .... And all I found in my local charity shop the other day on VHS tape was seasons 1 and 2 of Frasier, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, a Simpsons compilation, a John Candy film, and a Clint Eastwood film .... But alas, no ABS vids. I shall keep my fingers crossed for the future though.
Amazing picture quality for a vhs!
ABS was also installed as standard in my 1994 Toyota, and still works a treat.
That tape looks quite low precision and I wouldn't be surprised if some machines wouldn't accept it, especially those with anti-child tampering front loading. Panasonic machines for example will sometimes not accept a damaged tape that will go into a JVC.
I believe in the 1990s BASF made "recyclable" VHS tapes (And audio tapes too). They weren't cheaped out like this though. They looked fairly normal.
I also believe they had the Recycle 5 logo too
I have one of those tapes for the then new 2nd Gen Dodge Ram. That tape was from 1994.
I love that it has a GM Part Number
This makes one wonder... Are there cars with two-wheel ABS?
I think there were when it was first introduced in the 60’s.
Yes, some trucks had ABS only on the rear wheels.
@@vwestlife I remember MotorTrend testing one of the early 90's Chevy S10s with only rear ABS and it failed.
very interesting! thanks for the responses
It's quite amazing how good VHS could get video quality wise, Despite being 240p.
VHS is 480i. You're thinking of vintage computers and video games which are 240p.
I'm glad that you are not willing to destroy this to show what is inside.
Surprisingly, the plastic is sturdy enough not to break unlike cheap food containers these days..
Polypropolene is usually more unbreakable as it can bend wheras abs doesn't, so it's more brittle.
Dat synth score though!
Cool Find! What program are you using to get your interlaced video into deinterlaced 60fps? Because it looks great!
I use QTGMC.
@@vwestlife Sorry if you've already answered this before, but I couldn't find it. What capture card do you use for these captures?
The guy in the videotape probably wore a sweater draped over his shoulders in high school.
And you can use this as a sleep aid, too. What a value!!!
"My friends learn a lot and I hope you too" Me: "Yep!" Actually very interesting video, remarkable exceptional picture quality too for such food container VHS tape ;-)
I'm surprised they didn't do the 2 wheels on dry, 2 wheels on ice demo. It's one of the most dramatic ways to show the advantages of ABS.
I liked your review for several reasons. First, I appreciated your observations about the quality of the tape housing and recycling. I have VHS tapes dating back to 1980 which I still view. I've noticed, with approval, how the tape housings and packaging became lighter over the years. In my opinion, producing housings from type 5 recyclable plastic is preferable to unrecyclable polystyrene, as you infer. Second, I like your comment about the usability of the Funai tape recorder: it's inexpensive, durable (as you inferred of its vintage) and of acceptable quality, so what's not to like? My own player is a refurbished Magnavox dual DVD-VHS that I used for years as a teacher and continue to use in retirement. I am a fan of the pre-owned economy (car, house, photo, stereo, etc.) Third, I like the VHS programme you presented in its entirety. My first vehicle with ABS, a '95 Mercury Mystique, had no such instructions to prep my learning curve (I commuted +2 hours daily to my college position). I liked the instructional quality of the content and found it worthwhile to watch in its entirety. So thank you, once again, for another informative and entertaining review.
I was born in the 80s and I also noticed how videotapes started to get flimsier and flimsier throughout the 90s.
Nice oddball tape and cheap VCR. Thanks for sharing buddy
I can see Joe from Game Sack's delivery hasn't changed at all over the years!
Ho wow! I almost forgot that tapes got that cheaply made. I think I once received a vacation sampler on one of these.
I think you only hear that sound with the optional AWBS, Automatic Whoppie-Cushion Braking System.
the background music is a banger
5:30 On another, unrelated note, I heard a faint Roland SC55 MIDI snare drum in there
That (physically) has to be the cheapest tape (in ANY format!) I've ever seen. OTOH, It might be a collectable for the car/truck nut! I had an 8 Track demo tape from Buick (Also GM!) called "Fancy Colors in Sound" to demo the car's tape player. That title ALMOST sounds (and the label SURELY was) a tad too "Hippie" for the typical Buick buyer of the early '70s, But at least it was a normal quality cartridge/tape stock of it's day. I wish I still had it. (I really miss the 71 Electra 225 it came with....)
I remember having dozens of cheapo tapes like this and similiar in the 1990s.
I would call and send off for any promotional brochure and tape i could get sent to me. 2 of 3 were cheapos llike this, with the rest being standard VHS tapes, but short
I used the promotional tapes to record over. For a poor kid who loved to record TV and hated recording over stuff, it was an awesome opportunity.
I am very surprised at the picture and sound of this tape. I also found it quite entertaining. :)
Rock Video Monthly and similar video subscription services also used these kind of lightweight cassettes.
It's kind of interesting how the cheapo DVD players are $20 and yeah, the cheapest vhs players were 30-40 at end of life. .. Reminds me a bit of shopping for Nintendo games in the 80s at Toys r Us and seeing the $40-60 prices. Well, that hasn't changed at all, the prices!
That woman's jacket is the most 90s thing in this video.
I noticed there's no VHS trademark anywhere on the tape, maybe they couldn't put it there because the tape was technically out of spec (like a copy protected audio CD).
Yes, I believe this was mentioned in 12voltvids' video. It can only be properly called, at most, a VHS-compatible tape.
Nice a new video! Going to watch while I eat my supper.
Just love, love, big love to Funai.
Each second family had such a tv-2000a mk7. Loved their own remote to this TV. My worked for 13 years, after the burned down - quite adequately for the TV.
Oh damn when I heard recycled plastic made vhs I thought of this one, but didnt expect that it would be this exact one
Another notable difference from normal VHS tapes is there's no FBI warning that's usually seen in commercially recorded American VHS tapes and it doesn't mention anything about the tape being for private home use only. I don't know if there are any commercial VHS tapes (films or TV series) that don't have the FBI warning.
I may still have this from my mom's Astro van
I love vhs.... I wish new movies were still available for it...
Not without new VCRs you dont ..the heads are good for a fixed amount of hours and that is it. Same with DAT.
Really informative and not boring tape.
That cassette underside kinda looks like the interior plastic in GM rental cars of that time, except nothing's broken.
My 2000 seat (vw brand) did not even have ABS xD You could even get late 90s Audi without ABS. European brands (except volvo) never gave a crap about the safety systems.
My dad use to have a "Silvania" VCR, looks like that Funai VCR
11:25 that mightve actually just helped me learn thanks, my car makes that kinda noise at roughly 5-10mph when I first set off
Oh boy. The 90's...
You make the seemingly mundane interesting!
The anti-lock/analog mix up is almost diabetes/diabeetus tier.
8:24 - Yes, I always want to break on railroad tracks, god bless ABS to help me do this. Lol, wonder whos bright idea this was.
There was a time, where ABS was new
I thought the video would've looked and sounded worse considering how cost-cut the tape is, and how cheap of a VHS player was being used for playback
Thanks Kevin. My 1989 Ford Bronco II 4 x 4 had RAB ( Rear Antilock Brakes ), which depended on a sensor located in the differential, so 1 wheel could lock up just fine! Only when the speed of the diff. began to be erratic did the RAB function, and I honestly don't know what "function" meant. The sensor was constantly requiring cleaning, so I just put up with the brake warning light for years 'till one day it wasn't there anymore, probably burned out. Gotta give Ford an "attaboy" for trying!
"In 1955 Citroen DS19 had a better antilock brake system, also inboard massive disc brakes attached to the trans axle.
In 5 minutes you could change the brake pads by raising the hood , unclipping retainer and sliding out the old pad and sliding in the new one!"
Hank`its not a vaxine Aaron
I have two LP records in styrene. A collection of jazz greats and Sarah Vaughan. Both on Forum Records sold in grocery stores and similar places. They don't sound that bad.