Attleboro Falls Tape Transfer

01/02/2026

Why do I always employ “lossless” AVI for capture of your tapes?
Please take a moment for this educational read about compression and how it destroys your video file before you ever see it.

A compression artifact (or artefact) is a noticeable distortion of media (including images, audio, and video) caused by the application of lossy compression. Lossy data compression involves discarding some of the media's data so that it becomes small enough to be stored within the desired disk space...

12/07/2025

Sony discontinuing product lines!

11/30/2025

https://youtu.be/3CgrMsjGk7k?si=Gap4J7V33q9QphhG

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11/16/2025

https://www.3fingeredsalute.com/vhs-renaissance-retro-technology-comeback

From thrift-store hunts to TikTok aesthetics, VHS tapes are enjoying a surprising revival. This article explores why analog video is back in vogue, featuring interviews with collectors and artists, the influence of nostalgia-driven entertainment, and practical tips for joining the VHS renaissance.

11/13/2025

In a somewhat related matter to video, here is your favorite crab inside a derelict movie/stage theater, doing investigative probing of the walls and ceilings to help determine what’s holding the old gal up.
I went here as a kid many times.

11/01/2025

Does anyone have Beta tapes? I’ve been thinking about getting a Beta machine, but I don’t know the demand exists enough.

09/30/2025

https://apple.news/A-Z9AHNLPSuyIDJSP3VDXDw

The VHS threat had been mailed to Disneyland in 1995, weeks after an attack in Tokyo and another in Oklahoma City.

09/20/2025

09/20/2025

MOLD!
Always very scary when I get a moldy tape.
First clean it, one run, then I clean the cleaner and do a second run.
Then use a Mitsubishi super vhs player that is dedicated to only moldy tapes.
After I recover the recording I sometimes have to clean the vcr.

08/28/2025

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Forum

The founding companies were Hitachi, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Philips, Sony, Thomson, Warner Bros, Toshiba, JVC, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company.[citation needed]

08/15/2025

https://apple.news/AG93z9IrbPgKagWk15tvNEQ

"This is the story of the birth, life, death, and afterlife of the video store." An offiical trailer has debuted for a documentary film / essay film titled Videoheaven, a tribute to and love story about video stores of the past.