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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 25, 2018 12:28 AM

Many people nowadays found putting 8mm reels in a projector is an inconvenience way of watching film.

Show them this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50kOJRfVCQ4

This is the most inconvenience way of listening to the music.... [Big Grin]

ps: I have just knew there is a kind of that thing in this earth.

cheers,

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: London, UK
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posted April 25, 2018 03:08 AM

And look at the "fixed head video recorder" 1'30" into this. It came up in the sidebar when watching the above.
I've never seen an Elmo laser sound video recorder with a lens like this.

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Melvin England
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Feb 2016

posted April 25, 2018 08:25 AM

What a complete and totally utter waste of time!

I wonder why I never found out about this 1980's technology at the time? Beats me!!

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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted April 25, 2018 11:36 AM

I remember some 1980s Teac cassettes with "reels" but not designed to be removable, which cuts the playing time by close to 50%. I may still have one somewhere, worth buying just for the cool reels rotating as you used the tape.

But this I never saw. The accessories are astounding to me. I love the one viewer's comment: "All the convenience of cassettes without any of the convenience!"

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Mark Davies
Film Handler

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From: Stourbridge, UK
Registered: Jan 2018

posted April 25, 2018 02:33 PM

Awkward yes.. but very cool looking.

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Nantawat Kittiwarakul
Master Film Handler

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From: Rajburana, Bangkok, Thailand
Registered: Aug 2017

posted April 25, 2018 08:21 PM

Making a simple cassette become complicated again,negating the purpose of being "cassetted". No wonder why it's a flop. [Roll Eyes]

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted April 26, 2018 02:26 AM

One good invention was the VHS-C to VHS adapter. This allowed you to play the small cam-corder cassettes (VHS-C) on a standard VHS recorder.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/HQ-VHS-C-Video-Cassette-Adaptor-Black/dp/B000P1KSHO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1524727310&sr=8-2&keywords=vhs+adaptor

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Kev Morrison
Film Handler

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From: Land of the Mouse, USA
Registered: Feb 2018

posted April 26, 2018 08:55 AM

Wow.

I cannot comprehend why anyone would make such a ridiculously complicated recording device, particularly since regular cassettes and recorders/players were already on the market many years before this thing.

Maybe it was created for testing a person's tolerance for frustration. It IS cool looking.

What's ironic is that, much like the huge surge in interest in vinyl records and turntables, there is now a similar slowly growing interest in cassettes..... why, I do not know.

What's next? 8 track tapes?

If you want to see another strange cassette-related device, check this one out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJo13FP4UpI

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted April 26, 2018 08:58 AM

Well it would have meant that if you only used a few shells you could store a lot more recordings in the same space, though finding the one you wanted and fitting it in the cassette shell would take a lot longer.

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Kev Morrison
Film Handler

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From: Land of the Mouse, USA
Registered: Feb 2018

posted April 26, 2018 09:06 AM

"One good invention was the VHS-C to VHS adapter. This allowed you to play the small cam-corder cassettes (VHS-C) on a standard VHS recorder".

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HQ-VHS-C-Vi deo-Cassette-Adaptor-Black/dp/B000P1KSHO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1524727310&sr=8-2&keywords=vhs+adaptor

Maurice, you are absolutely correct.

I'm using one to play my VHS-C tapes in my Panasonic VHS to DVD recorder for digital transfer purposes. Makes life a whole lot easier!

[ April 28, 2018, 07:07 PM: Message edited by: Kev Morrison ]

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Barry Fritz
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From: Burnsville, MN, USA
Registered: Dec 2009

posted April 26, 2018 02:59 PM

It was great having a cassette player in the car. Once a tape was finished, push button to eject and insert another without hardly taking your eyes off the road. With that goofy thing you would need to pullover for ten minutes to switch.

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Graham Ritchie
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