8mm Forum: If you think putting 8mm film into projector is complicated, let you see this one!

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Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on 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,

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on 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.

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on 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!!

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on 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!"

Posted by Mark Davies (Member # 6249) on April 25, 2018, 02:33 PM:

Awkward yes.. but very cool looking.

Posted by Nantawat Kittiwarakul (Member # 6050) on 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]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on 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

Posted by Kev Morrison (Member # 6338) on 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

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on 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.

Posted by Kev Morrison (Member # 6338) on 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 ]

Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on 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.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on April 27, 2018, 02:59 PM:

Still got mine and it still works. I keep it stored in a VHS case and most importantly is to remove the battery when its not in use.

Posted by Will Trenfield (Member # 5321) on April 27, 2018, 06:26 PM:

I still have mine as well, Graham, and it works with the original battery in situ!

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