(ii) any VHS formatanalog video cassette recorder, or any 8mm format analog video cassette recorder that is not an 8mm analog video cassette camcorder, if the design of the model of such recorder has been modified after such date of enactment so that a model of recorder that previously conformed to the four-line colorstripe copy control technology no longer conforms to such technology. (i) any VHS formatanalog video cassette recorder or any 8mm format analog video cassette recorder if the design of the model of such recorder has been modified after such date of enactment so that a model of recorder that previously conformed to the automatic gain control copy control technology no longer conforms to such technology or (B) Effective on the date of the enactment of this chapter, no person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide or otherwise traffic in. (i) VHS formatanalog video cassette recorder unless such recorder conforms to the automatic gain control copy control technology. Some of the tapes he's planning to digitize have already been converted and uploaded to YouTube by other people, he says, but most are either poor quality or captured with less-advanced grabbing devices.Įffective 18 months after the date of the enactment of this chapter, no person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide or otherwise traffic in any.
He's capturing them in HD using a 1080p upscaler, at a full 50fps frame rate by converting to HDMI before grabbing - a higher frame rate than many standard commercial digitizing devices that capture at 30fps - so that no frames are missed. Digitizing his collection keeps that sweet nostalgia content safe from degradation of the magnetic tape, which starts to go downhill within 10 to 25 years. It's hosted by Craig Charles, who played Lister in the British sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf.
Scullion's first upload is a promotional tape for Super Mario All-Stars, given away by Nintendo UK in 1993. Scullion has 18 tapes to upload so far, and plans to provide accompanying commentary as well as the raw video as they go up on his YouTube channel.
In the 80s and 90s, video game companies and trade magazines made these tapes to accompany popular titles or new issues with bonus material or promotional footage, giving a glimpse into how marketing for games was done in the industry's early days. An anonymous reader shares a report: UK-based gaming journalist and blogger Chris Scullion is on a mission to preserve his collection - and maybe your collection, too - of these old video game VHS tapes.