Was a bit bored today with very warm humid weather in SE Qld and then enjoy some welcoming rain, good reasons to stay indoors.
While I hsd a chance I dug around looking for 5 dvds we brought to play in the caravan when we are away that gone missing. Instead found 20 saved VCRs with mostly musical content.
We then spent 7 hours enjoying taped shows dating back to early nineties though to about 2005. We did not think the VCR machine would work after not being used for so long.
The Bee Gees, Long Way To the Top, a long list of country singers, Rolf Harris all got a work out, a top day in paradise, no alcohol, chips or peanuts, just us 2.
Might play Slim, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Kris and a heap others next week, maybe Thomo Camp cooking, I think that goes for nearly 3 hours that will beat watching cricket.
You do remember what a VCR is don't you?
Whenarewethere said
05:44 PM Dec 2, 2019
Variable Compression Ratio?
Radar said
08:53 PM Dec 2, 2019
Whenarewethere wrote:
Variable Compression Ratio?
There you go. I wonder what the initial stood for.
JeffRae said
01:09 PM Dec 3, 2019
Can't believe you carry a VCR and tapes around in your caravan, considering your choice is DVD's Considering most people try to reduce the weight they tow
Cupie said
01:12 PM Dec 3, 2019
I just hope that my VCR keeps working as I have more than a decade of State of Origin matches (only ones where Qld wins of course) that I watch every couple of years.
All of my earlier overseas & first 'round Au trips are on VHS tapes too. Taken off my video recorder mini cassettes. Too hard & time consuming to convert them to other media. Have tried many times & finally gave up.
I even still have a few blank tapes.
Whenarewethere said
01:13 PM Dec 3, 2019
It's on top of the cupboard with the real to real audio!
Radar said
04:57 PM Dec 3, 2019
JeffRae wrote:
Can't believe you carry a VCR and tapes around in your caravan, considering your choice is DVD's Considering most people try to reduce the weight they tow
JR, we are laid up at home twenty waiting to get a clearance, bored silly ay times, the dvds went missing from the caravan found in the home tv cabinet. I wonder how they got there.
DeBe said
06:21 PM Dec 3, 2019
VCR is Video Cassete Recorder. Used to repair them, only recently took hundreds of workshop manuals to the paper recyclers & threw out all the old stock repair kits. Same with old TV manuals & parts.
MapleHunter25 said
04:13 PM Dec 5, 2019
Unbelievably magnetic tape is still the backup media of choice for large IT systems, but really VCR tapes have reached their use by date. If you want to keep your memories/collection of dodgy romcoms you will need to convert them now before the tapes die. There are several ways (many quite cheep) to do this. Some (rough) ideas here, but hey Google - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/transfer-vhs-tapes-to-digital-files-computer/
Ooh hang on, forget all that I just thought of an on the road business idea....
Radar said
08:28 PM Dec 5, 2019
MapleHunter25 wrote:
Unbelievably magnetic tape is still the backup media of choice for large IT systems, but really VCR tapes have reached their use by date. If you want to keep your memories/collection of dodgy romcoms you will need to convert them now before the tapes die. There are several ways (many quite cheep) to do this. Some (rough) ideas here, but hey Google - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/transfer-vhs-tapes-to-digital-files-computer/
Ooh hang on, forget all that I just thought of an on the road business idea....
Hi, interesting they said "music tapes will die", well guess what my 1973,74, 76 though to about 1984 are still going strong, I listen to them in the shed when I want my music.
The oldest record movie tape goes back to about 1990.
Who saids there ready to die and besides my kids reckon they don't want the recorded history, you just google it, its there.
Craig1 said
09:46 PM Dec 5, 2019
Just found our 1st ever music cassette tape, Bee Gees, from 1974, still plays well
Radar said
10:51 PM Dec 5, 2019
Craig1 wrote:
Just found our 1st ever music cassette tape, Bee Gees, from 1974, still plays well
Mine is a home taped Slim Dusty on one side, Big O. Roy Orbison the other on a 60 minute Basf tape, I let it play for about 12 hours one night coming home from Toowoomba to Gosford, a 15 hour drive, when the other 2 tapes, that's all I had at the time, with the motion of the truck, had fallen down behind the passenger seat. About a 2 hour job finally to retrieve them from there dark hole. Johnny Cash, Kris Kristoffasan. Merl Hagget, Glen Campbell were the other two tapes.
Have fun enjoying the music memories from back there.
.
MapleHunter25 said
10:01 AM Dec 6, 2019
Radar wrote:
MapleHunter25 wrote:
Unbelievably magnetic tape is still the backup media of choice for large IT systems, but really VCR tapes have reached their use by date. If you want to keep your memories/collection of dodgy romcoms you will need to convert them now before the tapes die. There are several ways (many quite cheep) to do this. Some (rough) ideas here, but hey Google - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/transfer-vhs-tapes-to-digital-files-computer/
Ooh hang on, forget all that I just thought of an on the road business idea....
Hi, interesting they said "music tapes will die", well guess what my 1973,74, 76 though to about 1984 are still going strong, I listen to them in the shed when I want my music.
The oldest record movie tape goes back to about 1990.
Who saids there ready to die and besides my kids reckon they don't want the recorded history, you just google it, its there.
I'm impressed! Not by the longevity, mileage will differ, but by the fact your player has not eaten them yet!
Cupie said
10:09 AM Dec 6, 2019
My long suffering GQ Patrol still has a working Audio Tape Casette & I carry a box of copied tapes under the seat that I sometimes load up when touring the west. Lots of Aussie & Irish folk along with a good smattering of Classic & Jazz.
SWMBO tries to go to sleep & ignore it.
ps. I have put all those tapes onto various digital media as well. Much easier than Video I find.
Hi All.
Was a bit bored today with very warm humid weather in SE Qld and then enjoy some welcoming rain, good reasons to stay indoors.
While I hsd a chance I dug around looking for 5 dvds we brought to play in the caravan when we are away that gone missing. Instead found 20 saved VCRs with mostly musical content.
We then spent 7 hours enjoying taped shows dating back to early nineties though to about 2005. We did not think the VCR machine would work after not being used for so long.
The Bee Gees, Long Way To the Top, a long list of country singers, Rolf Harris all got a work out, a top day in paradise, no alcohol, chips or peanuts, just us 2.
Might play Slim, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Kris and a heap others next week, maybe Thomo Camp cooking, I think that goes for nearly 3 hours that will beat watching cricket.
You do remember what a VCR is don't you?
Variable Compression Ratio?
There you go. I wonder what the initial stood for.
Can't believe you carry a VCR and tapes around in your caravan, considering your choice is DVD's
Considering most people try to reduce the weight they tow
I just hope that my VCR keeps working as I have more than a decade of State of Origin matches (only ones where Qld wins of course) that I watch every couple of years.
All of my earlier overseas & first 'round Au trips are on VHS tapes too. Taken off my video recorder mini cassettes. Too hard & time consuming to convert them to other media. Have tried many times & finally gave up.
I even still have a few blank tapes.
It's on top of the cupboard with the real to real audio!
JR, we are laid up at home twenty waiting to get a clearance, bored silly ay times, the dvds went missing from the caravan found in the home tv cabinet. I wonder how they got there.
Unbelievably magnetic tape is still the backup media of choice for large IT systems, but really VCR tapes have reached their use by date. If you want to keep your memories/collection of dodgy romcoms you will need to convert them now before the tapes die. There are several ways (many quite cheep) to do this. Some (rough) ideas here, but hey Google - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/transfer-vhs-tapes-to-digital-files-computer/
Ooh hang on, forget all that I just thought of an on the road business idea....
Hi, interesting they said "music tapes will die", well guess what my 1973,74, 76 though to about 1984 are still going strong, I listen to them in the shed when I want my music.
The oldest record movie tape goes back to about 1990.
Who saids there ready to die and besides my kids reckon they don't want the recorded history, you just google it, its there.
Mine is a home taped Slim Dusty on one side, Big O. Roy Orbison the other on a 60 minute Basf tape, I let it play for about 12 hours one night coming home from Toowoomba to Gosford, a 15 hour drive, when the other 2 tapes, that's all I had at the time, with the motion of the truck, had fallen down behind the passenger seat. About a 2 hour job finally to retrieve them from there dark hole. Johnny Cash, Kris Kristoffasan. Merl Hagget, Glen Campbell were the other two tapes.
Have fun enjoying the music memories from back there.
.
I'm impressed! Not by the longevity, mileage will differ, but by the fact your player has not eaten them yet!
My long suffering GQ Patrol still has a working Audio Tape Casette & I carry a box of copied tapes under the seat that I sometimes load up when touring the west. Lots of Aussie & Irish folk along with a good smattering of Classic & Jazz.
SWMBO tries to go to sleep & ignore it.
ps. I have put all those tapes onto various digital media as well. Much easier than Video I find.