That Unspooling Sound is Just the Death Rattle of VHS

12.29.08 by Kent

Good riddance, tape.

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5 Responses to “That Unspooling Sound is Just the Death Rattle of VHS”

  1. EZ Rider
    1:25 pm on December 29th, 2008

    Wait a second, you sure you don’t have anymore tapes to watch?

  2. bigkent
    1:41 pm on December 29th, 2008

    Hm, let’s see. Jim Croce, 69/24-7, Girls Gone Wild 2.

  3. robb
    2:36 pm on December 29th, 2008

    if ever you need an historical example of functionality trumping quality look no further than the absolutely craptacular VHS. want to make any broadcast instantly look 40% worse? are you interested in being able to discern the degredation of a recording with EACH USE? die a lonely death, giant Kset. how many audio/video-philes will be lauding the bygone days of your magnetic shittiness? the ones that are also crazy and homeless, that’s who.

  4. Markless Pete
    8:33 pm on December 29th, 2008

    Was that thing really yours? I’ve got one in the garage that I can’t seem to get rid of for some reason.

  5. bigkent
    1:35 pm on December 30th, 2008

    Nah, I just found that pic on the intertubes. It reminds me of the one Greg Johnson used to have. I remember thinking that that VCR was lame because 1. it had to be on top of everything else for the top-popping eject mechanism to work, and 2. the eject mechanism shot up so violently the tape always got jostled. And then the dawning of the coveted “front-loading” VCRs came and everything got awesomer.

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