I watched some of the VHS tapes from Poppy Playtime and noticed something odd:

While Playtime corp seems to be located in North America where the NTSC colour standard was used with a frame rate of 59.94 half-frames per second, the humming of the audio track in a lot of the VHS tapes suggests that the recordings were made with a frame rate of 50 half-frames per second, typical for recordings in TV norms that use the PAL or SECAM colour standards which were common in Europe and other places in the world. Playtime corp would have to import PAL/SECAM VCRs and TVs (and probably provide a 230V 50Hz power supply) which would most likely result in higher prices compared to buying regular NTSC video equipment.

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#PoppyPlaytime #VHS #AnalogVideo #NTSC #PAL #SECAM

I love popping a new-used tape into my #VCR and seeing where the last owner stopped a #movie and never went back to finish it

#VHS #VHStape #retroTech #analogVideo

Hungarian TV in real SECAM, but with modern content (from M1 HD).

That Eastern Block look: the color encoding quirks, FM “fire” artifacts on a CRT pipeline.
No filters, no AI - pure physics simulation from broadcast specs.

Brings back the vibe of late-era Hungarian state TV. One of the rarer standards fully modeled in AnalogTV alongside PAL variants and MUSE.

Run your own content through it at:
https://analogtv.net

#SECAM #EasternBlockTV #VintageTV #AnalogVideo #magyarország

Create a video feedback loop 🌀 using a TV 📺, video mixer 🎛️, camera 📹 and RCA cables 🔌!

The mixer is a Panasonic WJ-MX12 that I bought for 75 euros. The camera is my old Sony DCR-HC17E, a Mini-DV camcorder (actually this was my first camera!) 🎥

The video mixer allows me to change the colors and add effects such as strobe, mosaic and paint. 🎨✨

Want to learn more about creating video art? Follow me or join a course in Amsterdam! 🙌

#videoart #analogvideo #videofeedback #glitchart #videomixer

Wasted some hours debugging why colors were poor and flicking on C64C, while a breadbin model works with the same cable and monitor. I even ended up soldering and replacing the motherboard CT1 trimmer capacitor, thinking it was broken as tuning didn't help.

Root cause: I was using the wrong cable plug. The cable adapter yellow plug is the "luminance" pin instead of composite video! CVBS is the white one!

#RetroComputing #Commodore64 #AnalogVideo