The Quietus: Rotting Tape and the Gentrification of African Pop: Why We Must Save the Nollywood Archive. “VHS magnetic tape is incredibly fragile and has a limited lifespan, especially when stacked haphazardly in the un-airconditioned corners of Lagos living rooms or the labyrinthine, corrugated-iron warehouses of Alaba International Market. As I write this, thousands of original films from the […]

Harvard Gazette: Time has not been kind to VHS. “After winning the battle for dominance with the Betamax cassette, the VHS ushered in an era of amateur filmmaking, home movie collections, and video store rentals. Recognizing the value of the new format, Harvard curators quickly began amassing materials on VHS. Though no single tally of Harvard’s VHS holdings exists, a 2018 count of […]

Gerade habe ich ein altes Video wiedergefunden, dass ich im Jahr 2018 bei YouTube hochgeladen habe, weil ich es damals auf einer VHS-Kassette wiedergefunden hatte. 😉 Das VHS-Original stammt aus dem Jahr 1993. Es zeigt eine Autofahrt ab Asbach-Limbach durch die Dörfer Ditscheid, Sessenhausen, Krumscheid und Hirzbach bis nach Hähnen. Gewiss will die Welt das (nochmals) sehen, daher poste ich hier mal den Link. 🙈
https://youtu.be/BywBPPMLmmo

#vhs #vhstapes #1993 #cruising #dorfleben

Alte Radiowerbung: Der Film "Waterworld" mit Kevin Costner und Dennis Hopper auf VHS-Videokassette; März 1996

https://youtube.com/shorts/WBOjSyE7fFA

#waterworld #vhs #video #film #movie #1996 #90er #90sfilm #radiowerbung #radio #radioads #kevincostner #dennishopper #vhsvideo #videokassette #videotape #vhstapes #videocassette #kaufkassette #kinofilm #hollywood #hollywoodfilm #throwback #flashback #retro #nostalgie

Dilophosaurus gets into videography.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #VHS #VHSTapes #Videography #Dinosaurs

Why My Parents Didn’t Lose It

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/13/why-my-parents-didnt-lose-it/

Guy sparks debate by claiming he can tell you were born after 1995 if you say 'VHS player'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/generational-debate-over-vcrs

Tom’s Hardware: Gigantic VHS videotape hoard of thousands of videos stored in McDonald’s boxes being given away for free — Internet Archive looks set to claim the tapes of U.S. news output spanning 2004-09. “If you would like to rehome thousands of old VHS videotapes, there’s an incredible hoard of these nostalgic artifacts from the days of analog TV, stored carefully in McDonald’s boxes, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/18/toms-hardware-gigantic-vhs-videotape-hoard-of-thousands-of-videos-stored-in-mcdonalds-boxes-being-given-away-for-free-internet-archive-looks-set-to-claim-the-tapes-of-u-s-news-output-s/

OVAs were a big part of why the Japanese Animation Industry is different from The West.
https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2025/10/ovas-were-big-part-of-why-anime.html

#Anime #OVA #OVAs #OrigonalVideoAnimation #Gundam #DirectToVideo #VHS #VHSTapes