VHS copied to VHS copied to VHS copied to VHS copied to VHS... (VHS Generation Loss Demonstration)

I'd done this once before ten years ago, but I'd never properly showcased it.
What you're witnessing is a video being copied to a VHS tape, that tape being re-digitized, and then copied onto the tape again... and again and again and again... a total of sixteen times.
I termed the original digital video source "generation 1", but it should possibly be called "generation 0". I've never been clear on which way is proper. The first time you see VHS is generation 2.
Results vary from VCR to VCR. This one behaved nicely.
I made sure to start out with a very colorful scene in order to show how the colors degraded.
Because of KZbin's current video compression data rate bottleneck, there isn't a good way to upload videos with this much difference from frame to frame while maintaining decent resolution. However, if you would like to download a less compressed copy out of curiosity, visit this link: drive.google.com/open?id=18yn...
The music is Vaughan Williams - “Piano Quintet in C Minor” performed by Novacek, Yoo, Oudin, Kim, and Cahill.

[@MrMegaManFan]

Some of my VHS tapes actually got this bad because I’d copy my favorite shows from one source to the next to remove commercials, then again to make compilations. I had no concept of signal degradation or loss at that age!

[@japhyriddle]

There was one time in my childhood that I made a copy of a tape and the result appeared to look better than the original. I didn't understand how that could be possible. It turned out that because VCRs often employ a sharpening filter, the copy looked sharper to my naive eyes, even though detail had been lost.

[@maximusstorm1215]

"I had no concept of signal degradation or | || || |_."

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

​@@maximusstorm1215Good try but I don't think the aligment is quite there depending on the platform of viewing.

[@buggerkingmalmo8949]

@@maximusstorm1215 is this....

[@BigAssBalls]

@@kayEnt3rtainm3ntGuess the joke was | |I || l_t on some platforms...

[@harperlilian]

The gen z version of this is people cropping a tiktok meme over and over until the quality is so bad that the video is indistinguishable

[@hillybankok]

dude youre spitting facts

[@tacoyael6]

I love how it goes from a demonstration video to analog horror real quick

[@manboy4720]

analog horror = anything on a VHS

[@mr_flor]

@@manboy4720 exactly

[@Glennjamyyyn]

His deep staring into my soul at the 5th generation certainly helped

[@agentepolaris4914]

To be honest, although I like analog horror, I HATE how it has fucked up the internet's mind to the point everyone associates anything that looks like old Polaroid picture quality or VHS generation loss (or VHS "filter") to horror even when things in question aren't scary per se

[@tacoyael6]

@@agentepolaris4914 I totally get your point, but I think it's oddly scary nonetheless, I called it analog horror because I couldn't think of any other way to describe it. But still old vhs videos are at least a bit disturbing to me, doesn't matter what the video is about.

[@moxie6132]

A lot of people use glitchy VHS to be unnerving, but using it as a sense of imminent time and decay is an idea worth exploring

[@japhyriddle]

I was totally surprised at how many people thought this video was scary. I guess if people's first exposure to VHS artifacts is a horrific one, then that's what they associate with the format. Since I was born in '84, I grew up with the format, and have nothing to fear about its artifacts. This was meant to just be a silly tech demonstration video.

[@moxie6132]

@@japhyriddle And it definitely serves the purpose well, the video is fantastic. It's that fusion of fear and education that intrigued me, taking the VHS artifacts, and giving them a deeper meaning to analog horror than just corruption or an otherwise unnerving presence

[@Felamine]

@@japhyriddle I was born in 1984 too and the only thing "scary" about a glitchy VHS is the possibility of a broken tape, or worse, a broken VCR. And the anxiety of having to explain to my parents that the VCR might be broken. 😆

[@JamesR624]

That's actually exactly what is done with the intro sequience of Better Call Saul through the seasons.

[@Kris_A]

The invisible super visual degradation twist knob was a great peak. Very good!

[@japhyriddle]

Ha ha. Thanks. While I was doing that, I thought, "I wonder if I should have been pushing invisible buttons instead of snapping my fingers.".

[@StevonnieFan]

Japhy Riddle You should’ve done that at the 16th Generation.

[@NikoCubeRoot]

@@japhyriddle 26 5 13. Me Her He Here Here's Here is

[@Simon-ps3oj]

@@NikoCubeRoot what

[@gigigigiotto1673]

where can i buy one? I lost it and i can't find it anymore

[@nithsk]

analogue horror fans: "OMG THIS IS SO FIRE"

[@MaxConsumesDeadHamsters]

im using it for anolog horror but its not on this account

[@unhappysaint]

@@MaxConsumesDeadHamstersmay you send the link of your analog horror? i would like to see

[@snarkatryta]

​​@@MaxConsumesDeadHamsters and i do too but alive

[@Kitteh.B]

I don't understand analog horror but everyone I know that does is like, at least 10 years younger than me. I'm slowly becoming convinced it's scary to them because they don't understand analog electronics?

[@MaxConsumesDeadHamsters]

@@Kitteh.B for me it's not scary it's either for fun or it's an effect to make it look like it came straight out of a VHS. Sometimes nostalgia can be scary and yea it looks a bit uneasy but I love it lol

[@Faith_Soprano]

When I was a kid, my parents would often get pirated VHS tapes both from friends and from actual outlets that sold pirated VHS tapes, as well as rental places. You could often tell how many times they were copied by just how horrible the quality was. When I got a little older and sought out to buy actual licensed VHS copies of things I liked, I was kind of shocked to see how good the quality actually was on the original tapes. 😅

[@ChickensinHighDef]

Tony was literally into everything, wasn't he?

[@johnny5941]

How many copies were each clap in this video? Was each copy very forgiving as in each clap would be ten copies. Two claps in this video meant twenty copies?

[@johnny5941]

How many copies were each clap in this video? Was each copy very forgiving as in each clap would be ten copies. Two claps in this video meant twenty copies?

[@BenjaminHari]

I'm actually shocked how much is lost already on 1st copy....quite interesting, thanks for the video!

[@japhyriddle]

Indeed. VHS is a really terrible (specs-wise) format. Thank you.

[@0L1]

​@@japhyriddle Or the perfect anti-piracy format 🤔

[@japhyriddle]

@@0L1 Certainly not. I had two VCRs growing up. Poor Blockbuster. We copied all the good movies we rented.

[@quentinkaasa47]

Do you have a copy of Shazam laying around?

[@japhyriddle]

@@quentinkaasa47 Back then, I was "too cool" for Shazam. Now, I can get down with it.

[@brentfisher902]

It is a good thing they figured out how to have lossless digital audio recording, for example, the Rolling Stones early master tapes are worn out completely and the recordings you hear now are a digitized recording from the last playing. This means that if digital sound recording never happened then there could only be a finite possible number of copies and plays of any one song.

[@japhyriddle]

Agreed. The archivist in me is very grateful.

[@lutello3012]

As long as there's someone there to digitally copy the digital copy before it degrades too much.

[@antonliakhovitch8306]

​@@lutello3012Yes, but the key difference is that you can now copy as many times as you want without any quality loss whatsoever. Checksums and ECCs ensure that the file can even withstand some degradation of the physical medium, and that you'll know for sure whether it's been changed at all from the original.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Vinyl fanatics are going “la-la-la, can’t hear you” ...

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

@@mezzb Vinyl is a dead-end technology that remains stuck in the 1970s. At least the Compact Cassette continued to be improved right into the 1990s with new magnetic formulations etc. If any retro analog format is worthy of a revival, cassettes are it.

[@ageves8487]

Everywhere at the End of VHS. This technique would actually make for an amazing narrative short film, I really wish it was longer demonstration, but love it all the same, thank you for sharing.

[@japhyriddle]

Back in 2008 (or sometime around then), I made a short film which used this effect almost narratively. But that film wasn't very good. You're right, I should make some actually good short with this effect.

[@ageves8487]

@@japhyriddle Cool! I'd still love to see it, and anything else, should you get the inspiration and idea for this technique! It'd really be beautiful. It is present here though and that is worthy of praise!

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

It seems to me, the signal would converge to a state such that the VHS degradation ends up producing the same signal. This could be called an “eigenstate” of the complete VHS recording+playback cycle.

[@dreamybullcontent]

​@@japhyriddleIs it online anywhere? I suggest you archive stuff like that

[@kevinm5940]

Isn't that just any analogue horror media

[@PianoManPaul]

Fascinating video ... and brings back memories! Some time between 40 and 50 years ago as a young child, I had a fascination with audio tape recorders. The ability just to record anything that happened around me, and play it back, listened to what just happened AGAIN - sufficiently blew my young noggin to no end. I had a little Lloyd's brand cassette recorder, as my first. A few months into this wonderful new science, I found my dad's big reel-to-reel deck, and ran a crazy experiment - the first recording, was of me just clapping my hands for about ten seconds. On the second recording on the other deck, I did the exact same - just not the exact same 'clapping speed' as the first recording, AND - with the first recording being played back very close to the microphone. Back to the first deck for #3, which now had 2 of me clapping already ... you see where this is going. I remember making it up to a barely tolerable 30 recordings, that sounded like a class room FULL of clapping kids, but the imperfections and high overtones of the early, low quality microphones, soon in those re-recordings would produce an extremely annoying tone just desperate to "feed back"... and I was eventually stuck with that. Funny thing about this was, no one at all believed me, when I told them that there was only one person clapping, and that was me. I hadn't thought about that memory for at least 20 years -- until I saw this video. Thank you!

[@japhyriddle]

I love this story. Thank you for adding it to the comments.

[@andrut04]

Wow, this video made me think about how my childhood memories are slowly fading out. Every now and then I realize that the moments that I know I remembered are not there anymore. That's sad.

[@dguy0386]

as someone who uses vhs regularly this is the most accurate depiction of different levels of vhs picture quality I've ever seen online

[@Mobilis17]

Why are you using vhs regularly?

[@dguy0386]

​@Mobilis17 because my family never stopped using them and i enjoy old technology so I've actively added more to the already existing family collection, 4/5ths of what i watch is old enough to be on vhs anyway and they're insanely cheap these days, 10 cents each at my local salvation army, for someone who conveniently already owned a vcr 10 cents for a movie is insane

[@henrybierman8431]

​@@dguy0386it is good, but only if you own a box tv. VHS looks horrible on a flat screen (because it has to convert from analog to digital I think)

[@presidentofallfoodnice8113]

​@@dguy0386I wish they were that cheap where i lived

[@wind2536]

@@dguy0386 based, you should be my bf

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

This is really scaring me, because when I was 13 I started having a reoccurring dream of an event but it was VERY badly distorted. It looked exactly like what happens at 0:56. The event was people looking frantic and running, while some stood in their midst just staring at the sky. Some were pointing, some were crying. There was no sound at all, it was so silent that the silence itself was a presence. I still remember the silence of it, but there was sound at the end. At the end I would hear someone shouting 'SHUT IT OFF! HE'S WAKING UP! WE HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN!!!". The dream would happen only once twice a month, and it went on for about 9 months.

[@exogd]

Bro thats actually creepy asf

[@japhyriddle]

Wow. That's sounds very intense. It could probably be fleshed out and turned into a scary sci-fi film. Thank you for sharing.

[@crafterrium8724]

Get dawg a dream doctor 😭😭😭

[@p0lyb1u5]

@@japhyriddleMy writer ass could never NOT write that idea down

[@calchuchesta3196]

SHUT IT OFF! SHUT IT OFF!! THEY HIT THE FUCKING PENTAGON!!!!

[@sanixxs]

it gets progressively scarier and scarier, but your winks and smiles keep me happy and feeling safe!

[@jonpatchmodular]

Very impressively edited! I love that magnetic lo-fi sound, it sounds a lot like microcassette past the 3rd or 4th generation, when it starts to sound saturated.

[@23Daves]

I think those among us who bought a lot of bootleg VHS videos in the 80s and 90s can recognise generations 2-4 very well.

[@y3flamex250]

AMNOGN!??!?!??! SUS!??!?!?!

[@simonsays_999]

AMOGUS

[@kobwmoose]

These comments, including OP, are a good demonstration on who's born in the 20th century or the 21st.

[@WojciechP915]

Legend has it the FBI is still after him.

[@helio3928]

​@@kobwmoosemillennials can't enjoy amogus?

[@inamorato6663]

this is so oddly eerie, there’s always something about degrading orchestral music in vhs that feels so tragic

[@chasethecolors]

That’s probably why the artist The Caretaker used that kind of music to represent Alzheimer’s. Spooky, sad stuff

[@weirdooftheyear]

That's ALWAYS gotten me! Distorted/old sound always gets on my nerves.

[@WalkerArt-64]

May I ask, does anyone know what music that is?

[@nik.akhmetov]

well that turned into nightmare fuel really quickly

[@ti2218]

It's like going back a decade in quality with each snap!

[@1TakoyakiStore]

My parents had a big laser printer for their home run magazine business. Once when I was messing with it I discovered this concept with the coper function of the printer. This would've been mid 90's. So when I heard about cloning degradation in science fiction shows years if not decades later I knew what they meant.

[@japhyriddle]

Awesome. Before learning the proper terminology for doing it with video, my friends and I used to call this technique "video Xeroxing".

[@lpc9929]

Th the

[@arubaguy2733]

45 years ago, I was a copy machine repairman. The machines used liquid toner and coated paper...no digital anything. To test repaired machines' optics, focus, etc, we'd make copies of copies of copies of copies of copies, etc. until quality degraded to an unacceptable level, to verify the quality of the repair.@@japhyriddle I think I'll check both my laser and ink jet printers to test the image degradation on modern machines.

[@Galidorquest]

0:53 This looks like a 1970's spearmint gum or mouthwash commercial...

[@japhyriddle]

Ha ha ha. I guess my life's complete now.

[@PetrMessner]

This is how Terminator 1 looked like when I first saw it. With single voice dubbing.

[@Nomadnetic]

I wasn't aware of this effect. I would copy over the same tape multiple times as a kid, and always wondered why it looked worse/more degraded. Fascinating stuff.

[@GoldSrc_]

This isn't about recording over a tape, this is about using source A to make copy B, then take copy B to make copy C, then take copy C to make copy D, and so on. You could reuse a tape dozens of times with little to no problems.

[@mayonnnnnaise]

This is art; it made me feel emotions. It's a good metaphor or simile, or whatever for memory. The further from the source, or the moment in real life, the more distorted it is.

[@japhyriddle]

Aw. Thank you. I'm glad it moved you.

[@artemisvega8940]

That's our post post modern history to a T. It's literally what the first Matrix movie was going on about 20 something years ago. A copy of a copy of a copy of a copy. And eventually people don't realise what the source is.

[@AlphaCarinae]

Post-Awareness Stage 6 is without description.

[@edwardtye4119]

@@artemisvega8940 Oh so like the way my mum used to always have leftovers

[@pascaldeweze6032]

It's basically an adaptation/continuation of Alvin Lucier's piece "I am sitting in a room" --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppbEmZmued1ro5o

[@tristanlaferriere5194]

This is essentially how we age. Our DNA keeps copying and copying, making us less "perfect" as the years go on.

[@VengefulPolititron]

true we are subject to the second law of thermodynamics which is entropy. macro-evolution never happened and micro evolution is just damage-control (adaptation) as we devolve.

[@raven-a]

So does this mean older people have more degraded children? 😂

[@Espartanica]

​@@VengefulPolititronPlease tell me this comment is a joke.

[@mildly_miffed_man1414]

@@VengefulPolititron: |

[@whenelvescry2625]

​@@raven-athis is actually true. the probability of a child being born with a genetic disorder is tied to the age of the mother, eg down syndrome

[@Tod_x]

"Real Footage" video quality be like:

[@draconicruns]

your vcr played *very* nicely compared to other videos of this i've seen

[@revalone3944]

from old infomercial to analog horror (why tf are ppl arguing if analog horror is scary who cares bro)

[@flariz4824]

How in the world is this even remotely horror

[@Conorator]

​@@flariz4824 That's not what they were saying. They're talking about how the VHS effect looks and sounds, and the very distorted part is similar to what a lot of analog horror series use.

[@KaygeeFromNanotrasen]

​@@Conorator"horror"

[@Conorator]

@@KaygeeFromNanotrasen Are you doing one of those snarky elitist things where you try to imply that analog horror isn't "real horror?"

[@KaygeeFromNanotrasen]

@@Conorator dude its just dogshit

[@nathanielhermanson3110]

0:16 found status 0:31 found status 0:37 partially found status 0:43 partially found status 0:48 lost status 0:53 lost status 1:06 extinct status

[@shadymorsi4347]

i hate the fact that i understand where this is refering to

[@WatercraftGames]

rd

[@Optimus97]

@@shadymorsi4347 and I don't understand

[@shadymorsi4347]

@@Optimus97 its a reference to lost media wiki which uses those classifiers depending on the foundability of media

[@sonicunleashedfan124]

@@shadymorsi4347could someone link me to a video of extinct media that looks like that?

[@Indecency562]

I do love this. I admit, I just wished you also had demonstrated the change in sound with every step too - particularly with your voice - because I was really interested in the audio side of this!

[@Rickyg4]

Dude this is so educational! I’m working on a VFX project that is VHS found footage and this showed me exactly what I needed to really make the distortion feel real

[@japhyriddle]

Oh, that's great to hear. I'm glad this helped. When your project is done, send me a link : )

[@philiphatfield5666]

I was one of the few people to buy a Super-VHS VCR, and it was terrific. It was every bit as good as Laserdisc and DVD.

[@japhyriddle]

That's so cool. I've never had the opportunity to play with S-VHS. Although I do have a Beta SP deck, which beats SVHS in chroma resolution, but not luma resolution if I recall.

[@dotmatrixmoe]

​@@japhyriddleI've been looking for an SVHS deck to try the ET recording abilities most JVC players have.

[@japhyriddle]

@@dotmatrixmoe That would be awesome. I hope you find one.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

The best part was recording broadcast TV with S-VHS since it was far more noticeable improved quality than regular VHS. I remember doing this with daytime soaps that played during the day so we'd record them to watch at night.

[@GoldSrc_]

"It was every bit as good as Laserdisc and DVD" No it wasn't. SVHS still had horrible chroma resolution. It was good, but nowhere near as good as even ED Beta or Laserdisc.

[@StevonnieFan]

*Alternative Title:* VHS Generation Loss Demonstration

[@japhyriddle]

Indeed.

[@StevonnieFan]

Japhy Riddle *INDEED INDEED! XD*

[@KanaPain]

4th generation when the eyes distort does it for me. i always found it kind of eerie when that happens in vhs tapes.

[@p_sher12]

nobody: serial killer interrogations in the 80s:

[@vaporinsider]

0:56 it was very cool!

[@Solodolo84]

And this is why I love vhs. It's real. It's alive. It's basically video archeology. You can tell who did what to a videotape just by looking at what parts are more warped than others. From rewinds to record-overs. It's all there. #circulatethetapes 📼🍻💙

[@Delivery_Boy_Roy]

Its my favorite format too :3

[@corwin.macleod]

You might love JPEG as much then, because the encoding technology is literally the same (YUV+color information reduction). Just compress image at 60 enough times to get the desired effect, done.

[@japhyriddle]

@@corwin.macleod Ugh, but those 8x8 pixel blocks. So offensive to me.

[@lpc9929]

The

[@SomeRandomPiggo]

@@corwin.macleod JPEG uses DCT though which produces artifacts which aren't really nice on the eyes, you'd get a much more accurate effect by simulating NTSC in software

[@KrayzieRoach]

finally clicked the thumbnail after seeing it a gazillion times

[@JacksHQ]

Marvelous. You did it again, Japhy!

[@dRevnik]

to be honest most of the visible degredation in earlier copies is caused by highliting interlacing lines over the edges which is not a problem of vhs tapes or players, but of the capture, digitalization and encoding process.

[@gblargg]

Also the random occasional horizontal artifacts are caused by damaged tape (crinkles).

[@deborahmartins1547]

I'm an enthusiast for everything that is vintage, especially from the 80s. I have this habit of watching old commercials compilations here on yt and I definitely recognized the look of almost all of them. I wasn't aware of how copying a tape over and over could damage the image, very interesting work, congrats!

[@quentinkaasa47]

I actually ended up here from watching this girls playlist, after I saw her in the comments for an old commercial that was recommended to me because I had been watching old TNN (Spike TV) commercial compilations. 😄

[@deborahmartins1547]

@@quentinkaasa47 me? my playlists? WOW

[@quentinkaasa47]

@@deborahmartins1547No, it was somebody else I came across after being recommended the Bob Wehadababyitsaboy commercial.

[@B-RollBooks]

Very nice execution of this cool idea. I love the imaginary dial you turn at the end.

[@japhyriddle]

Thank you. Yeah, I was rather proud of that one.

[@trwijbenga]

Cool vid. I just realized that you're the guy from the animal shaped audio waves as well. Stuff like this makes my day, thanks man!

[@japhyriddle]

Yes, that's me. I'm glad I added something to your day : )

[@KeiranCounsellKC1994]

That twist knob effect is really cool, alot of the old doctor who dvds contain the ghosting effect and the shifted colours

[@antonioromanazzi6341]

Hello Keiran.

[@KeiranCounsellKC1994]

@@antonioromanazzi6341 hello? Do I know you?

[@Molybed1]

This is the same reason we age and die. Cells that copy degrade over time.

[@VHSGUY_ANALOGCOMPANY]

That is deep? 🤠

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

Oh shit VHS cancer

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Except for our gametes, somehow.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

@@k-force8325 Researchers recently found a way to create something resembling an early-stage human embryo, starting entirely from regular body cells.

[@davivillalva2406]

Our bodies are basically analog systems made of flesh.

[@rudimentaer4830]

As a kid I had some classic horror movies (Evil Dead 1 + 2, Nightmare on Elmstreet, Hellraiser 1 + 2) on VHS as second or third generation copies, also not all VCRs were Stereo compatible and by todays standards made the audio really bad. But I must say this added some kind of atmosphere especially to horror movies.

[@LinoGermano]

You unintentionally described our aging process. Periodically our cells try to copy themselves.

[@humandarion]

This is really freaking impressive, to make this clear, this effect is pretty much done with only VHS, no software effects?

[@japhyriddle]

To answer simply, yes. The effects (artifacts) are caused by analog hardware and tape only. However, in order to ensure a proper sync signal all the way through the many back-and-forth transfers, the footage gets digitized every generation. Any artifacts the digitization process adds to the recursion are very subtle, and are most-likely dwarfed by the ones the VCR introduces.

[@CrushedAsian255]

Also things like blocky mpeg artifacts will get smeared out by the tape anyway

[@LucidDreamer54321]

I did something similar with a photocopier on my last day at a very toxic workplace that almost drove me insane. I copied all the forms that they used. Then I replaced all their master forms with the 20th generation copy. Then I walked out.

[@japhyriddle]

Ha ha. Good on ya. I used to call this VHS back-and-forth process, "Video Xeroxing" before I learned any other terminology.

[@ibm30rpg]

inb4 you get sued

[@synthgal1090]

It's not an official document until it has extreme photocopier burn anyway.

[@tarrocongresista1122]

​@@ibm30rpglet people enjoy things i dont care that its """property damage""" i wanna see sh*t burn.

[@Liam3072]

Woah, calm down Satan!

[@churlishbeardo]

Bravo for the “potentiometer” bit at the end - that was a nifty way to finish the video quickly while getting the point across.

[@japhyriddle]

Thanks. Glad you liked that.

[@TheWanderer1000000]

KZbin has conditioned me to think this is an Analog Horror Project.

[@huntingvega3876]

extremely nicely done editing, must have taken a lot of work

[@japhyriddle]

Thank you. Not too much work. I had a way to automate a variable that would select the different generations. Basically a slider bar to choose how messed up it looked.

[@qsynix]

@@japhyriddle did you use something like the signal plugin?

[@BoldDestinyAnimations]

I love the look of old, slightly degraded VHS. It's really nice for horror (as we've seen before) and it just looks nice.

[@haveanicedave1551]

same here. I don't like the crisp look.

[@SniperBeast117]

yep reminds you, you're looking at a screen. Most are now living through screens, no longer being able to tell the difference @@haveanicedave1551

[@djpeterabreu]

the invisible nob was just brilliant!

[@djpeterabreu]

btw: new sub!

[@japhyriddle]

Aw. Thank you very much : )

[@bungusdoogungus7981]

Analog horror writers: "Write that down WRITE THAT DOWN"

[@gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240]

Since I'm into sound, my favourite generation loss side effect is stereo audio going to mono audo.

[@timkruse4548]

Fun fact, this is what happens to our cells as we age. The replacement is never as good as the original, x2, x3, x4, etc.

[@dredwick]

Yep, it is exactly what happens when we age! EXACTLY!

[@crazyivan030983]

Always wanted to see this. Thank you.

[@mrhootyhoo]

BOOM! CONGRATULATIONS YOU JUST GOT A NEW SUBSCRIBER! GOOD WORK. NEW FAVORITE CHANNEL

[@japhyriddle]

Many thanks.

[@porksandwichstolennft8822]

0:39 The eyes start to look more creepy in this part

[@RetroPlus]

This was so nicely demonstrated, the effect is oddly beautiful

[@pacock4]

Better Call Saul's intros from season 1 to season 6 be like:

[@jacobdwyre4345]

Super cool video dude! Excellent demonstration!

[@CodenameCMB]

THAT IS SO TRIPPY! Well edited, nicely done.

You haven't learned a single thing about the dangers of finger snapping, did you?

[@japhyriddle]

I learned that it's less dangerous than pretending to turn invisible potentiometers... although, with a potentiometer, one can turn it the other direction and reverse the damage. There's no way to "reverse snap".

[@NoSubsWithContent]

@@japhyriddle tell that to the avengers

@@japhyriddle oh wow, this video got recommended to me again after 4 years, and just noticed you answered. Hi! :D Cool video by the way :)

[@ImNotGam]

WOW the slide knob at the end is amazing.

[@Apollo_Vanron]

I was wondering about this the other day. Thank you.

[@user-zm4ro7yh4e]

analog horror fans scared shitless

[@yuukoyuukoi476]

nobodys talking about how good 1st gen looks like

[@thebrapman]

Who knew the slight hum from degraded quality VHS could elicit such nostalgia

[@radiosilencerecords3553]

There's something epic and magical about this video, I don't know why... :D

[@j.vaneijndhoven267]

The effect at 0:55 was amazing :D

[@KairoMontano]

Kids today: "What creepy pasta is this?"

[@zombieslayadylan2923]

Do kids now even care about creepypastas anymore?

[@Y-two-K]

There was something human about analog technologies. Imperfect, susceptible to aging...will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@japhyriddle]

I know what you mean. There's a certain life to them that is often missing from the exactness of digital formats.

[@blafaard]

This should be the best video on youtube period.

[@harveydean7952]

Before the internet or DVD's this is what porn used to look like in the '80's & early '90's. You had to squint or use your imagination to guess what the blurred images might be if you wanted to get your rocks off. Things were far more wholesome back in the day.

[@wylser]

You making facial expressions like an Instathot with every generation loss made me lol hard

[@carldean2597]

I remember finding a pirate copy of E.T That looked like when you turned The imaginary dial to black and fuzzy. And that's how people used to watch them back in the day With zero complaints.😂😂😂😂

[@SAckTheGoof]

this is a visual representation of how people with Alzheimer lose there memories.

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

EATEOT, except on VHS.

[@ShatitoLlegando]

"there" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SAckTheGoof]

@@ShatitoLlegando oh shoot, sorry i couldn't be perfect at speaking a language that isn't even my native one. either way, i believe people who speak English natively tend to make similar mistakes to me.

[@TheMCLegendTeam164]

​​@@SAckTheGoofThe amount of english natives that say "there" instead of "their" or "your" instead of "you're" gives us english natives (I'm american specifically) a reason not to correct those who don't have english as their first language. But OF COURSE it still happens 🤦, so I do apologize on the natively English community if you feel bad about saying it wrong.

[@gatewoodanimations9753]

As someone who collects vhs tapes, this is awesome. Thank you for this!

[@switchdeck9164]

Collects them for what they look like shit?

[@quickcmon]

Some are rare and collector items. like many horror movies

[@Overflight01]

The makers of the film The WNUF Halloween Special actually did this process to the film's master copy, in order to give it that feel of an old VHS tape.

[@greenknight9000]

I think Generation 2 or 3 is that perfect "Nostalgia Sweet-Spot" if that makes sense

[@owenjj93]

It absolutely does

[@KimStennabbCaesar]

Very cool demonstration. I've been thinking of trying this myself, since I have an old deck and a bag of tapes lying around.

[@FoxBlocksHere]

Wow. This was cool already, but the knob effect made it something truy special. Also, someone should DEFINITELY use this idea for a short film, as A Geves suggested.

[@EYE69MYSELF]

Those hums take me back to my childhood.

[@moijam]

mans casually becoming The Caretaker

[@AlystrZelland]

very cool. i wish there were more tech demos of this sort, and i love people taking the time to create them

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

A friend of mine used to record various sex scenes from different films onto one tape. it became known as the toffee tape (Tape Of Fucking For EveryonE). He kept it discretely hidden in amongst his parents VHS collection, marked as a film they would never be interested in watching. One day he came home and noticed all the tapes were missing. His dad had donated their entire collection to a local charity shop. My friends first words "Oh shit, not the fucking toffee tape....". I still wonder who ended up with it and what their response was on first viewing.

[@naruii5160]

this is hilarious

[@japhyriddle]

Nooo, not the toffee tape!

[@metjovi]

You remember it very well. Anyone would say your friend lived in your house and looked a lot like you. 😜

[@racer927]

1:03 "What colors do you want your phosphors?" "Yes!"

[@nx_studio]

the invisible dial was so satisfying to watch

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz385]

I tried this once with a licensed tape, a blank tape, and two vcrs. It went from crystal clear to instant diarrhea, Black and white, jumpy picture, the works.

[@japhyriddle]

Yeah, I think this one lasted through more generations than yours did because it had a digital intermediate between each copy.

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz385]

Japhy Riddle Yeah, that could be. I also just tried to use a different licensed tape and then a home recorder blank to another blank, which worked both times with minimal quality loss. It might just be a gamble, or different types of tape(not sure if that makes sense, but the first one that turned out awful was an official BBC release of Doctor Who, and the second licensed one was from a very small company who could’ve used home-movie grade tape. But I’m not too sure).

[@zodiahk]

yeah, macrovision and shit makes it unwatchable, you should use 2 black vhs tapes next time.

[@horrortimeproductions5504]

I think they were talking about the past, nobody would copy a VHS movie nowadays. Serious people use to buy a digital video stabilizer, which allowed any movie to be perfectly copied. I use to do this for friends I had, it worked fine for Blu-Ray movies copied to a blank DVD. Lol

[@zodiahk]

@@horrortimeproductions5504 yeah, I get it

[@tachalorah]

*1:06** sounds like "Время" broadcasted by C-SPAN from '94 to '95*

[@user-th5nq6iv8c]

Да как время

[@noelht1]

There was a certain nostalgia to watching VHS tapes copied like this

[@Sagadali523]

That "That's enough" is gonna be scary af

[@plasmaemerald8407]

I don’t know why I got this in my recommendations 4 years later but that’s actually really cool! I thought vhs strong effects was good editing and not overlayed. I will use that next time and nice demonstration video, wasn’t boring and really cool to watch✨

[@sarahhauser4380]

homie began the analog horror trend by accident

[@SnowpawShaw]

Using your hands like that makes you look like a deity toying with reality, it makes the video especially cool

[@japhyriddle]

Ha ha. Thanks.

[@Pro70Crazy]

I like how the generation loss is like an analog tv that lost the signal to a tv channel

[@japhyriddle]

I does kinda look when the dial is between stations.

[@fendtfahrer8117]

First it just looked nostalgic but then it got pretty creepy.