televisions |
the things I find interesting
about the physical televisions themselves |
video floppy |
still frames of analog "video"
stored on magnetic "floppy" disks |
CVC |
consumer video recorder system
from Funai and Technicolor with a focus on its
small cassette |
VX/Great Time Machine |
Japanese domestic single head
and stacked reel system sold in America as the
Quasar Great Time Machine |
Sanyo V-Cord/V-Cord II |
1970s black and white and later
color cartridge tape system with limited
domestic adoption |
Philips VCR |
1970s European domestic format
with stacked reel cartridges |
Philips Video 2000 |
followup to the VCR format, a
rare example of a video format with cartridges
that could be flipped over like a compact
cassette |
UMatic |
early 1970s cassette originally
aimed at institutional and high-end home users
that eventually saw broadcast use |
Betacam |
professional adaptation of the
beta transport and cassette for broadcast use
that eventually went digital |
DV |
digital video tape format most
well-known for its use in consumer MiniDV
camcorders |
Betacam |
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Cousino |
the Echo-Matic, an endless loop
cartridge format used in some amusement and
announcement applications |
Fidelipac |
endless loop cartridge based on
the Cousino design originally for background
music that found a place in broadcast radio |
four track cartridge |
domestic system based on the
Fidelipac with four tracks instead of two that
saw some adoption in cars |
Playtape |
small, two track endless loop
tape cartridge sold as a standalone music
format but also used in answering machines and
other devices |
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open reel audio | primarily quarter inch open reel audio tape |
RCA Sound Tape | early tape cartridge format from the late 1950s |
Revere M2 |
tape cartridge format from
3M-Revere sold in the 1960s |
records | common audio records as well as somewhat obscure formats |
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porn |
pornography of all sorts.
contains some adult imagery |
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