Breakout Ep. 9: RIP VHS
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As the last video recorder rolls off the production line, we get all sentimental about the humble VHS videotape - sharing our memories, our histories and, for some people, distaste towards the 40-year old format. Thanks for listening! Want to share your memories of VHS? Drop us a line on our Facebook page, facebook.com/TGEBreakout. Mentioned in the podcast: === BBC News: Japan 'to stop making VCR machines' ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36857370 ) EngineerGuy: How Sony's Betamax lost to JVC's VHS Cassette Recorder ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddYZITaxlTQ ) A Drop To Drink & The Stop-Motion Adventures of Pony Techmoan - Retro-Tech: When HD Movies came out on VHS ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiu0LPeLQPE ) BBC Academy - Digitizing the BBC Archive ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/technology/article/art20130704121742520 ) Doctor Who Missing Episodes ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes ) IMDb: Masters of Menace ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100119/ ) Stan VHS: The modern movies and series adapted on good old VHS Tapes ( http://www.ufunk.net/en/insolite/la-vhs-nest-pas-hs/ ) Dude Bro Party Massacre III ( http://www.dudebropartymassacre3.com/ ) 'Trashing' the Academy : Jeffery Scourse ( https://marcell.memoryoftheworld.org/Jeffrey%20Sconce/Trashing%20the%20Academy%20(2544)/Trashing%20the%20Academy%20-%20Jeffrey%20Sconce.pdf ) The Amstrad Double Decker VHS Recorder ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISOxj1APwk )
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