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Tag: VHS

This is the tag page for VHS where you’ll read about VHS technology including videotapes and VHS culture.

VHS Poster Collection by Xavier Esclusa Trias

DesignJanuary 23, 2021February 21
Posters / VHS

TDK, Philips, Fujifilm, Agfa. Just some of the names you can see in this cool VHS poster collection.

The history of Walt Disney Home Video

TelevisionJanuary 1, 2021February 24
Disney / VHS / Video
An illustration of Mickey Mouse opening the Walt Disney vault and letting lots of cash out

Find out how Walt Disney Home Video came to be and its relationship with the Disney vault in this episode of Yesterworld.

Farside: the Toronto bar turning into a VHS rental store

TravelNovember 19, 2020November 19
Canada / VHS

This Canadian bar is transforming into a VHS rental store. You'll never believe what they're doing. Oh wait, I just told you.

20th Century Flicks: the last video rental shop

FilmSeptember 24, 2020February 24
Documentary / UK / VHS / Video

The Last Video Store is a documentary about 20th Century Flicks, the world's oldest VHS & DVD rental store, operating in Bristol.

5 retro videos from The VHS Vault

CultureSeptember 23, 2020November 24
1990s / VHS
xena: warrior princess

Now you can watch over 25,000 VHS recordings thanks to The Internet Archive's digitised video collection.

The Guy Who Built A Video Store In His Basement

CultureAugust 14, 2020February 24
1990s / VHS / Video
Nostalgia Video basement

Nick Collins aka Nostalgia Video turned his basement into a fake video store.

The rise and demise of Betamax

TechnologyMay 10, 2020February 24
Japan / VHS / Video
betamax-video-cassettes

Before DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and even VHS tapes, there was the Betamax.

Marion Stokes: the Black woman who preserved over 30 years of TV history

TelevisionJune 24, 2019March 7
Atlas Obscura / Black Culture / VHS
A still from Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Marion Stokes's video collection will be digitized by The Internet Archive in California.

What if Game of Thrones was aired in the 80s?

The InternetMay 25, 2019February 24
1980s / Game of Thrones / VHS / Video
Game of Thrones 80s intro

This brilliant audiovisual mashup shows what could have been if GoT was an 80s series.

Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are The VHS Guys

TechnologyFebruary 7, 2019March 7
Atlas Obscura / Pop Culture / VHS / Video
Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher

A couple of regular dudes have made a career from collecting eccentric VHS tapes. They're known as the VHS Guys.

Interview: CoolFilmArt

FilmJuly 26, 2017November 24
1980s / Posters / VHS
CoolFilmArt_2017-Jul-25

We interviewed Robyn, one of the curators behind CoolFilmArt.

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