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Old 05-03-2014, 12:24 PM
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Some time back I bought a 1971 Sony VO-1600, THE first U-Matic deck, with tapes. Though I've yet to watch them all I can say that they go back to at least 1973(there was a Dodge commercial touting the new '73 models). Most of the stuff on them is over the air taped material from Chicago and Rockford stations.
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Old 05-09-2014, 12:58 PM
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My first commercially recorded movie on VHS was "2001 A Space Odessey". I saw the film release of the movie in 1969, I think, in Cinerama. Loved it and bought it on VHS somewhere around 1980. Paid a whopping $100 for the tape, and at that time, it was recorded in mono sound. A few years later, I bought a second copy, this one done in HiFi Stereo. When DVD's came out, I upgraded to that version of the movie.
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Old 05-11-2014, 03:49 PM
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Ahhhhhhhh I love stuff IN ANALOG MONO,from records,cassettes to VHS............ To me it sounds the absolute best
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Old 05-11-2014, 07:31 PM
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If audio tape is allowed, my oldest pre-recored tape is from the late 1940s.

It is a paper backed tape. IIRC, it is half track monophonic and is square dance music, including the caller.

I acquired it the early 1960s, with I with the acquisition of a portable Webcor half track bi-directional recorder and a Brush half track portable recorder, both 7 inch reel machines.

I had a spool of magnetic wire for a wire recorder, but I am not sure that I still have it.
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Old 05-12-2014, 09:16 PM
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Wow 1940s??

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- I bet it still sounds good
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From the '80's. Probably 1987-1988. Most cartoons for me (I was a kid) and some music (for my fathers). The oldest prerecorede cassettes are with cartoons also (I think from around 1985-1987... have too look for them).
I'm curios, a prerecorded V.H.S. cassette from around 1980 still offers a decent image and sound today or most of them are D.V.D. (Dead, Verry Dead)?
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Old 07-20-2015, 12:42 PM
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Early VHS should still be as playable as new with some possible exceptions. Magnetic media don't degrade unless you store it in horrible conditions (like outdoors for example), or it is one of the 60's-70's formulations where the glue bleeds through (fixable by subjecting the tape to a few hours dry heat something like 100-150 Fahrenheit) the magnetic particles and makes the tape stick in the mechanism.
I have 70's U-matic, and EIAJ tapes that play fine, and some 80's home recorded VHS that also play fine.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:42 PM
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June 1976 board meeting in B/W at Otis Elevator.. I got that U-Matic tape about 15 years ago with a bunch of CCTV equipment when I still owned The Massco Group.

The oldest audio tape I have is reel to reel.. My Sister and I recorded it off the air in March, 1969. It was about 10 minutes of CKLW in Windsor. The tape is still in perfect condition, unlike some others I have.
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Old 07-20-2015, 03:09 PM
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My grandpa john has a few of the first recorded tapes big much like reel to reels he was one of the first people to have a video tape recorder in the early 60s
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Old 12-26-2015, 11:20 PM
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I have a few '77 Magnetic Videos and late '70s Allied Artists VHS, but this Japanese VHS of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) on "Once More Video" might be as early and far rarer. Even in its native country tapes this early are rare as hen's teeth.
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Old 12-27-2015, 02:16 PM
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Wow 77 Magentic video??

The earliest I have of those is 1980 -- Wasnt 1977 when Magentic Video started??
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Old 12-27-2015, 02:20 PM
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My oldest and only videotape came with the JVC CP-5200U U-Matic deck I got last month. I have no idea what's on it. I doubt it's blank as the deck does not record.
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Old 12-27-2015, 08:55 PM
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My oldest video is williard on beta video than carrie on vhs and beta...
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Old 02-27-2017, 10:26 PM
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I believe my oldest VHS tape is 'Alien'(1980, Magnetic Video) while my oldest Beta would be 'The African Queen' (1979, Magentic Video), 'East of Eden' (1979?, WCI Home Video), or 'Superman: The Movie'(1979, WCI Home Video).
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Old 02-27-2017, 11:28 PM
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Oldest title, and a favorite movie of mine: The Blue Max, 1979.
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