Anyone know any old formats?

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17 Aug 2017, 8:35 pm

Hallo! How many of you guys know old formats like cassettes, reel to reel film, LaserDisc, VHS, Videodiscs, etc? I know a lot of formats like those. How many formats do you guys know?

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17 Aug 2017, 9:07 pm

Yep. I've got at least 200 VHS tapes and even a few Betamax ones, though no device for playing the latter. Also a few dozen audio cassettes.

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17 Aug 2017, 11:48 pm

Got hundreds of vinyl records, dozens of cassettes, and quite a few VHS tapes.

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29 Aug 2017, 7:02 pm

Update! When I said old formats, I also meant like not very well known or obscure formats as well! xD My bad!

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02 Sep 2017, 7:30 pm

APS film.
a film format for still-cameras that never caught on, and every photo cost a small fortune to develop. But it allowed for super wide panorama shots.

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12 Sep 2017, 1:01 am

I know cassettes & VHS. I didn't start buying CDs until cassettes were really phasing out. My mom still uses VCRs because she likes being able to record in one room & watching in another, doesn't want to be pay more for her TV service & wants to keep things aLong time before watching sometimes.

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30 Sep 2017, 6:31 pm

There's video CDs (VCDs). They were used in Southeast Asia instead of VHS tapes.

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01 Oct 2017, 9:17 am

Microcassettes

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01 Oct 2017, 9:45 am

LegoMaster2149 wrote:

Microcassettes

Those were used in answering machines back when answering machines used tapes.

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01 Oct 2017, 10:03 am

Capacitance Electronic Discs (CED). They are like records, but play video instead of music.

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01 Oct 2017, 8:59 pm

8 track tapes

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02 Oct 2017, 9:43 am

78 rpm vinyl records

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02 Oct 2017, 6:11 pm

16 mm reel-to-reel film. Have a couple of those.

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03 Oct 2017, 11:16 am

Ampex helical scan video tape

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13 Oct 2017, 8:12 am

I still frequently buy and use cassettes, VHS, and CD's. I even record my own mixtapes and know how to convert a VHS to digital video/DVD.

I also to a very limited extent use floppy discs from time to time. I don't use them, but we have some 5-1/4" "real" floppy discs in the basement and a computer to access them. I also have some 33RPM records, though I haven't played them in years.

Not sure if it counts or not, but I also have plenty of games for the Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, PS1, and PS2.

I currently don't have a way to play them, but I have some 8MM movies from the 50's and before.

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01 Nov 2017, 9:46 am

Video High Density (VHD), Video 8, and Cartrivision.

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