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• Post #4435650

  Think Im in Heaven Quadraphonic Heaven to be exact :-) Sorting yesterday’s Consignment from my Buddy. Its fate this lot found me Piles & Piles of BBC FM Off-Air Quad Recordings on Reel to Reel Tape SQ, Matrix H & HJ - the last two are very unusual He kept copious notes & RT Cuttings in each box. Genesis at Knebworth, Concerts, Classical, Jazz, Proms etc Ampex Backcoated Tape, so they all need Baking sadly. It’s gonna take time. But it’s a great find @obsoletemediauk@mastodon...

• Post #4424249

  Oh dear, guess where I’ve been Oh dear, Car FULL Oh dear, Tape Stuff Galore This I’ll keep me happy a while :-) Lovely Sony 14” Pro Broadcast Monitor. Can’t say no Lovely Sony AV 3600 EIAJ 1/2” B&W Video Recorder, c1970. NTSC version. Bit niche, but will hopefully bring in a few Transcription Jobs

• Post #3857331

  Posties been New Release from Horrid Hill via Lavender Sweep Records Another in their series of MicroCassette Releases Available now at https://horridhill.bandcamp.com/album/the-road-to-our-memories?label=3298450503&tab=artists

• Post #3806264

  Brace for a stream of #TapeBoxTuesday stuff Sorting out, clearing boxes, shifting stuff out the door A selection of 7” Reel to Reel Tape Boxes. Some lovely classic artwork in the mix

• Post #3362955

  Life is tough enough for Retail Staff on the front line, shoplifting, rude customers, poor pay, list goes on Did a Service Call yesterday, for a High St Brand. Audio system fault, fixed it Music was bloody dire “what is this?” I asked “Head Office have moved to 100% AI generated music streaming platform, to save money” Poor poor staff

• Post #2242660

  What better way to Celebrate Sir David Attenboroughs 100th Birthday, than with some #LaserDisc Goodness Here is a brief glimpse of the phenomenal BBC British Garden Birds LaserVision Disc, 1982 It really is remarkable & absolutely groundbreaking at the time It’s all there Teletext Dual Audio Channels CAV - Active Play, Frame by Frame Subtitles It still holds up today @obsoletemediauk @LaserdiscTurtle

• Post #2157829

  Now children, gather round Once upon a time, in land long forgotten, old people used to Save their Computer stuff on to old relics These old relics were called ‘Cassette Tapes’ Old people thought they were wonderful things You’d spend ages Loading a Cassette. Sitting in front of your Commodore PET, C64, C128, Atari ST, Sinclair ZX80 / 81, Amstrad 464, MSX When the Tape had fully run, you’d then be greeted with “Loading Error”. These were happy days

• Post #2157828

  ‘Tis #TapeBoxTuesday SoundMirror Audio Tape, late 40s Magnetic Paper Tape Yes it really is Paper! It’s kinda like Magnetic Carbon Paper Surprisingly strong, sounds excellent NO Shedding or Sticky Tape Syndrome Don't get many in for Archiving, but they are always good & play fine Playing on Sony TC-785 Auto Reverse, c 1974 @obsoletemediauk Read more https://obsoletemedia.org/soundmirror/

• Post #2157827

  Nice little job to start a Monday morning 1965 Wedding Ceremony on Reel to Reel Tape Not thought to have been heard in the last 60 years. Played beautifully, just needed a little volume boost in Post Lovely stuff

• Post #2157826

  Today’s #RetroTech Sorting through a bag of Cassettes, found this in the mix. I noticed the notch, looked different Streamer Cassette, D/CAS, late 80s Data Storage & Back Up Tape Cassette Single sided, 4 Tracks of Data up to 600 MB. Was all over by mid 90s as other options came to market @obsoletemediauk Read more at https://obsoletemedia.org/streamer-cassette/

• Post #2157822

  Children, gather round Once upon a time, in a land now long forgotten, Computers didn’t remember things when you turned them off We used to have to “Save” stuff on Cassette Tape. They were slow, taking ages to “Load” what you had “Saved” only to show “Load Error” As Tim & Rex demonstrated, Tape is essentially Sticky Tape & Rust

• Post #2157820

  Tis #TapeBoxTuesday ADAT - Alesis Digital Audio Tape 1992-2003 Studio Pro Format - Uses S-VHS Video Tape 8 Tracks - 16 Bit, later 20 Bit Tape thundered thru Mech, Speed is 95.3mm p/s. Roughly 3 3/4 ips - 4 times faster than VHS, E120 gives 40 mins It’s noisy, clunky & temperamental Multiple Decks could be Linked to give more Tracks. Read more @obsoletemediauk https://obsoletemedia.org/adat/

• Post #2157819

  Todays #RetroTech New Arrival at AVAV Towers VHD Test Discs, Thorn EMI Video High Density - Video Disc, 1983-86 Thorn built a plant in Swindon in 1981 for VHD Manufacturing & Mastering The Format never took off & production was changed to CD in ‘86 These Test Discs are really rare VHD was developed by JVC Victor, Japan. Having been shown CED by RCA, they walked away & developed a version that actually worked. It’s remarkably good Read more @obsoletemediauk https:/...

• Post #1517732

  More #TapeBoxTuesday Thermionic Products (Electronics) Ltd, Hythe, Southampton 14” NAB, 1” Reel to Reel Multitrack Audio Tape, in a lovely tin It’s a beast, bloody heavy Contents unknown as label lost Part of last weeks consignment from my friend - retired IBA, TVS, Southern etc

• Post #722235

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• Post #233139

  Behind the scenes glimpse of Archiving Work Pro & Broadcast Kit is built differently to Domestic Kit In a Digital World, Analogue is still alive & kicking Older equipment, like this JVC Monitor, F9L5, bridge the devide with Multiple Formats & Inputs With Waveform, Vector & Audio Display options Shown here connected via SDI, while Grabbing Digital Video from miniDV Tapes