Reely Interesting | Mercedes-Benz: New S-Class Product Demo Part 1 (1991 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Promotional Video) @ReelyInteresting | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 days ago.
This is the part 1 of "Mercedes-Benz: Neue S Klasse Produkt Demo" (HDP-1547) from a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. The HDVS disc format was designed to be a highly portable 12" laserdisc-derived media format for Sony's "High-Definition Video System" or "Hi-Vision" back in the early 1990's! Back then, high definition was a little different from how it is now. It was analog (not digital) & close to but slightly different in resolution to the 1080i picture we receive over the air today as it was technically 1125i/1035i. Before the earliest high-definition media was available to the public (via satellite, MUSE Laserdisc, & W-VHS tapes), Sony and other companies began shooting footage, doing research, and, showing public displays of high-definition television. There were three main ways of storing HDTV (or HDVS) at that time: Reel-to-reel tape (HDV-1000), cartridge tape (HDV-10 "UniHi"), & 12" Laserdisc-style discs (HDL-5800 / HDL-2000). This footage came from one of the Laserdisc-style discs.
These HDVS discs could only hold a maximum of 15 minutes of video (on CLV discs, even less on CAV discs)...but it held uncompressed, raw high-definition component video! Take that, Blu-Ray!
This video is a compilation of footage regarding the conception & design of the 3rd generation of Mercedes-Benz's flagship full-size luxury car series, the S-Class (W140) in early 1991. This video uses true HDVS footage, along with CG film scans, to show the design, operation, & performance of the chassis, engine, suspension, transmission, and more. The video also shows, what I assume to be, some of the engineers and designers modeling prototypes of the car along with pre-production artwork. Later footage emphasizes the design of the interior and exterior featuring some very clean yet distinctly 90's shots. While the footage was shot beautifully, the video originally featured no audio & the editing of this disc is rough. It was produced by Steiner-Film.
It is currently unknown what the purpose of this disc was, but segments shown in this disc have been spotted in various HDVS applications such as early HDTV sales material by Sony themselves. (Do you have more information? Please comment below!)
Enjoy this very special HDVS footage of what many consider to be the last true S-Class by Mercedes-Benz!
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This was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in the upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!
NOTE: The disc originally had no audio. I've added some selected tracks from Mo Foster's library music album, "Technicolor."
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Be sure to check out part 2 here: youtu.be/Vvl-JjzjjYU
More of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoC
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More of my vintage car & vehicle uploads can be found in my playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjgtT4U_cPhZY-oZ2ZpR8v_k
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If you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase a scraper to help smooth my chocolate car exteriors, please click the link below:
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This is the part 1 of "Mercedes-Benz: Neue S Klasse Produkt Demo" (HDP-1547) from a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. The HDVS disc format was designed to be a highly portable 12" laserdisc-derived media format for Sony's "High-Definition Video System" or "Hi-Vision" back in the early 1990's! Back then, high definition was a little different from how it is now. It was analog (not digital) & close to but slightly different in resolution to the 1080i picture we receive over the air today as it was technically 1125i/1035i. Before the earliest high-definition media was available to the public (via satellite, MUSE Laserdisc, & W-VHS tapes), Sony and other companies began shooting footage, doing research, and, showing public displays of high-definition television. There were three main ways of storing HDTV (or HDVS) at that time: Reel-to-reel tape (HDV-1000), cartridge tape (HDV-10 "UniHi"), & 12" Laserdisc-style discs (HDL-5800 / HDL-2000). This footage came from one of the Laserdisc-style discs.
These HDVS discs could only hold a maximum of 15 minutes of video (on CLV discs, even less on CAV discs)...but it held uncompressed, raw high-definition component video! Take that, Blu-Ray!
This video is a compilation of footage regarding the conception & design of the 3rd generation of Mercedes-Benz's flagship full-size luxury car series, the S-Class (W140) in early 1991. This video uses true HDVS footage, along with CG film scans, to show the design, operation, & performance of the chassis, engine, suspension, transmission, and more. The video also shows, what I assume to be, some of the engineers and designers modeling prototypes of the car along with pre-production artwork. Later footage emphasizes the design of the interior and exterior featuring some very clean yet distinctly 90's shots. While the footage was shot beautifully, the video originally featured no audio & the editing of this disc is rough. It was produced by Steiner-Film.
It is currently unknown what the purpose of this disc was, but segments shown in this disc have been spotted in various HDVS applications such as early HDTV sales material by Sony themselves. (Do you have more information? Please comment below!)
Enjoy this very special HDVS footage of what many consider to be the last true S-Class by Mercedes-Benz!
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This was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in the upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!
NOTE: The disc originally had no audio. I've added some selected tracks from Mo Foster's library music album, "Technicolor."
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Be sure to check out part 2 here: youtu.be/Vvl-JjzjjYU
More of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoC
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More of my vintage car & vehicle uploads can be found in my playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjgtT4U_cPhZY-oZ2ZpR8v_k
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If you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase a scraper to help smooth my chocolate car exteriors, please click the link below:
https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
![1998 Suburban Chicago Commercials [Ricoh, Carpet One, Ingrassia, B. Sanfield] (JVC D-9 Master Tape)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zWF7S5uyJow/hqdefault.jpg "1998 Suburban Chicago Commercials [Ricoh, Carpet One, Ingrassia, B. Sanfield] (JVC D-9 Master Tape)
This is a collection of commercials for Ricoh, Carpet One, Ingrassia, & B. Sanfield intended for broadcast in the Rockford, Illinois, USA market. This footage comes from the original digital master tapes.
Not too much is known about the commercials and if any were aired. These were recorded between 1998 & 1999 for the aforementioned stores, some of which were chain retailers. As a result, a lot of the commercials appear to have used generic (analog-sourced) commercial footage (such as a segment with B.B. King) with regional information overlaid on top. Since analog broadcasting was quite low-resolution and noisy, it is almost assured that a consumer wouldnt notice the, perhaps, stark contrast between the digital & analog-sourced footage. Can you tell the difference?
In addition, some of these segments appear to simply be video-less radio bumpers.
D-9, also known as Digital-S, was JVC Victors attempt to create a competing, comparable format to Sonys Digital Betacam. The tape format uses DV compression (like the common miniDV tape), but at twice the bitrate (50 Mbps) for extremely high fidelity picture reproduction and very low generational losses. Just like how Sony used Betamax-sized tape for Digital Betacam, this tape format used tapes extremely similar to VHS in size and shape, hence the Digital-S (like S-VHS) name! In fact, the tapes are identical to and interchangeable with the rare W-VHS analog HD tape format (but the recording formats are obviously quite different)!
Enjoy these rare commercials in unusually high quality from an era gone by!
Sad fact: This tape is cursed! While other branches may exist for the major retailers, not a single Rockford, IL branch or business mentioned in these recordings exists today. That even includes the production house!
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This D-9 recording was played back using a JVC BR-D85U D-9 deck.
This is a REELY EXCLUSIVE upload! This footage is from the only known master recording.
Note: The video was edited to eliminate unnecessary color bars, countdowns, and long-spaces between segments. This recording would have otherwise been 60 minutes long!
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