HDVS Business Applications [North America Ver.] (1992 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Video Demo Disc) Reely Interesting 2023-05-06 | This is "HDVS Business Applications (North America Version)" (HDP-2078) 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!"HDVS Business Applications" appears to be a disc meant for public sales and/or tradeshow demonstrations regarding the potential business uses of the HDTV, specifically Sony's HDVS line of equipment. The video demonstrates how HDTV & the HDVS system is as radical a change to presentations and sales as TV was back in the 1950's. We then learn how the HDVS system can be used for just about anything, from board meetings to auctions to cosmetics to restaurants! In between the unique footage full of 1990's styles (aviator glasses and shoulder pads, anyone?), this video features a number of segments from other Sony HDVS productions, such as "Paris," "A Dolphin Story," "Emile Gallé," and footage shot by BMW.Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis 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!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me finally purchase a low poly CG fighter jet to throw around during boring business meetings, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Shinzo Maeda - Yoshinos Magical Splendor Part 1 (1990 Analog HDTV 1080i Sony HDVS Video Music BGV) Reely Interesting 2023-10-05 | This is part 1 of "Yoshino's Magical Splendor" (00QW-9008) 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!"Yoshino's Magical Splendor" is a scenery video recorded using early analog HDTV hardware. Shot in and around Mount Yoshino in Nara, Japan, the recording is a sort of video photography, using long constant shots of the incredibly beautiful scenery to evoke emotions and feelings. From the mountains to the flowers to the old temples & homes hidden between the trees, there is no doubt that this recording will absolutely whisk you away to comforting & peaceful hills of Mount Yoshino. This is aided by the luscious soundtrack by Norihiro Tsuru, who is mostly known for his soundtracks to animes such as Mermaid's Forest, Momotaro Denchiku & The Heroic Legend of Arslan, and his work with Kitaro & the New-Age group Acoustic Cafe. The tracks appear to be from his 1989 CD titled, "月を作った男〜A Man Who Made the Moon〜"This is a sort of sequel to Shinzo Maeda's earlier work, "Hills of The Seasons," which was not only a beautiful recording in itself, but it was a hugely successful promotional and sales vehicle for early HDTV hardware. While "Yoshino's Magical Splendor" did not have the same level of success or influence that it's older brother had, it is a more mature effort that builds upon its stylistic choices to make a video that is full of much more interesting life & textures.Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. By 1988, the HDTV standard was standardized to the 16:9 aspect ratio that began to be used on all HDTV systems forward and that we continue to use to this day; however, the hardware took a couple more years to be updated to 16:9. Surprisingly, YouTube supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by song):00:00 - Moonlit Dancer06:01 - Rape-blossom Field10:09 - In a Dream DuskxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs true analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBe sure to tune in next Thursday at 5PM for part 2!More of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or help me afford to purchase mountains to make the flat suburban landscape more interesting, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
3D Expres Virtual World Project Subcontractor Program Guide (1996 CG Design Program HowTo Use Video) Reely Interesting 2023-09-28 | This is an video guide/sales pitch for the "3D Expres Virtual World Project Subcontractor Program" by a company called "3rd Dimension Technologies Inc". Apparently, 3D Expres was apparently a program that assisted in the creation of 3D models. By taking photos of objects with scale references, scanning them, and using the power of your mouse and Windows 3.1, you could, apparently, rapidly create texture-mapped 3D models. By becoming a part of 3D Expres's freelance subcontractor program (for a measly $200 USD and your signature on the dotted line), you could get paid per model that you made. These models would be made for and sold to 3rd Dimension Technologies who would decide the purchase price. After purchasing the models, they would then compile them to sell as part of selected model packages or directly to clients who needed such models for "presentations." They were also looking for customer service staff to man phones if you became skilled enough.I've attempted to look this up, but I found nothing referencing any of the information, companies, or software in this video besides some general classifieds (advertising an "Average $30/hr") linked to the phone numbers. Was this a legitimate attempt to build a community-supported 3D model package built to undercut the competition or did they have other motives? Comment below with your thoughts or experience!Fun fact: The phone number shown at 39:19 can be found in an advertisement at the end of the August 1994 edition of PC Magazine for a BBS full of 3-D "HIGH RES" adult images, mentioning details such as "Images that Pull You into the Action," "Bodies that Pop Out of Your Screen," and "Hot Models to Talk to on Our Chat Line." Coincidence? 🤔xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters:00:00 - Installation & Demonstration39:24 - Subcontractor Program InformationxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a JVC HR-S9911U S-VHS player.NOTE: The tape was severely heat damaged and had mold. As a result, the image quality is quite poor with numerous artifacts and glitches.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to put the down payment on my freelance 3D design job that they told me can potentially make $1M per hour, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Canada: The heritage Site (1990 High Quality 60FPS S-VHS Jazz-Fusion BGV Demonstration Tape) Reely Interesting 2023-09-21 | This is "Canada: The heritage Site", a promotional demo tape produced by Sony for their early S-VHS players around 1990.This video consists of shots of various outdoor/natural locations around one of the Canadian World Heritage sites (likely a Canadian Rocky Mountain park). Most of these shots are highly detailed with many textures, such as mountain ranges, trees, or water. There is also the usual Sony affair with clear skin tones displaying high dynamic range.Do you know the songs featured in this video? Comment below and get credited!Enjoy this gorgeous demonstration footage!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters:00:00 - Loop 106:47 - Loop 2Note: This footage repeats four times on the original tape.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a restored Victor HR-W1 W-VHS player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase a horse to ride around on throughout my city while my luscious locks flow in the wind and my golden skin tone shines in the sun, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Sharps Be Sharp Again (1980s DAT Deck Jazz-Fusion Demonstration Music Tape) Reely Interesting 2023-09-14 | This is audio from Sharp's "Be Sharp Again" promotional DAT tape only offered to the Japan marketplace.This tape was a promotional demonstration tape and was apparently only offered to buyers of Sharp tape decks in the mid-1980's. This demonstration tape has some really funky Jazz-Fusion tracks, some of which sound outdated for even the launch of the DAT system in 1987. (Could you imagine a DAT format in the late 1970's or early 1980's?) Even though this is a demonstration tape, it could just as well be a commercial release!Prepare to be blown away by the incredible funkiness of DAT audio tape!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTrack List:00:00 - Be Sharp Again03:53 - Island Funk07:57 - Infinity12:00 - TrainxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a Pioneer D-9601 DAT deck.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to digitally upgrade my Jazz-Fusion receptors, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
JVC Victors 70th Anniversary: Produce Your Imagination (1997 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS CG Video BGV) Reely Interesting 2023-09-07 | This is "Produce Your Imagination" (HDP-2528), a limited-edition high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc recording celebrating JVC Victor's 70th anniversary in 1997. 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!As mentioned above, this video is a celebratory video for JVC Victor's 70th anniversary in 1997. The video blends computer animation and real video footage to create a gorgeous underwater adventure...and an obvious technological showcase. Using some of the most cutting edge computer graphics (CG) at the time to produce a completely computer generated sequence in full high definition was not a cheap endeavor at the time. (Remember, only two years earlier, Toy Story had been released and it was another year before a A Bug's Life hit theaters!) Besides being related to the 70th anniversary of one of largest companies in Japan and being featured on a single promotional demo disc, the actual application of this footage is currently unknown. (Did you see this footage playing somewhere? Please comment below!)Fun fact: Only 10 of these these videodiscs were produced with each one having a handwritten serial number. Where did the other 9 discs go?Fun fact 2: This is the only HDVS disc where I've experienced speckles and dropouts that imply contamination...or disc rot!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford scuba gear so I can take HD video of bubbles underwater, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Getris Images Showreel 1994 (High Quality CG Betacam SP Upscaled Commercial Compilation Video) Reely Interesting 2023-08-31 | This is the official 1994 showreel for Getris Image's various hardware offerings of the time.Getris Images was a French video engineering company which produced a number of high-end video production, editing, and rendering tools in the 1980's and 1990's. This demonstration tape is a European (PAL) compilation of various productions made by other companies and organizations using Getris Image's Studio Venice dynamic paint composer and other technologies.Betacam SP was the professional brother of ED Betamax. Using the same tapes as standard ED Beta, Betacam SP was able to record very high quality component (Y/Pb/Pr) video. It was very popular for on-location Electronic News Gathering (ENG) and for general television production that required portability. It was preceded by plain old (oxide) Betacam. This video, with it's visual glitches does seem to be a dub from another source, possibly 1" type C tape.Enjoy this fantastic collection of 1990's CG!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by commercial):00:00 - Introduction00:07 - Honda Accord01:07 - Lespo Bicycles (레스포)01:34 - Nike Air (Korea)02:03 - West End Draught Beer03:04 - Coca Cola (Spain)04:04 - Mimosa04:34 - Fiat (Primavera; Portugal)05:05 - Sprint05:35 - MasterCard (USA)06:05 - Soul Train Opening06:36 - City Rock07:03 - Compilation (Mega Hit, Kellogg's, Nesquik, Charmin, Goya, etc)09:37 - CreditsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a Sony MSW-M2100 Betacam player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase video equipment to warp my body into a tire, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Windy City - Junko Mihara in Chicago Part 1 (1983 Japanese City Pop Idol 60FPS Betamax Music Videos) Reely Interesting 2023-08-24 | This is "Windy City - Junko in Chicago: Part 1" (NCH-1002), an interesting mixture of idol-style modeling footage, music videos, & introspective monologues featuring the multi-talented 1980's Japanese star Junko Mihara.Junko Mihara is a singer, actress, Japanese idol, and more who started her career in 1972 at the age of 8 years old when she began acting for Hoei productions. She continued to act throughout the 1970's, but in 1980, at the age of 16, she branched into a singing career with the hard rock album, "Sexy Night." By 1986, she had released at least 15 albums that covered a huge variety of genres from Metal to R&B to City Pop to straight-ahead Japanese pop/kayokyoku. Around 1987, she took a hiatus from her acting and singing careers to become a race car driver where she took part in a great number of touring car races throughout the late 80's through the mid-2000's. She then took up acting again!"Windy City - Junko in Chicago: Part 1" takes us to the streets of downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1982, where we follow the then-19-year-old Junko as she explores the city. Complementary rockin' City Pop songs from her 1983 LP of the same name play between a number of instrumentals with monologues which show her acting prowess. Sprinkled in the middle of all this are a number of scenes clearly intended to give Junko idol appeal. This is a delightfully unique combination of genres that is sure to satisfy Japanese music, idol, and BGV lovers alike!Enjoy this unique collection of footage of vintage Chicago and classic Junko Mihara!Fun fact: Junko Mihara's legacy isn't her work as an idol, singer, or race car driver but as a politician! In 2010, she was elected to be a member of the Japanese House of Councillors representing the Kanagawa district and, as of 2023, she continues to hold this position. Wikipedia claims that she won, in part, through her campaigning efforts on women's health issues after fighting her way through cervical cancer. Fun fact 2: In 1979, she played her career-defining part in a TV drama "3rd Year Class B Kinpachi-sensei." She played a character named "Reiko Yamada" who's tough, delinquent personality gave Junko notoriety for having a "ツッパリ" ("Tsuppari") or "ヤンキー" (lit. "Yankee") nature. It clearly shows in this video where she walks the streets of Chicago with fearless confidence!Fun fact 3: In 1984, she changed the spelling of her name from "三原順子" to "三原じゅん子" which remains to this day. They both are "Junko Mihara" in romanji.Fun fact 4: "Junko Mihara in Chicago Part 2" was a separate release and was not bundled together with part 1!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by song):00:00 - Title00:30 - Forbidden Love Law (禁恋法)04:45 - ? (Stock Bossa Nova)10:00 - ? (Stock Jazz Fusion)13:24 - ? (Stock Honky Tonk Piano)17:50 - ? (Stock Bossa Nova #2)24:35 - Blank At Night (夜はブランク)28:10 - CreditsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a mechanically and electrically restored Sony EDV-9000 ED Beta player.NOTE: Please excuse the few dropouts which resulted from defects in the tape.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford plastic surgery to enhance my serious-but-sensual face for the next time I walk the streets of Chicago, please click the following link: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Dizzy Gillespie - Cornucopia (1970 High Quality Reel-to-Reel Jazz Funk Album) Reely Interesting 2023-08-17 | This is the album "Cornucopia" (TXA 3010), an unusual funk album by the great, late trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.Dizzy Gillespie was an extremely popular Jazz trumpeter who was known for his unique playing style and for using a bent trumpet horn. Besides paving his own way through the Jazz music scene, he was known for his many collaborations with Jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Cab Calloway, Chuck Mangione, Charlie Parker, and many others. While his heyday was arguably in the 1950's and 1960's, he continued to play and record up until his death in 1993.Like many of his 1970's era albums, Cornucopia was a largely ignored release. Obviously trying to wiggle his way out of the aging Jazz scene and into the rapidly up & coming funk wave of the 70's, this album features some of the funkiest covers and original songs you could think of. This album would have felt right at home with the likes of Herbie Hancock or Ramsay Lewis. Unfortunately, unlike the Herbie, Dizzie's attempts to grow beyond the Jazz genre went unheard. Luckily, this album did receive a few releases internationally, where in Japan only, this reel-to-reel tape was made available.The real shame here is that there has never been a CD or modern digital rerelease of this album. In fact, the existence of the reel-to-reel had not been documented until this upload. This upload, as a result, is the highest-quality of this album available and does not feature the low-frequency roll-off and other issues of the "common" LP release.Enjoy this collection of funky tunes!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTrack List:00:00 - The Windmills Of Your Mind03:12 - My Cherie Amour06:38 - Get Back09:20 - Yesterday's Dream13:16 - Lorraine17:33 - Ann, Wonderful One20:40 - Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet24:19 - Oh Happy Day28:55 - Tango-Rine32:21 - Both Sides NowxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using an Otari MX-5050 BIII-2 1/4" reel-to-reel deck @ 7 1/2 IPS, 4 track.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to increase my funk stats to get me closer to reaching my maximum funkiness, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Cecilio & Kapono in Waikiki Shell, April 84 (Hawaiian Rock Live HQ 60FPS Betamax Music Concert) Reely Interesting 2023-08-10 | This is Cecilio & Kapono in Waikiki Shell (128C68-9600), a live concert featuring the Hawaiian duo Cecilio & Kapono at the Waikīkī Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii on April 13th, 1984. It was commercially released only in Japan.Cecilio & Kapono was a Hawaiian music duo consisting of two singers/songwriters/guitarists, Henry Kapono Ka’aihue & Cecilio David Rodriguez. Formed in 1973, they were one of the most popular Hawaiian rock bands ever, releasing many albums both within Hawaii and internationally (such as Japan). They're notable for their songs often blending rock with other genres, such as jazz, disco, & funk, and adding a dash of Hawaiian melodies and rhythm. All in all, their music is very unique! This concert will be sure to keep you entertained over the course of the whole hour. Enjoy this fun concert with one of the greatest rock duos from Hawaii!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by song):00:46 - Kona Winds (Opening)05:07 - Sunshine Love10:56 - I Love You14:06 - About You19:05 - Someday22:53 - Medley (Home, You & Me, I Am The Other Man, etc.)33:28 - Here With You36:58 - Climb The Line40:22 - Summer Lady43:48 - Sailing50:35 - Kona Winds55:24 - FriendsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a mechanically and electrically restored Sony EDV-9000 ED Beta player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(Not sponsored) While, unfortunately, Cecilio has largely disappeared from the public eye due to some very poor decisions, Henry Kapono is still very active in the Hawaiian music scene. Read more about him or support him from his internet store here: henrykapono.comHe also has a very active YouTube channel ( @henrykapono ) where he posts footage from the concerts that he continues to hold at Duke's Waikiki in Hawaii from 4pm until sunset almost every Sunday! Click the button above to check it out!If you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a Mai Tai so I can rock out even more Hawaiian-er, please click the following link: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Night Race (1995 1080i HD 60FPS HDVS Showscan Stock Car Ride Video) Reely Interesting 2023-08-03 | This is the Showscan film "Night Race" (HDP-2403) recovered from a Sony high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc that was produced in very limited numbers. You're challenged to race in the middle of night against your rivals and accept. As soon as you start, however, your car starts swerving out of control. There may be a bad actor on the race track who is willing to sabotage to win. Will you be victorious over your rivals or will you get end up in the pitstop permanently? Watch to find out!This was production was shot at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina.Showscan Film Corporation was a company and a film process. The Showscan process modified camera & film projectors and ran them at 60fps instead of the usual 24fps, making viewers feel more engaged with the viewing experience. While the earliest films made by Showscan were purely meant for viewing, later "attractions" were small rides with powered seats and chairs which would move the viewer in coordination with the events on screen. Needless to say, the 60fps process made the high-definition HDVS disc format a prime candidate for the easy transportation and set-up of Showscan attractions. No longer would a huge, very expensive, modified 70mm camera with large reels need to be moved from location to location. While Showscan won many awards for many of their releases, they were mostly known for their first hit, "Street Luge," and their later collaborations with George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic.Enjoy this fast & furious ride!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!The audio track is a mono cue track which has been duplicated across both channels. The right audio track on the disc contains a data signal... I'm assuming it's to control the original pneumatic chairs.For more information about the 12" LaserDisc-like high-definition "HDVS" disc format that this footage was stored on, please see one of my other HDVS uploads from my HDVS playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase an oil can so I can make my fellow race car drivers spin out like in a video game, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
David Soul - Absolutely Live In Concert (1984 60FPS Betamax Live Music Concert) Reely Interesting 2023-07-27 | This is David Soul - Absolutely Live In Concert (TE0387-β), a live concert of the famous actor (Starsky & Hutch), musician, and heartthrob, David Soul, and his band, "The Band of Friends."This concert covers many of his AOR hits, like Troubadour and Silver Lady, along with a couple B-sides. There are some unusual moments too such an the opening & the general involvement of a mime (played by Yacov Noy). The concert took place at an unknown venue in the UK and may have taken place in 1981.Enjoy this classic concert!Fun fact: This appears to be a poor conversion of a PAL (European) recording for the Japanese (NTSC) market. It may have been done by simply pointing a NTSC camera at a PAL-compatible display... (Imagine spending the ¥14,000 MSRP as printed on the tape and getting *this* quality!)Fun fact 2: This is one of the very, very few pre-recorded Beta releases with a linear, not hi-fi, stereo audio track. Note the unstable and very noisy audio track as a result (and no doubt enhanced by the poor recording itself)!Fun fact 3: All tracks including and after 45:53, along with the instrumental solo, are not listed anywhere on the case of the tape.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by song title):00:00 - Introduction04:51 - Troubadour08:10 - Silver Lady11:44 - I'll Always Love You16:09 - Surrender To Me19:42 - True Love23:15 - He's Got The World To Live26:57 - Mary's Fancy30:35 - Instrumental Solo35:13 - Wish I Was In New Orleans37:04 - Mardi Gras41:38 - She'd Got A Dancing Jones45:53 - Can't We Just Sit Down And Talk It Over50:00 - Don't Give Up on Us53:44 - PiperxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a mechanically and electrically restored Sony EDV-9000 ED Beta player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a mime to play instruments silently for me while I sleep, please click the following link: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Sonys The New Zealand (1989 High Quality 60FPS VHS Jazz-Fusion BGV Demonstration Tape) Reely Interesting 2023-07-20 | This is "The New Zealand" (00QW-145), a promotional demo tape produced by Sony for their early VHS players around 1989.This video consists of shots of various outdoor/natural locations around the Edgewater Resort (now Edgewater Hotel) in Wanaka, New Zealand. Most of these shots are highly detailed with many textures (speedboating/white water rafting) or clear skin tones with high dynamic range (models on boats).Do you know the songs featured in this video? Comment below and get credited!Enjoy this energetic demonstration footage!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by scene):00:00 - River03:31 - Models07:37 - CreditsNote: This footage repeats three times on the original tape (except for the credits which only appears once).xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a restored Victor HR-W1 W-VHS player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to take a vacation to New Zealand to film models for a "promotional video", please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
John Sanborn, Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Works of Escher Part 2 (1990 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Video Disc) Reely Interesting 2023-07-13 | This is part 2 of "The Works of Escher" (00QW-9007) 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!"The Works of Escher" is a half-hour tour of selected works of M.C. Escher from the Masaharu Koga collection. It was produced in conjunction with the other Escher-themed analog HDTV recording, "Infinite Escher." According to Hiroe Ishii, a former Sony director who helped coordinate this production, Mr. Koga loaned 242 pieces of art for this production which was brought to the Animation Staff Room for imaging. These were then each carefully removed from their framing/mounting and ordered from largest to smallest. Using a motorized/computer-controlled camera rigging to allow for the smooth motion, the artwork was captured one at a time. Editing was then started in Japan and completed in New York. This whole process was under the direction of video artist John Sanborn (who is uncredited in the video). The appropriate music was scored specifically for this production by none-other than the great Ryuichi Sakamoto.Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. By 1988, the HDTV standard was standardized to the 16:9 aspect ratio that began to be used on all HDTV systems forward and that we continue to use to this day; however, the hardware took a couple more years to be updated to 16:9. Surprisingly, YouTube supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!Fun fact: The company this was filmed at, Animation Staff Room, is the same company that produced a number of popular animes such as Umi no Triton, Ihara Saikaku Koushoku Ichidai Otoko, & Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs true analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you haven't already done so, please check out part 1 here: youtu.be/mzR6dtlTz8wMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to take off work for next 10 years so I can make my own version of Metamorphosis II, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Artists United For Nature - Yes, We Can (1989 HQ Betacam SP Celebrity Promo Music Video) Reely Interesting 2023-07-09 | This is the official music video of the song "Yes, We Can," a promotional charity single released in late 1989."Yes, We Can" is a German benefit song built off of the success of "We Are The World" and other similar fundraising songs. It was written by the famous composer and pianist Harold Faltermeyer along with the British rockstar Chris Thompson with the intention of raising money for the preservation of rainforests around the world. The specially-formed "Artists United For Nature" supergroup was constructed by a large group of famous singers from all over the world. They only performed for this single recording. While the song charted #4 in Switzerland, it had only moderate success on the charts in other German-speaking countries and did not manage to chart in any English-speaking countries.Artists United For Nature includes:- Ian Anderson- Carol Decker- Herbie Hancock- Stevie Lange (Stevie Vann)- Maggie Reilly- Chris Thompson- Stefan Zauner- Sandra- Richard Page- Chaka Khan- Harold Faltermeyer- Joe Cocker- Tommy Johnson- Brian May- Jennifer Rush- Michael McDonaldEnjoy this rare celebrity-infused charity tune!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a Sony MSW-M2100 Betacam player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford some celebrities to help me grow trees in my backyard, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
John Sanborn, Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Works of Escher Part 1 (1990 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Video Disc) Reely Interesting 2023-07-06 | This is part 1 of "The Works of Escher" (00QW-9007) 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!"The Works of Escher" is a half-hour tour of selected works of M.C. Escher from the Masaharu Koga collection. It was produced in conjunction with the other Escher-themed analog HDTV recording, "Infinite Escher." According to Hiroe Ishii, a former Sony director who helped coordinate this production, Mr. Koga loaned 242 pieces of art for this production which was brought to the Animation Staff Room for imaging. These were then each carefully removed from their framing/mounting and ordered from largest to smallest. Using a motorized/computer-controlled camera rigging to allow for the smooth motion, the artwork was captured one at a time. Editing was then started in Japan and completed in New York. This whole process was under the direction of video artist John Sanborn (who is uncredited in the video). The appropriate music was scored specifically for this production by none-other than the great Ryuichi Sakamoto.Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. By 1988, the HDTV standard was standardized to the 16:9 aspect ratio that began to be used on all HDTV systems forward and that we continue to use to this day; however, the hardware took a couple more years to be updated to 16:9. Surprisingly, YouTube supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!Fun fact 2: The company this was filmed at, Animation Staff Room, is the same company that produced a number of popular animes such as Umi no Triton, Ihara Saikaku Koushoku Ichidai Otoko, & Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs true analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBe sure to check out part 2 here: youtu.be/ScJYyfg2gKcMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase a building dedicated to my carefully curated gallery of screenshots of YouTube video comments, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
The Crusaders - Midnight Triangle Part 2 (1982 High Quality 60FPS VHD Jazz-Fusion Concert Video) Reely Interesting 2023-06-29 | This is part 2 of "The Crusaders Midnight Triangle" (VHM68009), a fantastic live concert by the Jazz-Fusion group, "The Crusaders," at the peak of their success.Recorded by the Japan Victor Corporation (JVC) at an unnamed North Hollywood nightclub on April 20th, 1982, The Crusaders were still riding on the waves from their immensely popular "Street Life" and " Rapsody & Blues" albums released in 1979 and 1980 respectively. This performance is notable for being one of the final commercial live performances to be taped while Stix Hooper was still a member of the group.Musicians:* Wilson Felder: Saxophone* Joe Sample: Keyboards* Stix Hooper: Drums* Barry Finnerty: Electric Guitar* Eddie Watkins: Bass* Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion* Rickey Kelly: Marimba* Osamu Kitajima: Koto* Masakazu Yoshizawa: Shakuhachi* Lakshminarayana Subramaniam: Violin* Bill Henderson: VocalsThis concert has only officially been released on JVC's own VHS and (the Japanese-exclusive) VHD formats. This is the first time that the VHD version is being made available and, along with it, the superior image quality that the VHD release offers. Enjoy this absolutely fantastic performance!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTrack List (by song):00:00 - JASMINE BREEZE08:26 - SOMEDAY WE'LL ALL BE FREE14:12 - AFRICAN SPIRIT17:16 - SNOW FLAKE22:25 - STANDING TALL27:23 - KEEP THAT SAME OLD FEELINGxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a Victor HD-9500 VHD player.NOTE: Cross-hatching artifacts may be noted along high contrast edges. This is an artifact of the TBC used to stabilize the footage and is not inherent to the original recording or post-processing after capture.NOTE 2: VHD discs have a number of quality issues, including sensitivity to scratches/long-term pressure/heat, an affinity to attract mold, etc, which can cause visual artifacts such as skipping & drop-outs along with audio artifacts. An attempt to minimize these artifacts was made during capture; however, please excuse the artifacts that still remain.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you haven't already, be sure to check out part 1 here: youtu.be/EpGOq_lJCGsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford more sequins for my drumming outfit, please click the following link: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
3rd Faze - Shy (2001 HQ Dance Pop Girl Group Mini DV Music Video) Reely Interesting 2023-06-25 | This is the official music video for the song "Shy" by the American pop group "3rd Faze".3rd Faze was a short-lived girl group that was active between 2000 & 2003. Consisting of three talented singers, Halie Clark, Minia Corominas and Sara Marie Rauch, 3rd Faze released a single (self-titled) album in 2001 which was largely overlooked. Regardless, their success seemed eminent as they were not only being produced by Tim Coons (who was at least partially responsible for the success of the Backstreet Boys), but by 2002, they were opening for Britney Spears and O-Zone. Their success was suddenly cut short when their main financial backers were caught in a huge accounting scandal which lead to the permanent and absolute disbanding of the group (Read below for more info).Enjoy this rare music video!Fun/sad fact: 3rd Faze was formed and managed by GFI Enterprises LLC which was owned by healthcare services corporation, HealthSouth (Now known as Encompass Health). In 2002, the CEO was charged in a massive accounting scandal. While, eventually, the CEO was (somehow) acquitted of all 36 charges against him, expenditures by the company fell under scrutiny in 2003, particularly after the FBI became involved. At that point, the band was basically told they were dissolved as they could no longer be paid.Fun fact 2: The "nerd" in the video appears to be Tom Lenk who is particularly known for playing Andrew Wells in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis MiniDV recording was played back using a Panasonic AJ-HD1800P DV deck.Note: This appears to be an composite dub from a possibly-digital source and, thus, composite artifacts can clearly be seen.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(Not Sponsored) If you like this video, a couple of the talented ex-members of 3rd Faze continue to pursue their passions & perform to this day. I'm certain that they would love your support!Sara: youtube.com/channel/UCCBl6loO5KRkKvfd6W2UgYAMinia (Herminia): youtube.com/channel/UCzFI7uCb4uMT1eBxT2jmH7QIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a laptop with Reach-O-Vision technology, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
The Crusaders - Midnight Triangle Part 1 (1982 High Quality 60FPS VHD Jazz-Fusion Concert Video) Reely Interesting 2023-06-22 | This is part 1 of "The Crusaders Midnight Triangle" (VHM68009), a fantastic live concert by the Jazz-Fusion group, "The Crusaders," at the peak of their success.Recorded by the Japan Victor Corporation (JVC) at an unnamed North Hollywood nightclub on April 20th, 1982, The Crusaders were still riding on the waves from their immensely popular "Street Life" and " Rapsody & Blues" albums released in 1979 and 1980 respectively. This performance is notable for being one of the final commercial live performances to be taped while Stix Hooper was still a member of the group.Musicians:* Wilson Felder: Saxophone* Joe Sample: Keyboards* Stix Hooper: Drums* Barry Finnerty: Electric Guitar* Eddie Watkins: Bass* Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion* Rickey Kelly: Marimba* Osamu Kitajima: Koto* Masakazu Yoshizawa: Shakuhachi* Lakshminarayana Subramaniam: Violin* Bill Henderson: VocalsThis concert has only officially been released on JVC's own VHS and (the Japanese-exclusive) VHD formats. This is the first time that the VHD version is being made available and, along with it, the superior image quality that the VHD release offers. Enjoy this absolutely fantastic performance!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTrack List (by song):00:00 - Intro01:19 - SUNSHINE IN YOUR EYES08:15 - SOUL SHADOWS15:50 - SCRATCH22:21 - MELODIES OF LOVExxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a Victor HD-9500 VHD player.NOTE: Cross-hatching artifacts may be noted along high contrast edges. This is an artifact of the TBC used to stabilize the footage and is not inherent to the original recording or post-processing after capture.NOTE 2: VHD discs have a number of quality issues, including sensitivity to scratches/long-term pressure/heat, an affinity to attract mold, etc, which can cause visual artifacts such as skipping & drop-outs along with audio artifacts. An attempt to minimize these artifacts was made during capture; however, please excuse the artifacts that still remain.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBe sure to check out part 2 here: youtu.be/XYoL-KE3ClQxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a more passionate guitarist for my shower singing sessions, please click the following link: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Sandra, etc. - RSH Gold 89 Interviews (1989 HQ Betacam SP German Celebrity Uncut Interview Tape) Reely Interesting 2023-06-15 | This is a collection of uncut interviews from RSH Gold '89, a German music award program that took place at the Wunderino-Arena on April 1st, 1989.RSH Gold was a German award program, hosted by Radio Schleswig-Holstein, that ran from 1988 to 2000. Similar to the American GRAMMY awards, the event gave out awards to high-charting and innovative artists in the German music scene. This is a tape featuring a collection of uncut interviews with some of the award winners from the second year of the program.Betacam SP was the professional brother of ED Betamax. Using the same tapes as standard ED Beta, Betacam SP was able to record very high quality component (Y/Pb/Pr) video. It was very popular for on-location Electronic News Gathering (ENG) and for general television production that required portability. It was preceded by plain old (oxide) Betacam.Enjoy these exclusive lost interviews!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by interview):00:00 - Sandra06:23 - Tony Carey10:38 - Hannes Kröger (Reepermann?)15:06 - Klaus & Klaus19:51 - The RattlesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a Sony MSW-M2100 Betacam player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase sunglasses to wear the next time I get a backstage concert pass, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Claude Ciari And The Batucada 7 - Bossa Nova Touch (1970 Reel-to-Reel Jazz Album) Reely Interesting 2023-06-08 | This is the album "Bossa Nova Touch" (OXA 5048), a funky 1970 release by Claude Ciari along with Bernard Gérard & his band, The Batucada 7.Claude Ciari is a French-born guitarist who was mostly known for his instrumental hit "La Playa" in 1964. His success in his home country of France was moderate at best, but he had an ever growing fanbase in Japan where his smooth guitar playing captured the ears and hearts of many Japanese listeners. By the mid-70's, many of his albums were exclusively released in Japan. In fact, in 1985, he became a Japanese citizen...and ran for a position in the Japanese government.Bernard Gérard was a French composer who wrote many film scores. Both he & Claude Ciari were mostly known for more traditional "chanson" style music and not the unusually funky and popular music contained within this album. Containing covers of popular hits, in addition to unique songs made just for this album, this album will get your head moving and butt shaking with it's up-tempo songs and samba-derived rhythms. This reel-to-reel tape was, unfortunately, only released in Japan with the rest of the world only receiving records...or nothing at all.Enjoy this funky collection of Bossa Nova tunes!Fun fact: The reason why Mr. Ciari ran for a Japanese government position in Japan was due to that fact that his child (who he had with his Japanese wife) was not considered a Japanese citizen due to a very old law. While he did not win office, the press coverage and platform that the campaign gave him sparked enough public outcry that the law was eventually removed. If you're a foreign male who moved to Japan and had a child there, you can thank our guitarist hero Claude Ciari for your child's citizenship! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTrack List:00:00 - Felicidad02:55 - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head06:08 - Holiday's Trail09:12 - Yesterdays13:38 - The Shadow Of Your Smile16:13 - Funky Beat19:36 - Moonlight In Vermont23:38 - Bahia Style25:48 - Manha De Carnaval29:04 - SunrisexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using an Otari MX-5050 BIII-2 1/4" reel-to-reel deck @ 7 1/2 IPS, 4 track.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford more bongos to slap, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Taeko Ohnuki - Milk House Dreaming: Four Seasons of Love (1987 HQ 4K Upscaled VHS Anime OVA) Reely Interesting 2023-06-01 | This is "Milk House Dreaming: Ai no Shiki" (905083), a Japan-only, VHS-exclusive OVA released in 1987. This "story-less" OVA consists of a number of images and artwork by Yumiko Kawahara, who is an award-winning shojo (adolescent-female-targeted) manga artist. It appears that her works were mainly released between 1979 and 2014. In the west, she was, apparently, mostly known for her 1995-1999 manga series simply titled "Dolls." This OVA is based on her "Zenryaku Milk House [前略・ミルクハウス]" manga that ran from March 1983 to May 1986 and spawned an additional (true) OVA by Fuji TV. Winning multiple awards spanning multiple decades, "Zenryaku Milk House" was one of the most successful and influential shojo manga's of the 1980's and it's influence can be seen in many later, more-internationally-recognized shojo mangas and animes such as Sailor Moon.This OVA takes artwork related to the manga and splits it into "four seasons" each with different moods/feelings. In addition to this, there are short narrated bits (voiced by Miina Tominaga [冨永みーな]) setting the mood between the various segments of the video, along with cute intermissions featuring chibi versions of the main characters from the manga (Serika & Ryouone). All this is paired to 11 tracks of music by Taeko Ohnuki (along with a few short unique instrumentals). Her soothing voice over laid with smooth city pop instrumentals pairs to the calm, lovely visuals perfectly.Get ready for this rare, relaxing OVA, and enjoy the beautiful imagery & music!Fun fact(s): For those curious, here is a synopsis of "Zenryaku Milk House" according to the associated Japanese Wikipedia: "Serika moves to Tokyo to begin her college life, and while searching for a room, she meets a beautiful woman dressed in kimono, Ryouone. When she is offered a room at Milk House, a Western-style boarding house, Serika accepts the offer, but it turns out to be the home of Ryouone and her cousin Fuji, who is actually a man dressed as a woman. Serika was thinking of looking for another room, but when Mizuki, a woman she met on the street, moves in, she decides to live in Milk House. Later, Professor Yoshikawa and his son, Isamu, join her, and a lively boarding house life at Milk House begins."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters:00:00 - Intro01:00 - Taeko Ohnuki: Recipe (Chouri Hou)02:55 - Taeko Ohnuki: Nobe05:38 - Taeko Ohnuki: Vegetable09:50 - Intermission 111:06 - Taeko Ohnuki: Umi To Syounen14:16 - Taeko Ohnuki: La Strada19:01 - Intermission 220:17 - Taeko Ohnuki: Tsumujikaze (Tourbillon)23:32 - Taeko Ohnuki: Ame No Yoake28:03 - Intermission 329:18 - Taeko Ohnuki: Cahier I31:20 - Taeko Ohnuki: Shiawase Na Otokotachi E35:47 - Taeko Ohnuki: Ai No Yukue39:26 - Taeko Ohnuki: Koibitotachi No AshitaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a JVC HR-S9911U S-VHS player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxClick here for more of my rare City Pop uploads: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjigEO-3VWsTw5e2vVUjUm4qxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to stay in my boarding house where each resident corresponds to a stereotypical anime trope, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
De La Soul - Baby Phat Promo Bumper For Rhythms San Diego (2001 HQ Mini DV Promo Video) Reely Interesting 2023-05-31 | This is a promotional bumper for De La Soul's "Baby Phat" music video on San Diego's Rhythms music program, featuring none other than Maseo (Plug Three) himself!Enjoy this rare bumper!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis MiniDV recording was played back using a Panasonic AJ-HD1800P DV deck.Note: This appears to be a multi-generation dub from an analog source and, thus, analog artifacts can clearly be seen.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to get Maseo to promote one love to all of the Reely Interesting viewers, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Capitol Records - Capitol Records Tower Logo (Early 2000s HQ Mini DV Bumper) Reely Interesting 2023-05-30 | This is the the official Capitol Records "Tower Logo/Bumper" that prefaces many commercially-distributed music videos and content by the company in the late 1990's and early 2000's.Enjoy this classic bumper!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis MiniDV recording was played back using a Panasonic AJ-HD1800P DV deck.Note: This appears to be a multi-generation dub from an analog source and, thus, analog artifacts can clearly be seen.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a house shaped like a stack of VHS tapes, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV: Mike Tyson Vs. Tyrell Biggs (1987) / Larry Holmes (1988) [Finale Segments] Reely Interesting 2023-05-28 | These are the finale segments of Mike Tyson Vs. Tyrell Biggs and Mike Tyson Vs. Larry Holmes, produced by 1125 Productions in true HDTV on October 16th 1987 and January 22, 1988. It was found on a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc labeled, "HBO HDTV Demo 2" (HD-106). See the finales of some the greatest boxing matches in history in true analog HDTV! This footage has a completely unique wide-angle shot of the ring and lets you see the finale like it was broadcast yesterday. The disc contains only these segments and does not contain any other segments from the match.Fun fact: This HDTV angle was produced by David Niles who was one of the first to produce in the HDTV format and was frequently commissioned by HBO and other networks to produce segments in HD...as the HDTV equipment was too expensive for many of the companies to purchase outright!NOTE: David Niles himself has kindly provided permission to upload this segment. He has noted that this clip is from a test pressing on the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please see the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=GxLk9wE00nIMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford more of those hip star filters for my lenses, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
1125 Productions / HBO Analog HDTV Demo 2 (1988 1080i Sony HDVS Video USA Demonstration Disc) Reely Interesting 2023-05-27 | This is "HBO HDTV Demo 2" (HD-106) 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 very slightly lower resolution (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!"HBO HDTV Demo 2" is a demonstration HDVS disc produced sometime in mid-to-late 1988 by 1125 Productions, a New York-based HDTV production house run by David Niles. The disc contains a number of early scans of 35mm trailers, followed by some segments from early HDTV presentations, including the 1987 made-for-TV movie Norman's Corner starring a young Gilbert Gottfried and the finales of Mike Tyson's fights against Tyrell Biggs and Larry Holmes in late 1987 and early 1988 respectively. The disc gives a very interesting glimpse into what HBO might have looked like if HDTV transmission had began in the USA in the late 1980's (rather than 1996 in general, 1999 for the first HBO HDTV transmissions).It is unknown what this disc was used for. Was there a presentation involving this disc? Is there an HBO Demo 1? If you have any leads, please comment below!Enjoy this incredible compilation of rare analog HDTV recordings that were never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!NOTE: David Niles himself has kindly provided permission to upload this segment. He has noted that this disc is a test pressing for the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. Surprisingly, YouTube supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters:00:00 - Three Amigos (Trailer)01:40 - Stand By Me (Trailer)03:24 - The Fly (Trailer, no music)05:07 - B-roll of Switzerland or Austria for NHK (Your Latest Trick by Dire Straits)06:15 - and it makes me wonder... (Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven)09:49 - Norman's Corner [Finale] (feat. Gilbert Gottfried)11:33 - Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs [Finale] (Oct. 16th, 1987)12:35 - Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes [Finale] (Jan. 22th, 1988)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis 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!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to be shrunk down so I can fit into my car's engine, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV: Normans Corner Featuring Gilbert Gottfried [Finale Segment] Reely Interesting 2023-05-25 | This is a segment of the made-for-HBO short film "Norman's Corner", produced by 1125 Productions in true HDTV in 1987. It was found on a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc labeled, "HBO HDTV Demo 2" (HD-106). Norman's Corner was a made-for-TV special that was intended to be a pilot for a possible sitcom and aired on HBO, Cinemax, and possibly other American PPV channels in standard definition. Directed by the great Paul Miller, this single special was all that was to come of our grouchy newsstand owner. It is notable for being the first TV series pilot to be shot in HDTV. This short segment is all that is on this disc and is, currently, the only surviving segment in full HD, although VHS copies of the full special can be found elsewhere on YouTube.NOTE: David Niles, who was owner of 1125 Productions, has kindly provided permission to upload this segment. He has noted that this clip is from a test pressing for the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. Fun fact: One of the writers of this special was Larry David who later became known as the producer of Seinfeld and the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please see the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=GxLk9wE00nIMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a pack of Life Savers from the local newsstand vendor, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV: Captain Videos and it makes me wonder... (feat. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven) Reely Interesting 2023-05-22 | This is a segment of Captain Video's short film "and it makes me wonder...", shot in true HDTV in or before 1988. It was found on a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc labeled, "HBO HDTV Demo 2" (HD-106). Captain Video was the French production facility opened by the producer & video artist, David Niles. David Niles was one of the first investors in HDTV outside of Japan and opened the first HDTV production facility outside of Japan in 1985. The facility was notable for producing some of the first commercially-viable content in HDTV such as commercials, shows, and concerts. They also produced a number of short films such as this one. Further information about this piece is unknown at this time... (Do you know? Comment below!)NOTE: David Niles himself has kindly provided permission to upload this segment. He has noted that this clip is from a test pressing for the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please see the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=GxLk9wE00nIMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a GPS so I can find the way back to my dresser, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
South Western Bell Smart Home (1990 Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Video USA Demo Disc) Reely Interesting 2023-05-20 | This is "South Western Bell Smart Home" (HDP-1538) 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 very slightly lower resolution (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.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!"South Western Bell Smart Home" is a historically important videodisc produced by the defunct American telecom company Southwestern Bell. Oddly enough, the content appears to have nothing to do with the title of the disc. This disc consists of a compilation of 15 second to 1 minute clips of various analog HDTV recordings from between 1985 & 1989. Some of these recordings are truly momentous occasions such as the first 1985 HDTV recording by Captain Video in Paris, France, the first time a US president was recorded on HDTV on April 10, 1988, & the STS-29 Space Shuttle Discovery launch on March 13, 1989. There are also some additional, very special clips that certainly can't be ignored, including two early HDTV music videos (Tony Bennett - Where Did The Magic Go and an apparently unreleased rendition of Hanging On A Heart Attack by Holly Knight), footage of Czechoslovakia while it was still Czechoslovakia, and some early footage of American football & baseball...all in true analog high-definition!It is unknown what this disc was used for. Was there a smart-home exhibit run by Southwestern Bell around 1990? If you have any leads, please comment below!Also, if you have any additional information about any of the scenes (such as missing scene names or when the baseball game took place), please comment below.Enjoy this incredible compilation of historically significant recordings that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!NOTE: David Niles, who owned 1125 Productions & Captain, has kindly provided permission to upload his segments of this disc. He has noted that this disc is test pressing on the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. Dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (all are incomplete clips):00:00 - Paris, France (1985)00:32 - US President Ronald Regan at NAB 1988, Las Vegas00:56 - Maverick Vs. Jester (Top Gun)01:16 - Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Possible upscaled video)01:37 - Crocodile Dundee01:57 - American College Football: 1989 Sugar Bowl (Auburn Vs. Florida State, Jan 2., 1989)02:17 - Major League Baseball (Chicago Cubs Vs. Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field)02:42 - ?? (Unknown coral reef underwater diving) 03:04 - Kyoto, Japan03:24 - Praha, Czechoslovakia03:46 - Damascus, Syria04:09 - ?? (Unknown Japanese event)04:31 - Space Shuttle Discovery STS-29 Launch Preparation (News Format)04:51 - Space Shuttle Discovery STS-29 Launch05:18 - Flowers & Animals05:39 - Project Somnium (Toyo Links)06:00 - Tony Bennett: Where Did The Magic Go06:40 - Holly Knight: Hanging On A Heart Attack07:03 - Words And Music07:13 - Metal 5 Engine Oil Commercial (1986)07:26 - CreditsThanks to "ol mate senn" & "kelvin cheung" for additional info!Note: The drop outs in the start of the "Paris, France (1985)" segment are due to the DOC on the playback unit reacting to the alternating lines.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis 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!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to be shrunk down so I can fit into my car's engine, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV: Space Shuttle Discovery STS-29 Preparation & Launch [Segments] Reely Interesting 2023-05-19 | This is a collection of segments of the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-29 launch, shot in true HDTV in 1989 by 1125 Productions. They were found on a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc labeled, "South Western Bell Smart Home" (HDP-1538). This short 48 second video clip feature a short bit regarding the preparation of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery with a news segment-like voiceover accompaniment. This is then followed by the actual launch footage...all in true high-definition! The existence of this footage was noted in a number of white papers and press releases by NASA. White papers claim that it was used to help analyze the launches & the performance of the HDTV system as a whole (lenses, signal processing, fiber optic transmission, and more) & eventually presented to US Congress as an example of an HDTV application with the eventual use on the Space Station Freedom (better known now as the International Space Station).NOTE: This has been uploaded with the kind permission of David Niles, who owned 1125 Productions. He has noted that this clip is from a test pressing for the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. Fun fact: HDTV and Space Shuttle Discovery launches have a long & storied history together! On October 29th, 1998, the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95 was broadcast as the very first (official) ATSC digital HDTV transmission.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the full video here: youtu.be/DFXDPGMacNEMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford my own space shuttle to film in true HD, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV: Tony Bennett - Where Did The Magic Go & Holly Knight - Hanging On A Heart Attack [Cuts] Reely Interesting 2023-05-18 | This is a collection of two music videos, Tony Bennett's Where Did The Magic Go & Holly Knight's Hanging On A Heart Attack, shot in true HDTV by 1125 Productions in 1989. They were found on a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc labeled, "South Western Bell Smart Home" (HDP-1538). These two unusual music videos appear to be quite special. Tony Bennett's Where Did The Magic Go appears to have not gotten much rotation on TV and is hard to find in standard definition. Holly Knight's Hanging On A Heart Attack is a cover of the song of the same title originally performed in 1986 by her own band, "Device." These are both segments of the full recordings, and the disc does not contain any of the missing portions of the videos.NOTE: This has been uploaded with the kind permission of David Niles, who owned 1125 Productions. He has noted that this clip is from a test pressing for the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. Fun fact: Holly Knight's version of Hanging On A Heart Attack appear to have never been released. No recordings of the track appear to exist on the internet and this appears to be the only footage of the music video. It may have been a removed cut from her self-titled album released in 1988 or a track from an unreleased album.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the full video here: youtu.be/DFXDPGMacNEMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford even more remarks on HDTV, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV: 1989 Florida State Vs. Auburn Sugar Bowl / Chicago Cubs Vs. Atlanta Braves [Segments] Reely Interesting 2023-05-17 | This is a collection live sports segments recorded in experimental 1035i HDTV shot in 1989 by 1125 Productions. It was found on a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc labeled, "South Western Bell Smart Home" (HDP-1538). This is short 45 second clip features segments from the 1989 USF&G Sugar Bowl college football game and the Chicago Cubs Vs. Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field. The 1989 USF&G Sugar Bowl segment features a number of plays between the Florida State Seminoles Vs. Auburn Tigers in addition to shots of the crowd and a short cheerleading routine. The Chicago Cubs Vs. Atlanta Braves segment took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown date (Do you know? Comment below!)NOTE: This has been uploaded with the kind permission of David Niles, who owned 1125 Productions. He has noted that this clip is from a test pressing for the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the full video here: youtu.be/DFXDPGMacNEMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to have Miles Davis play every time I play baseball, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV: President Ronald Reagan At NAB 1988 [Segment] (Sony HDVS Demonstration) Reely Interesting 2023-05-15 | This is a segment of the late US President (and actor) Ronald Reagan speaking at NAB '88 on April 10th, 1988, produced by 1125 Productions. It was found on a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc labeled, "South Western Bell Smart Home" (HDP-1538). This is a very short, true HD segment of Ronald Reagan's "Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas, Nevada" where he remarks that he is being recorded on HDTV. Pres. Reagan's speech was much longer than this but unfortunately no additional segments were recorded on this disc.NOTE: This has been uploaded with the kind permission of David Niles, who owned 1125 Productions. He has noted that this clip is from a test pressing for the HDVS disc format and is not representative of true image quality of the original footage. Fun fact: As Pres. Reagan's speech may strongly imply, this was the first time a US president was recorded on HDTV. It wasn't until four more generations of US presidents (Pres. Obama) that the White House began regularly recording in HD.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the full video here: youtu.be/DFXDPGMacNEMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford even more remarks on HDTV, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
HDVS Business Applications [August 1988 Ver.] (Analog HDTV 1080i HDVS Video Demonstration Disc) Reely Interesting 2023-05-13 | This is "HDVS Business Applications [August 1988 Version]" (HD-102) 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!"HDVS Business Applications [August 1988 Version]" appears to be the first HDVS disc with the intention of public sales/trade show use to show the potential applications of the nascent HDTV system, particularly Sony HDVS hardware. With a low catalog number and early production date, it is likely one of the first HDVS discs to be produced. The video first begins with a series of still images, perhaps to cycle through before a presentation would begin. Then the video proceeds to focus on various applications of the HDVS system & breaks the presentation down into five parts, each focusing on a specific application. Some of the footage is very familiar (Hills Of The Seasons: Summer), while others are expanded versions from footage found on other demonstration tapes Partial "Goods" segments can be found in HD on the the "HDL-2000 Demonstration Disc" and in SD on the "ED Beta Demonstration Tape," while other segments appear completely unique to this disc (i.e. The "Event" fashion show).Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. By 1988, the HDTV standard was standardized to the 16:9 aspect ratio that began to be used on all HDTV systems forward and that we continue to use to this day; however, the hardware took a couple more years to be updated to 16:9. Surprisingly, YouTube supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters:00:00 - Goods (???)02:05 - Scenery (Hills of The Seasons: Summer)03:49 - Commercial (Sony ProFeel Pro Trinitron)04:25 - Event (Fashion Show)06:01 - Science (Microscope Videography)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis 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!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me finally purchase a low poly CG fighter jet to throw around during boring business meetings, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV Business Applications: Modeling Event (1988 Sony HDVS Demonstration) Reely Interesting 2023-05-12 | This is the "Event" segment, shot in true HDTV, from "HDVS Business Applications (August 1988 Version)" (HD-102), a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. This short segment is a true HD demonstration of the HDVS system in an "event" environment. In this case, we're taken to a very 1980's "photoshoot." Instead of photos being taken, the HDVS system is being used to create 30 potentially-print-quality images every second!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=ozFFLg4Gp5kMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford more darkness to increase my TV bezel to wall contrast ratio, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV Business Applications: 1988 Sony Trinitron Commercial (Sony HDVS Demonstration) Reely Interesting 2023-05-10 | This is the "Sony Trinitron Commercial" segment, shot in true HDTV, from "HDVS Business Applications (August 1988 Version)" (HD-102), a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. This is a 30 second HDTV-produced commercial for the Sony Profeel Pro KX-27HV1 Trinitron CRT television. Very contrast-y shots show the excellent dynamic range and luma resolution of the analog HDVS format.Was this ever used in an actual TV commercial? If so, please comment below!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=ozFFLg4Gp5kMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford more darkness to increase my TV bezel to wall contrast ratio, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV Business Applications: Goods (1988 Sony HDVS Demonstration) Reely Interesting 2023-05-08 | This is the "Goods" segment, shot in true HDTV, from "HDVS Business Applications (August 1988 Version)" (HD-102), a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. This short segment uses still lifes to show the high resolution, rich colors, and high dynamic range of then nascent HDVS system.Fun fact: Portions of this segment were used for a number of Sony demonstration and alignment releases in the consumer space.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=ozFFLg4Gp5kMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford more dew for my glasses, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV Business Applications: Cosmetics (1992 Sony HDVS Demonstration) Reely Interesting 2023-05-05 | This is the "Cosmetics" segment, shot in true HDTV, from "HDVS Business Applications (North America Version)" (HDP-2078), a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. This short segment is intended to show the applications of the then new HDTV format in the cosmetics and retail industry. Here HDTV is used to let a woman try on different shades of lipstick... virtually!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=ScK4z6A9SaoMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford all 1.07 billion shades of lipstick that the HDVS system can produce, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV Business Applications: Computer Graphics (1992 Sony HDVS Demonstration) Reely Interesting 2023-05-04 | This is the "Computer Graphics" segment, shot in true HDTV, from "HDVS Business Applications (North America Version)" (HDP-2078), a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. This short segment is intended to show the applications of the then new HDTV format through the use of computer graphics. Here computer graphics is used for visualization of engineering technologies and to make boring business meetings much more...interesting!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=ScK4z6A9SaoMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me a skull and cross bones decal for my business meeting fighter jet, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Analog HDTV Business Applications: Modeling (1992 Sony HDVS Demonstration) Reely Interesting 2023-05-01 | This is the "Modeling" segment, shot in true HDTV, from "HDVS Business Applications (North America Version)" (HDP-2078), a Sony-made high-definition 12" HDVS videodisc. It was recorded around 1992.This short segment is intended to show the applications of the then new HDTV format in fashion. Here it is used to show a couple models on a runway!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo see the rest of this HDTV demo or for more information regarding the HDVS format and this disc, please the the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=ScK4z6A9SaoMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me purchase a high tech camera with bellows for my next fashion shoot, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Viva Sonyland! (1982 HQ 60FPS Sony Betamax Demonstration Video Tape) Reely Interesting 2023-04-27 | This is "Viva Sonyland" (3-703-615-01), a special 1982 promotional tape given away by Sony with the purchase of a Sony Betamax deck and used to demonstrate the features of the Sony Betamax video tape system along with advertising other Sony products."Viva Sonyland!" tells the story of a young girl who's parents just got a Sony Betamax system. Suddenly, a European-ish magician appears in her room and takes her on adventures through "Sonyland" to show her how "Beta is better," how the Betamax system works, Sony's factory, and other items that Sony was offering at the time.Enjoy this pseudo-educational and very weird demonstration tape!Fun facts: The drum size is not why Betamax can make better images, Carol does not have any children, Mr. Magician does not look like Superman, and I'm pretty sure Sonyland is not safe for children.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a mechanically and electrically restored Sony EDV-9000 ED Beta player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford the meds required to repress Mr. Magician's haunting laugh, please click the following link: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Herb Geller - That Geller Feller in Stereo (1957 2-Track Reel-to-Reel Cool Jazz Album) Reely Interesting 2023-04-20 | This is the album "That Geller Feller in Stereo" (Bel Canto ST-16), an early (March 14, 1957) stereo recording by Herb Geller. It was also released as "Fire In The West."Herbert Geller was a saxophonist who was active in the Jazz scene from 1950 until his death in 2013. He was an extremely popular saxophonist throughout his life and had played with nearly all the big names in jazz at one point or another (Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington, etc). This recording is one of his earliest but holds up just was well as some of his later recordings. Here, his alto sax playing is paired up with Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Harold Land on tenor sax, Lou Levy on piano, Ray Brown on bass, & Lawrence Marable on drums. All the tracks are very well done, the players are tight, and the solos are passionate.Enjoy this underappreciated collection of vintage Jazz tracks!Fun fact: This was a "staggered" recording. This means the tape was recorded with a short delay (~1/8 second) between channels. This was due to the fact that the earliest stereo tape recorders had two seperate heads for the left and right channel since technology had not allowed them to combine multiple pick-ups into one head block. As a result, one mono head had to be placed in front of another mono head to produce stereo 2-channel audio, hence the staggered heads and channel delay! When the first reel-to-reel decks with the combined 2-channel heads were made available (i.e. the head design we're all used to), the tape vendors would label tapes without the delay as being for "inline" or "stacked" head reel-to-reel machines. This upload was made with the channel delay removed.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTrack List:00:00 - Jitterbug Waltz05:55 - S'Pacific View11:56 - Marable Eyes16:45 - The Fruit23:08 - An Air for the Heir26:54 - Here's What I'm Here ForxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using an Otari MX-5050 BIII-2 1/4" reel-to-reel deck @ 7 1/2 IPS, 2 track.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a personal Jazz band to follow me around all day and play songs that reflect my mood, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Koichi Inakoshi, Shigeaki Saegusa - Paris Part 2 (1989 Analog HDTV 1080i Sony HDVS Video Music BGV) Reely Interesting 2023-04-13 | This is part 2 of "Paris" (00QW-9004) 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!"Koichi Inakoshi - Paris" is an early analog high-definition recording which combines Koichi Inakoshi's high-definition imagery of Paris, France with the eclectic soundtrack of Shigeaki Saegusa. Koichi Inakoshi is a Japanese photographer and videographer who is known for his rather avant-garde photography of landscapes along with celebrity photography. He also did a decent amount of work for Sony, producing other concept BGV discs such as "Koichi Inakoshi - Tokyo" (which I previously uploaded). Shigeaki Saegusa is a Japanese composer who is known for his adventurous/experimental jazz-fusion tracks and his contributions to animes such as Mobile Suit Z/ZZ Gundam and Heart Cocktail. All songs in "Paris" are from his 1988 album "眼" (Pronounced "meh", meaning "eye/vision"). "Paris" was also a popular advertising tool by Sony for the HDVS system and many advertisements and promotions featured screen shots or segments from this recording.Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. By 1988, the HDTV standard was standardized to the 16:9 aspect ratio that began to be used on all HDTV systems forward and that we continue to use to this day; however, the hardware took a couple more years to be updated to 16:9. Surprisingly, YouTube supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by song):00:00 - ???02:23 - HOW'S IT GOING? (ごきげんいかが?)03:58 - DROWNING (溺死) (Reprise)06:20 - MAGIC SQUARE (魔法陣)10:38 - CRYPTOGAM (隠花植物) (Reprise)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs true analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you haven't already, be sure to check out part 1 here: youtu.be/z7OCW-ymRgkMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or help me afford a giant pair of lips to dump water on my children, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Koichi Inakoshi, Shigeaki Saegusa - Paris (1989 HQ 60FPS Sony ED Beta France HDVS Video Music BGV) Reely Interesting 2023-04-10 | This is "Paris" (66QS-9014), a 1989 tape for the Sony ED Beta video tape system. ED Beta was the final evolution of Sony's Betamax consumer video tape system. ED Beta could produce 500 or more lines of horizontal B&W (luma) resolution besting standard Betamax and VHS's 250 lines and especially JVC Victor's 400-line S-VHS system. Unfortunately, ED Beta was a very expensive system and required special metal tapes that were incompatible with existing Betamax set-ups. There was also plenty of consumer confusion between the many different sometimes-incompatible Betamax formats (BI, BII, BIII, Super Beta, Hi-Band Beta, & ED Beta). Finally, ED Beta did not increase Betamax's limited color (chroma) resolution of just 30 or so horizontal lines which kept the format from being a true improvement. As a result, just like S-VHS, ED Beta never gained significant market share.The legacy of ED Beta, however, is that it was one of the pinnacles of consumer standard definition formats particularly in its high luma resolution and low noise. While the low color resolution limits the subjective realism, recordings made on the format are extremely crisp and clear and far surpass nearly anything else you could find on the format. In order to achieve such resolution (as most professional tape formats were lower resolution), most of the very limited commercial tape releases for the format were derived from early analog HDTV recordings (Sony's analog HDVS format). With most of the early HDTV recordings never rereleased on a true HDTV format (especially in the USA), these tapes may be the highest quality way of seeing them."Koichi Inakoshi - Paris" is a rather late commercial ED Beta release which combines Koichi Inakoshi's high-definition imagery of Paris, France with the eclectic soundtrack of Shigeaki Saegusa. Koichi Inakoshi is a Japanese photographer and videographer who is known for his rather avant-garde photography of landscapes along with celebrity photography. He also did a decent amount of work for Sony, producing other concept BGV discs such as "Koichi Inakoshi - Tokyo" (which I previously uploaded). Shigeaki Saegusa is a Japanese composer who is known for his adventurous/experimental jazz-fusion tracks and his contributions to animes such as Mobile Suit Z/ZZ Gundam and Heart Cocktail. All songs in "Paris" are from his 1988 album "眼" (Pronounced "meh", meaning "eye/vision").Of particular interest is that the content is presented the original 5:3 aspect ratio which was NHK & Sony's original HDTV aspect ratio before being changed to 16:9 in 1988. In addition, the high-definition video of Paris really displays the high resolution of the ED Beta format!Strap in and get ready for your tour of 1980's Paris!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by song):00:20 - CRYPTOGAM (隠花植物)04:04 - ORCUS (死神)08:00 - AMANDA (アマンダ)10:33 - DROWNING (溺死)13:34 - ???15:57 - HOW'S IT GOING? (ごきげんいかが?)17:32 - DROWNING (溺死) (Reprise)19:54 - MAGIC SQUARE (魔法陣)24:12 - CRYPTOGAM (隠花植物) (Reprise)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a mechanically and electrically restored Sony EDV-9000 ED Beta player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to travel to Paris with a sampler full of operatic samples so I can walk around and annoy the residents, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Koichi Inakoshi, Shigeaki Saegusa - Paris Part 1 (1989 Analog HDTV 1080i Sony HDVS Video Music BGV) Reely Interesting 2023-04-06 | This is part 1 of "Paris" (00QW-9004) 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!"Koichi Inakoshi - Paris" is an early analog high-definition recording which combines Koichi Inakoshi's high-definition imagery of Paris, France with the eclectic soundtrack of Shigeaki Saegusa. Koichi Inakoshi is a Japanese photographer and videographer who is known for his rather avant-garde photography of landscapes along with celebrity photography. He also did a decent amount of work for Sony, producing other concept BGV discs such as "Koichi Inakoshi - Tokyo" (which I previously uploaded). Shigeaki Saegusa is a Japanese composer who is known for his adventurous/experimental jazz-fusion tracks and his contributions to animes such as Mobile Suit Z/ZZ Gundam and Heart Cocktail. All songs in "Paris" are from his 1988 album "眼" (Pronounced "meh", meaning "eye/vision"). "Paris" was also a popular advertising tool by Sony for the HDVS system and many advertisements and promotions featured screen shots or segments from this recording.Enjoy this very special video that was never available to the public in the original HD presentation until now!Fun fact: Look at the sides of the image. Do you see that they don't fill your TV/monitor? Since this was recorded on the original 1984 pure-analog HDVS system, it also was recorded in the original, more-square 5:3 aspect ratio that NHK & Sony chose for the original HDTV system. By 1988, the HDTV standard was standardized to the 16:9 aspect ratio that began to be used on all HDTV systems forward and that we continue to use to this day; however, the hardware took a couple more years to be updated to 16:9. Surprisingly, YouTube supports videos uploaded in 5:3 aspect ratio so dust off & plug in your favorite 16:10 monitor to see less black bars than on a 16:9 monitor!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by song):00:20 - CRYPTOGAM (隠花植物)04:04 - ORCUS (死神)08:13 - AMANDA (アマンダ)10:47 - DROWNING (溺死)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was recorded off on a Sony HDL-2000 Videodisc player which outputs true analog component (1035i) video. Uploaded in upscaled 4K ProRes for extra clarity!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBe sure to to check out part 2 here: youtube.com/watch?v=GjuDTrEOPdUMore of my vintage HDTV uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjiF1cdU2MkFBAc34D6HONoCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or help me afford to rent a car to endlessly drive in circles around the Arc de Triomphe, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Koichi Inakoshi, The Square - Tokyo (1987 High Quality 60FPS Laserdisc BGV Video Art Album) Reely Interesting 2023-03-30 | This is the 1987 LaserDisc "Tokyo" (78LS85005) featuring the video production of the avant-garde photographer & filmmaker Koichi Inakoshi and filmed between September 8th, 1986 and August 13th, 1987.This "concept video" features scenes of empty Tokyo in order to tell a story of urban decay and the decline of Japanese society. As the cover says, "I have continued to photograph empty scenes in the urban area, including vacant land, alleys, ruins, etc., where human life should exist, none can be seen.The soundtrack is of particular interest because it is composed by guitarist Masahiro Andoh & drummer Hirotaka Izumi of the famous Jazz-Fusion band "The Square" (in addition to The-Square-associated bandleader & percussionist Kiyohiko Senba). Its a good thing the jacket of the LaserDisc says they were involved since you would never know from the eerie, experimental tracks themselves. As far as I know, these songs were never released on a pure audio format.Enjoy this interesting piece of video art history!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapter List (by Song):00:00 - TIME SLIP03:43 - CHA-N-GO04:50 - FUTURE FLY07:08 - SKY WALKER08:04 - SILENT JUNGLE10:22 - BEAT GAME11:24 - CHA-N-GO13:25 - BEHIND THE IRON AGE18:19 - TOKYO CITY STORY25:12 - RAIN DANCE30:37 - FANTASTIC GARDEN34:14 - IMPRESSION38:15 - A VOICE OF THE TIMES43:09 - GALLERY ECHO45:54 - ELEGYxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a Pioneer HLD-X0 laserdisc player.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford more trash for my private island, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Electric Samurai (Isao Tomita) - Switched On Hit & Rock (1972 Moog Synthesizer Reel-to-Reel Album) Reely Interesting 2023-03-23 | This is the album "Switched On Hit & Rock" (STLL-2) by Electric Samurai, a pseudonym used by the late, great Japanese synthesizer master Isao Tomita in collaboration with Eiichi Narisawa."Switched On Hit & Rock" consists of a number of popular songs by popular international artists, such as the Beatles, Elvis, and Simon & Garfunkel, played using the Moog III-P synthesizer & accompanied by a handful of acoustic instruments. While Tomita was already established as an orchestral composer at the time of this recording, this album is generally considered Isao Tomita's first "major" commercial album. It was only released in Japan and Europe and only had moderate success at best, but it did set the wheels in motion for Tomita's incredible, influential Snowflakes Are Dancing album less than two years later.The real shame here is that there has never been a CD or modern digital rerelease of this album. In fact, the existence of the reel-to-reel (which was only available in Japan) had not been documented in western Tomita history/sales history until 2022. This upload, as a result, is the highest-quality of this album available and does not feature the low-frequency roll-off and other issues of the "common" LP release.Enjoy this collection of early Tomita music!Fun fact: Tomita had a nickname for the custom device he used to make the warbling heard throughout this album...but I can't remember it! (I'll update this section once I find it or if somebody else knows) Fun fact 2: The LP release of this album is encoded in an early matrix quadraphonic surround-sound format called SQ. While not indicated on the cover, this release appears to also have the encoding, although I have not made an attempt to decode it yet.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTrack List:00:00 - Yesterday02:57 - Let It Be06:11 - Imagin(e)08:55 - Hey Jude12:53 - Jail-House Rock16:48 - Love Me Tender20:32 - Pork Salad Annie (Polk Salad Annie)24:45 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me27:42 - The Sounds Of Silence31:31 - Mrs. Robinson35:46 - El Condor Pasa40:06 - Bridge Over Troubled WaterNote: Imagine was misspelled as "Imagin" and Polk Salad Annie as "Pork Salad Annie" (thanks DuplicatedOnce) on the track listing of the album.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using an Otari MX-5050 BIII-2 1/4" reel-to-reel deck @ 7 1/2 IPS, 4 track.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a Moog to make wobbly synth covers of Taylor Swift & David Guetta hits, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Michiro Endo - Hysteric to Eden (1986 Japanese Punk High Quality 60FPS Betamax Music Videos) Reely Interesting 2023-03-16 | This is Michiro Endo's "Hysteric to Eden" (SP-78007), a compilation of a number of music videos from his early solo period after leaving the Japanese punk group, "The Stalin".This rare recording, only released on VHS and Betamax in the 80's, is one of the earliest commercial releases of Michiro Endo's work. As a result, it contains a number of songs from the two EPs ("Get The Help!" & "Odyssey 1985 Sex") under his first solo group, named "Michiro, Get The Help!", along with a few songs from his first album released under his own name, "破産 (Bankruptcy)." From the energetic live concert performance of Too Too Paradise to the brain-melting visual and aural affects on Manathu no Yoru no Dokusathu, this video will be sure to keep you entertained and wanting more!Enjoy this 42-minute recording of pure punk energy!Fun fact: Michiro Endo was known for his energetic and crazy live performances with his Wikipedia claiming that he threw a severed pig's head into the audience on at least one occasion! On the other hand, he was known for kind, reserved, and self-reflective personality off-stage.Fun fact 2: This tape has colors which can not be reproduced by modern RGB monitors. Read more below...xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxA special thanks to "carddass" for submitting this tape for capture!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxChapters (by artist & song):00:00 - Uso No Mushimegane (ウソの虫メガネ)05:16 - Junkie Panic Sexy Star (ジャンキーパニック SEXY STAR)10:01 - Gay no Brother's (ゲイノー・ブラザーズ)15:25 - This is love song16:49 - Manathu no Yoru no Dokusathu (真夏の夜の毒殺)24:04 - Blade Runner (ブレード ランナー)28:08 - Too Too Paradise (Too Too パラダイス)32:48 - POP REVOLUTION39:55 - H・A・S・A・N (破産)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a mechanically and electrically restored Sony EDV-9000 ED Beta player.The recording has a number of visual artifacts (which I believe were unintended) including comet trails & false drop outs, along with various other glitches and issues. Almost all of the issues can be attributed to a very out-of-spec recording. For some reason, the digital video effects caused extremely "bright" color signals which were recorded on the tape. These values are completely illegal for broadcast and when converted to RGB via Rec. 601 matrices, completely peg the color channels way above 100%. As a result, these out-of-spec colors can not be reproduced in this YouTube upload. These intense colors also appeared to cause the Sony Betamax deck's color demodulation circuits to overmodulate and "glitch out" at various times such as at 23:29. In addition, tracking and calibration of the deck was very important when playing the tape and to get the results I did took a couple days of tweaking. This is probably one of those tapes that would play better on some decks than others!More of my vintage rock, punk, & metal uploads can be found in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjj8g7BbJuKclaZ7t4RF1Kw8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford video effect units to layer over a video of my head spinning, please click the following link: https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Scoopers Part 2 (1987 3D VHD High-Quality JVC Victor & Monkey Punch Anime OVA for VR) Reely Interesting 2023-03-10 | This is part 2 of "Scoopers" (V3D-10001) which was one of the few full-color, true 3D discs released for the Japan-market-only Victor VHD video format. The VHD format was the only analog consumer format to natively support 3-D video. By taking advantage of the interlaced analog 480i video system (Each 60Hz frame provides an 30Hz image to each eye), the VHD 3-D format was compatible with any standard analog TV with the use of synchronized LCD shutter glasses. Various game systems, such as the Nintendo Famicom/NES & Sega Master System/MARK III, also used the same 3D system for their 3D expansions. In fact, the LCD glasses are interchangeable between VHD systems and compatible game systems."Scoopers" is an hour-long action anime OVA directed by Jun Hirabayashi (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam) & Hideo Watanabe (Fist of the North Star 2 & Voltron). The story and character design was done by the late great Kazuhiko Kato, better known as MONKEY PUNCH, who's Lupin III influences clearly appear throughout the OVA.Yoko & Beat are two investigative journalists who are enlisted to get the "scoop" on multiple gruesome unsolved murders and the destruction of the space shuttle by the so-called "Mister X". Who is the mysterious "Mister X" & why is he causing all this destruction? An unknown caller beckons Yoko & Beat with the promise of information on "Mister X". What will they find out...and will they meet a unicorn and scantily-clad magical fem-creatures on their journey? Watch to find out!This anime was quite obviously designed to show off the VHD 3-D system. Unlike modern 3D animations and movies, this anime was made with minimal computer intervention. Besides the CG at the very end of the OVA, most of the 3D frames required manual alignment & separate drawings to be made for each angle. It was, without doubt, a tedious process and likely made this OVA take twice as long to develop compared to a standard 2D anime. While the effects may not hold up to today's 3D videos, let's take a moment to recognize the hard work & commitment these pioneers had put into creating this!This video was converted to be native 3D for YouTube which means it should be able to watched using any standard 3D or VR device such as any Oculus/VIVE products, PS VR, 3D smart TVs, Google Cardboard, or even standard red-blue anaglyph glasses. NOTE: Some devices may not support 4:3 3D video. If you'd rather watch in 2D, just hit the gear and change to 2D mode. This video was uploaded in high enough resolution to ensure clarity in either 3D or 2D. In addition, please watch in 60FPS for proper time alignment of each eye; the left eye should appear with a 1/59.97 second delay from the right eye.While a standard 2D VHS was released and made available on the internet, there are no readily available 3D releases of this anime besides the original 1987 3-D VHD...until now! Enjoy!Fun fact: The cover art features a floating artist's rendition of the cover itself ("artwork-ception"). While this rendition almost exactly matches the real box art, it shows the catalog number of the disc as "V3D-2001" while the actual catalog number for this release is "V3D-10001."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubs by M47 group. They were slightly modified & simplified for this presentation.This was played using a Victor HD-9500 VHD player and converted from interlaced 3D to standard SBS 3D.Please see part 1 here, if you haven't already: youtu.be/r31qhBj50h4For more rare vintage 3D video, please see my 3D video playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjgNxSJnU9lJo7upsM4_FCypxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford a computer to enter Baudelaire's program, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
Repercussions, Curtis Mayfield - Lets Do It Again (1994 HQ Acid Jazz & Soul VHS Music Video) Reely Interesting 2023-03-08 | This is the official music video of the song "Let's Do It Again" by the acid jazz band "The Repercussions," featuring Curtis Mayfield.The Repercussions were an acid jazz formed in New York. Apparently, they played together at the acid-jazz-focused venue, "Giant Step," and were derived from the much more commercially-successful acid jazz group, "Groove Collective." They remained together until approximately 2000, releasing two albums (one exclusive to Japan).Curtis Mayfield was a very famous soul singer who was very active in the 70's and early 80's. While initially starting as a member of The Impressions, his solo career was what launched him into stardom. Throughout has career, he was known for his socially-conscious lyrics. In 1990, lighting equipment fell on him during a windy concert, paralyzing him from the neck down for the rest of his life. This recording was one of the first recordings he made after this incident.Enjoy this rare music video to a landmark acid jazz / R&B crossover!Fun fact: The lead singer, Nicole Willis, moved from New York to Helsinki, Finland shortly after the Repercussions dissolved. There she has continued singing in the soul and funk genres with her group, "Nicole Willis And The Soul Investigators."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThis was played back using a restored Victor HR-W1 W-VHS player.Note: This was a widescreen (letterboxed) recording on the tape and picture was cropped accordingly to bring you the best viewing experience.Reuploaded due to bad aspect ratio...xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIf you want to follow me for updates or want to help me afford to rent a cramped industrial space for my band to play in, please click the link below:https://linktr.ee/OpWorkshop
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