Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
I said I'll be participating in the home video side, but this is not exactly part of it, since it'll still be about motion graphics, and this is not motion graphics. Rather, it's something I planned on doing awhile back.
This shows the test patterns after VHS and Betamax cassettes, since there's never been an overview list of them before, and even years after having that idea, it still hasn't been taken.
I own none of the clips presented, as they belong to their respective owners. This is purely for educational purposes, even if you're not gonna need this information when you're majoring in media production or electric engineering.
Music:
FR3 19/20 'bed' 1989-1990
Timestamps:
0:00 Intros
0:24 Background
0:48 Rank Video Services America test pattern
2:46 Usage in Mexico
3:08 Fotomat
3:28 Letterboxed variant
3:43 Red screen variant
4:00 Rank Video Services America cut tone
4:17 Black screen
4:36 Dialing tones
4:59 Color bars
6:19 Hinshitsukanri
6:55 Credits and final notes
I said I'll be participating in the home video side, but this is not exactly part of it, since it'll still be about motion graphics, and this is not motion graphics. Rather, it's something I planned on doing awhile back.
This shows the test patterns after VHS and Betamax cassettes, since there's never been an overview list of them before, and even years after having that idea, it still hasn't been taken.
I own none of the clips presented, as they belong to their respective owners. This is purely for educational purposes, even if you're not gonna need this information when you're majoring in media production or electric engineering.
Music:
FR3 19/20 'bed' 1989-1990
Timestamps:
0:00 Intros
0:24 Background
0:48 Rank Video Services America test pattern
2:46 Usage in Mexico
3:08 Fotomat
3:28 Letterboxed variant
3:43 Red screen variant
4:00 Rank Video Services America cut tone
4:17 Black screen
4:36 Dialing tones
4:59 Color bars
6:19 Hinshitsukanri
6:55 Credits and final notes
