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This is fucking trippy.
So apparently in the 90s JVC developed an HD version of the VHS format. WTF? Where did this come from?
According to Wikipedia:
D-VHS is a digital video recording format developed by JVC, in collaboration with Hitachi, Matsushita, and Philips. The "D" in D-VHS originally stood for "Data", but with the expansion of the format from standard- to high-definition, JVC renamed it Digital VHS and uses that designation on its website. It uses the same physical cassette format and recording mechanism as S-VHS (but needs higher-quality and more expensive tapes), and is capable of recording and displaying both standard-definition and high-definition content. The content data format is in MPEG transport stream, the same data format used for most digital television applications. The format was introduced in 1998.
As a final effort for VHS, the D-VHS system had significant advantages as a highly versatile domestic recorder (the other tape-based formats are DV and Digital8, which never gained any traction except as camcorder media), but given the wholesale move to DVD and then hard disk drive (HDD) recording, the format has failed to make any headway into the video market.
And according to this article:
While the CE industry and the consuming public were putting all the attention on DVD, JVC and Mitsubishi had been quietly elevating VHS technology with the development of D-VHS.
In brief, D-VHS VCRs were totally compatible with standard VHS, they had the ability record and play all standard VHS and S-VHS formats, but with an added wrinkle: D-VHS is capable of recording in all 18 DTV approved formats, from 480p to full 1080i, with the addition of an external DTV tuner.
In addition, four movie studios (Artisan, Dreamworks SKG, 20th Century FOX, and Universal) had given support to produce high definition pre-recorded programming for D-VHS in a format dubbed D-Theater.
Unlike DVD releases, movies released on D-VHS D-theater format were in 1080i resolution, giving the HDTV owner access to alternative HD programming. It was hoped that this could impact the HDTV market in that where many consumers that would like to access the benefits of HDTV but have difficulty accessing broadcast or satellite HD feeds.
The only consideration was that Mitsubishi D-VHS VCRs did not support the anti-copy encoding used on D-Theater releases, but the JVC D-VHS VCRs did, so, if you wanted to access pre-recording HD films on D-VHS, the JVC was your best option.
There were even movies released in the format?
This is blowing my mind. I don't remember ANYTHING about any D-VHS or D-Theater home video format. Does anyone else remember this shit?
And check this out. Here's a D-VHS demo from 1993. 1993! This shit is just fucking surreal to watch.
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