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minus-squarePlaid_Kaleidoscooe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·2 years agoWtf, is this legit? Never seen it before.
minus-square@FUCKER@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·edit-22 years agono. According to the wiki, It was just used for fearmongering as dissuade pirates.
minus-squarePlaid_Kaleidoscooe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoYeah obviously I mean I know it couldn’t work, but I’ve never even heard of this as a copy protection method. What was it used on? Like Hollywood?
minus-square@FUCKER@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years agoIt was used in only one VHS tape called Cat Sitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDxj-0Hbao
minus-squareswnt@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoGod dammit. I have to use my phone from now on. Video playback is messed up on my laptop 😭
minus-squareDrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI really surprised I didn’t get rickrolled.
minus-squareNeato@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoYeah. Playing and recording uses the same mechanism in a VCR. Writing uses a different method but it would be on the second tape. Unless you tried to record over the tape which I don’t think works on non-recordable anyways.
minus-squareswnt@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoOkay, then plass edit the post title to reflect that. People not opening the comments may thing this is real…
minus-squareDeuces@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 years agoWe’re you worried you may damage your new VHS tapes by copying them with your vcr?
minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoWas gonna say, smells like bullshit.
Wtf, is this legit? Never seen it before.
no. According to the wiki, It was just used for fearmongering as dissuade pirates.
Yeah obviously I mean I know it couldn’t work, but I’ve never even heard of this as a copy protection method. What was it used on? Like Hollywood?
It was used in only one VHS tape called Cat Sitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDxj-0Hbao
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God dammit. I have to use my phone from now on. Video playback is messed up on my laptop 😭
I really surprised I didn’t get rickrolled.
Yeah. Playing and recording uses the same mechanism in a VCR. Writing uses a different method but it would be on the second tape. Unless you tried to record over the tape which I don’t think works on non-recordable anyways.
Okay, then plass edit the post title to reflect that. People not opening the comments may thing this is real…
We’re you worried you may damage your new VHS tapes by copying them with your vcr?
Sort of…
Was gonna say, smells like bullshit.