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Alfred Hitchcock on The Tomorrow Show

dhammond — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:34:50 -0800

"Long thought to be lost or destroyed, this complete recording of one of the few hour long interviews of Alfred Hitchcock has been found." From the description on the YouTube page:

Originally broadcast as one of the first Tomorrow Shows with Tom Snyder in the Fall of 1973. This recording appears to be from a second repeat of this show broadcast on Memorial day, 1980. The VHS (SP) tape itself was found to be in excellent condition. While properly stored in a climate controlled environment it apparrently had not been played in decades. Great care has been taken to make the digital transfer.

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3600 VHS Video Covers

incomple — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:38:03 -0800

3600 VHS Video Covers Not sure what it all means. Pretty awesome, though. (I Netflix'd this one, though, and it's not nearly as good as it should be. One eye good, two eyes bad!)

Aladdin for the Genesis had just been released.

WolfDaddy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:49:37 -0800

A visit to id Software, 1993. A must watch for anyone who's ever played Doom.

High Craftibility: crafting with old vinyl records, cassette and VHS tapes

orange swan — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:17:21 -0800

Audio visual technology changes so fast that if you’re of a certain age you’ve been left holding the bag of cassettes, VHS tapes and vinyl records. What will you do with these AV artifacts if you no longer want to play them? Have no fear; you can have lots of crafty fun with your real audio. You can make a cassette tape mini journal, a cassette wallet or cassette coin purse, or a mini cassette lamp. If you’re into melting stuff, you can make a sculpture, such as this skeleton, from the plastic. The tape can be crocheted or knitted into items like totes, evening bags, Barbie halter dresses, or baby booties. If you’ve got old VHS tapes kicking around, the boxes can be turned into storage cases, or a chair. You can crochet with VHS tape as well, and make some purses. We had a vinyl record craft post a few weeks ago, but here are some additional vinyl record crafting ideas. You can make clocks from them, regular or Dali-style. Vinyl records can be used to make books or journals, tote bags or purses, or earrings. They can also be used to make silhouette cutouts, serve as a canvas for paintings, or made into wall art. And what a relief, huh? You thought you’d have to smuggle those New Kids on the Block or K-Tel compilation albums to the nearest thrift store in the dead of the night.

We Now Conclude Our Broadcast Day

dhammond — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:39 -0800

2007 has come to a close and so we now conclude our broadcast day. WCBS, New York City (1960s) WKYC, Cleveland (1976) WJZ, Baltimore (1981) WCBS, New York City (1981) CHCH, Hamilton, ON (1979) WUAB, Cleveland (1981) KOAP, Oregon (1981) WCLQ, Cleveland (1982) WNAC, Boston (1982) KXLY, Spokane, WA (1982) KTHI, Fargo, ND (1983) KFSM, Fort Smith, AR (1983) KCET, Los Angeles (1984) WNEW, New York City (1984) KTXL, Sacramento, CA (1985) KHQ, Spokane, WA (1985) WLVT, Allentown, PA (1986) WNEV, Boston (1986) WSBK, Boston (1986) WUSI, Carbondale, IL (1986) WNJS, Camden, NJ (1986) KITV, Honolulu, HI (1986) KCOP, Los Angeles (1986) CBWT, Winnipeg, MB (1986) WABC, New York City (1986) WNBC, New York City (1986) WNYW, New York City (1986) WTNH, New Haven, CT (1986) KYW, Philadelphia (1986) WPVI, Philadelphia (1986) WTAF, Philadelphia (1986) WPHL, Philadelphia (1986) WTAE, Pittsburgh (1986) WBOC, Salisbury, MD (1986) KOMO, Seattle (1986) KHQ, Spokane, WA (1986) WNET, Trenton, NJ (1986) WNJT, Trenton, NJ (1986) WTVN, Columbus, OH (1987) CBUT, Vancouver, BC (1987) CHEK, Victoria, BC (1988) WPTF, Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville, NC (1988) WCOM, Mansfield, OH (1988) WJZY, Charlotte, NC (1989) WRAL, Raleigh, NC (1989) WNRW, Winston-Salem, NC WKFT, Fayetteville NC (1993) KDLT, Sioux Falls, SD (1993) WNYC, New York City (1996) WOAY, Oak Hill, WV (2007) Lots more patriotism and conclusions of broadcast days at TV-Signoffs.com: Piedmont Triangle, North Carolina | Charlotte, North Carolina | Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville | South Carolina | Tennessee | Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia | North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma | California, Oregon and Washington | Los Angeles | U.S. Cable Stations | 1950s TV sign-off audio recordings

Hope me, video Gurus!

Wulfgar! — Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:28:35 -0800

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betobeto — Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:45:22 -0800

VHS on its last legs? According to source, Circuit City is already phasing out sales of VHS tapes and players in favor of DVDs. Sure, it's an ancient format, but again, not everyone has a TiVo (yet)...

mathowie — Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:32:30 -0800

Harry Potter released unprotected. In a move that makes me say both "Wha?" and "Kickass!", Warner Bros chose to release the Harry Potter DVD and VHS home versions sans the Macrovision copy protection. It could stand to be quite an experiment, or quite a blunder on their part.