A VHS tape made from recycled food containers
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- On the menu tonight: Playing an incredibly cheaply made VHS tape made from recycled polypropylene, the kind of plastic used to make food containers. Starring motocross and off-road racer Rick Johnson.
12voltvids' teardown of the "UNIshell" VHS tape: • The UNIshell VHS tape ...
#vhs #cassette #abs
Tape: plastic
Acting: wooden
Haha
Lmao!!!! Classic....
“Acting”
How do I get those new analog brakes?
but picture quallity pretty high considering cheap tape and cheap recorder
Absolutely losing my mind thinking about visiting a friends house for movie night and watching "how your ABS brakes work for you"
Right after the airport training videos!
@@lovelyheiferdev dont forget the one on how to shift into 4X4! lol
Very much a Red Letter Media type movie night
@M-2 Hydra There is a German Short Film called "Staplerfahrer Klaus" (Forklift Driver Klaus) which starts of like an safety training video but is just pure comedy. Very gory. You can find it here on TH-cam.
@@BenjaminDierdorf watch?v=ChOHnSL7ZCg that's just the best think i've seen today
I swear the name of the tape sounds like something Troy McClure would be in!
Seriously!
You might remember me from such Driver's Ed films as "Alice's Adventures Through The Windshield Glass" and "The Decapitation Of Larry Leadfoot."
Lmao this comment is underrated
Hello i'm Troy McClure. You may know me from Educational films like "Here Comes the Metric System" and "Man Versus Nature: The Road To Victory".
It took me a while to realize that what my non-native ears were hearing as analog was actually antilock 🤦♂️
born and raised speaking yeehaw english and that got me too a lot of times
I thought all brakes were analog, even without abs, as you can gradually increase or decrease the amount of pressure on the brake pads with the brake pedal
Oh... I was confused all the time why they're speaking of an analog system when the system is in fact computer controlled.
Wow as someone who looks at content all the time and still uses laserdisc on a weekly basis I have to admit like others below - HOLY CRAP on that picture quality! I was rooting for recycled plastic tapes but figured it would look....questionable to say the least - NOPE! Great post as always sir!
"So what did you do Thursday night"
Me: So there's this guy on TH-cam... Cassette missing some bits... then Rick Johnson shows up ... it's made from Polypropylene instead of Polystyrene... need to apply firm even pressure... recycled food containers!... wheel sensors measure the speed difference... 1990's GM truck lineup...Funai were making VCRs so cheap... and remind people they could steer while braking now... there wasn't even a latch on the flap!
Them: *blank stare*
Me: uh, porn. I was watching porn.
Well, it is sort of - car porn! It would get someone excited, I'm sure.
Funai was making VCRs, then they made DVD recorders.
You are technically correct. The best kind of correct. It was tech-porn.
Man, Rick Johnson just oozes charisma.
Ricky Johnson is one of the greatest motocross riders of all time (7x champ) but as a spokesman/narrarator..........
@@fintanoclery2698 mathematically speaking, the number of spokesmen and narrators is countable, so you can say he was one of the best as well.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
And, of course, the mid-90s "poofy hair without flaunting it" I've been trying to achieve since I was 8 years old.
I think they made that cheap Funai VCR from recycled food containers also!
LOL
It's lighter than the tape itself.
Dollar store special!
@@5roundsrapid263 I’ve actually seen DVD players at the 99 cents store, usually for less than 10 bucks!
@@nslouka90 New or used? There are no-name Chinese DVD players on Amazon for less than 20 dollars. Interestingly they are region free and don't have the DVD trademark on them, they can get away with this because the relevant patents are all expired now. I bought one for an older relative who doesn't really use the internet and it works for what it is.
The pinnacle of cost-cutting strategy. The cassette had already outlived its intended useful life (about 2 weeks I think😉). And the pic&sound quality is still pretty perfect - impressive.
Why 2 weeks?
@@gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240
Life expectancy for this "disposable item".
But despite being made as cheapest as possible with every possible corners cut (if the shelll could be made of plain cardboard they probably had done that😳) its useful ilfe is just a tiny longer than expected - 20 years instead of 2 weeks.😆
Wonder if that cassette has ever been played before. Wear on the tape must be heavy with those fixed posts instead of rollers..
I remember there was a lot of confusion when ABS came out. People letting off the pedal because of the pulsating, or pulsating the brake, etc.
the quallity of the video is actually pretty darn good considering that the recorder and the tape is so cheaply made
Fun fact: ABS has only continued to improve as time went on.
Glad it does. My bike's brakes saved my ass many times
Isnt that also a type of plastic?
ABS
@@coolelectronics1759 Yes, yes it is.
That's absolutely right, Cindy
That’s right, Jay!
This reminds me of Driver’s Ed. We had to watch a 20 minute tape from a similar era as this about antilock brakes. This wasn’t in the 1990s though. This was 2 years ago. My driver’s Ed teacher just hadn’t changed his style since the late 80s.
This is the absolute cheapest videotape I have ever seen in my entire life… I imagine this is how Dollar Tree would have made a VHS tape!!!
Some days I’m glad laserdisc remained a niche by comparison. That meant there was a stop loss on how much dumbing down and cutting corners they could get away with.
I had no idea these existed
VHS tapes?
@@TechHowden I feel really old now. Thanks 😁
@@bazahaza No I meant that type of VHS tape I already know about VHS tapes
@@TechHowden 🤣 I feel better now.
Expected to learn about a different type of VHS tape, and also ended up learning about how ABS works.
If this gets any more 90s, I may just have to start doing the Macarena.
I remember tapes like that being given away for free with various products. My mom bought a bread maker that came with one of those lol (it wasn't even an instructional video, it was just an infomercial for the company that made the bread maker haha).
This kind of reminds me of a similar style of really cheap promotional VHS tapes, "V-Lite", which had no sort of latch at the top, were made of I assume recycled plastic (as well as styrofoam), and could probably only be played once due to how barebones it is.
So many things in the video really scream the 90s! I can remember when front disc brakes were all the rage.
When I worked in radio in the 90s record companies used to send us music videos in those recycled shells. And though they were built cheap, those Funai-made Symphonic-Emerson-Slyvania VHS decks can last a long time if you didn't abuse them and kept the heads clean (I bought one for dubbing tapes too).
I remember still seeing a funai dvd vhs combo only a few years ago brand new
"Sounds complicated? It is."
I had this tape in my '96 Sonoma's glove box for years. I've never watched it until now.
I regret not having picked up a couple of those ultra cheap HiFi VCRs during the last days of VHS.
The ROVR channel is full of videos like this. Definitely worth subscribing to if you're a fan of '80s and '90s corporate videos made by auto manufacturers.
The intro and outro jingles reminded me a lot of Top Gear. Don’t know if that was intentional or not lol.
BTW - RE: the tools to take apart the reader for the blind - I realized embarrassingly that I did NOT have my contact information on my TH-cam "about" page. I have rectified that and am still willing to donate the tools...
Cool Find! What program are you using to get your interlaced video into deinterlaced 60fps? Because it looks great!
I use QTGMC.
@@vwestlife Sorry if you've already answered this before, but I couldn't find it. What capture card do you use for these captures?
My god I was just looking up this kind of VHS. Sort of wondered what they would be like
This recycled VHS tape "Anti-Lock Braking System, How it works for you" is supposely was given if you bought the GMC, Chevy and Oldsmobile cars in that time, and they give a this VHS tape after buying the car itself.
It was useful to find out about that 8mph clunk you feel, my car does it and it's the first car i've felt that system in.
It took me a Loooong time to get out the "pumping the brakes" habit. Then again, It also took me awhile to stop mashing my foot on the floor looking for the headlight dimmer! Driving becomes muscle memory, and when bits get moved about, It can be rough on an "old timer". LOL.
For some time, I wondered about those 'analogue brakes' he was talking about.
I thought it was my bad hearing...I heard the same thing, "analogue brakes"
Wow the picture quality on that budget VCR is pretty outstanding.
I wonder if they could make laser discs out of recycled plastic or hemp plastic.
@@Attmay I love laserdisc.
I have just one tape like this in my collection. It was mailed out by a local law firm circa 2001. It's basically a ten-minute ad for them.
My mom had one of these or something similar with her first cell phone back in the late 90s I think :D Weren't these meant to be played once and disposed of?
They weren't meant to be thrown away, they were designed to be cheaply produced.
tfw world's cheapest VHS tape played on a bottom of the line VCR plays better than all my tapes played on my Sony.
This makes one wonder... Are there cars with two-wheel ABS?
I think there were when it was first introduced in the 60’s.
Yes, some trucks had ABS only on the rear wheels.
@@vwestlife I remember MotorTrend testing one of the early 90's Chevy S10s with only rear ABS and it failed.
very interesting! thanks for the responses
"This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds" :P
"My friends learn a lot and I hope you too" Me: "Yep!" Actually very interesting video, remarkable exceptional picture quality too for such food container VHS tape ;-)
Nice a new video! Going to watch while I eat my supper.
That (physically) has to be the cheapest tape (in ANY format!) I've ever seen. OTOH, It might be a collectable for the car/truck nut! I had an 8 Track demo tape from Buick (Also GM!) called "Fancy Colors in Sound" to demo the car's tape player. That title ALMOST sounds (and the label SURELY was) a tad too "Hippie" for the typical Buick buyer of the early '70s, But at least it was a normal quality cartridge/tape stock of it's day. I wish I still had it. (I really miss the 71 Electra 225 it came with....)
wow despite how great lenghts they went to cheap out on the tape itself, the content is surprisingly educational (and that synth music is amazing lol)
Considering how video tape has evolved from the big expensive machines available only to TV stations and recording studios, to the least common denominator throwaway mindset junk that you elegantly demonstrate, the results are pretty amazing.
The deck I've captured most of the VHSs on my channel with is a cheap Samsung VHS / DVD combo. It has a surprisingly sharp picture!
I have some cheap tapes.
But the tape shown in the video is the fifth essence of cheapness.
P.S. But i mean, it works it's cheap but functional 👍
I have one of those tapes for the then new 2nd Gen Dodge Ram. That tape was from 1994.
His shoe and sock combination is stunning.
Watch the video again. The shoe and sock combo, belong to the woman in the purple jacket.
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was completely astonished by the picture quality!
It's kind of interesting how the cheapo DVD players are $20 and yeah, the cheapest vhs players were 30-40 at end of life. .. Reminds me a bit of shopping for Nintendo games in the 80s at Toys r Us and seeing the $40-60 prices. Well, that hasn't changed at all, the prices!
I believe in the 1990s BASF made "recyclable" VHS tapes (And audio tapes too). They weren't cheaped out like this though. They looked fairly normal.
I also believe they had the Recycle 5 logo too
Amazing picture quality for a vhs!
The guy in the videotape probably wore a sweater draped over his shoulders in high school.
I remember these types of tape, it was possible to snap them apart and put them into a normal shell and reuse them; thus recycling the tape, so to speak; works okay on LP and EP speeds! And you'd get almost 30 minutes or longer from them. Fine to use as an 'emergency' tape (when a better, longer, one isn't immediately available). Can't remember what the one we had was promoting, it was a while ago now!
Amazing .... And all I found in my local charity shop the other day on VHS tape was seasons 1 and 2 of Frasier, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, a Simpsons compilation, a John Candy film, and a Clint Eastwood film .... But alas, no ABS vids. I shall keep my fingers crossed for the future though.
Nice oddball tape and cheap VCR. Thanks for sharing buddy
I noticed there's no VHS trademark anywhere on the tape, maybe they couldn't put it there because the tape was technically out of spec (like a copy protected audio CD).
Yes, I believe this was mentioned in 12voltvids' video. It can only be properly called, at most, a VHS-compatible tape.
Thanks for sharing. What is your method to connect the VCR to the computer for video capture? The quality is great
I did a video about it: th-cam.com/video/98CI6lzvk5M/w-d-xo.html
@@vwestlife Thank you. I have one of those, but I can't get it to work with Windows 10.
Right now I'm using a composite to HDMI converter (called Mini AV2HDMI) from the VCR, and capturing the HDMI with USB. On some tapes it's creating a really bad pink hue on the top half of the captured video. Others tapes are fine. I can't figure out what could be causing that. Would you know?
I've also tried a RetroTink upscaler to output composite to HDMI and capture that. The picture quality is great, but some tapes have video dropouts during playback/capture. It flickers and makes a black screen. I don't know what would cause that. Do you have any ideas? The only variables are the tapes. Same PC, software, VCR, cables.
8:24 - Yes, I always want to break on railroad tracks, god bless ABS to help me do this. Lol, wonder whos bright idea this was.
OMG! The actor who plays 'Dave' here I have in a store training video! He played Mike, the new hire, and learned all about responsible alcohol selling. Another actor from the same video was an uncredited extra on one episode of Cheers! I wish I could know more about these people but training and promotional videos are seldom credited.
Then I bet "Dave" and "Cindy" didn't actually purchase new GM trucks like Rick said they did.
@@vwestlife And I bet they aren't even friends! 😂
I can see Joe from Game Sack's delivery hasn't changed at all over the years!
@4:25 - BUT IT"S GOT A 19 MICRON HEAD!!!!!1!!
How many tapes of this design have you found? I just dug through my collection of freebie, promo, and product support titles, and they ALL have a typical shell design, even with short video lengths.
Just this one.
You make the seemingly mundane interesting!
Great video.
I have two LP records in styrene. A collection of jazz greats and Sarah Vaughan. Both on Forum Records sold in grocery stores and similar places. They don't sound that bad.
Everyone can see that VHS was good enough. And the later Videoplus Nicam stereo VCRs record analog audio as good as top end reel to reels. And you get pictures too ! (But not ABS)
I think you only hear that sound with the optional AWBS, Automatic Whoppie-Cushion Braking System.
Interesting!
Video is pretty good quality too!
I had a chrysler cirrus that came with a tape. They didnt just talk about ABS they talked about all of the features of the car. these 90's car videos always have the corniest music in the background. That was a great car. Oh yeah and VWestlife - in this chrysler video they show the IBM PS/2 machines the cars were designed with at 0:47 of the video. Here is the video - th-cam.com/video/9xN_1IAoXpE/w-d-xo.html
I liked your review for several reasons. First, I appreciated your observations about the quality of the tape housing and recycling. I have VHS tapes dating back to 1980 which I still view. I've noticed, with approval, how the tape housings and packaging became lighter over the years. In my opinion, producing housings from type 5 recyclable plastic is preferable to unrecyclable polystyrene, as you infer. Second, I like your comment about the usability of the Funai tape recorder: it's inexpensive, durable (as you inferred of its vintage) and of acceptable quality, so what's not to like? My own player is a refurbished Magnavox dual DVD-VHS that I used for years as a teacher and continue to use in retirement. I am a fan of the pre-owned economy (car, house, photo, stereo, etc.) Third, I like the VHS programme you presented in its entirety. My first vehicle with ABS, a '95 Mercury Mystique, had no such instructions to prep my learning curve (I commuted +2 hours daily to my college position). I liked the instructional quality of the content and found it worthwhile to watch in its entirety. So thank you, once again, for another informative and entertaining review.
I was born in the 80s and I also noticed how videotapes started to get flimsier and flimsier throughout the 90s.
I thought the video would've looked and sounded worse considering how cost-cut the tape is, and how cheap of a VHS player was being used for playback
Does anyone know what capturing method VWestlife uses to capture VHS tapes? The video looks outstanding! I saw another comment where he mentions he uses QTGMC to deinterlace
the video but I was wondering how he goes about actually capturing the video itself
Here's a video I made about it: th-cam.com/video/98CI6lzvk5M/w-d-xo.html
@@vwestlife thank you!!
You would think if a VHS about ABS was made from an unusual type of plastic, it’d be ABS!
11:25 that mightve actually just helped me learn thanks, my car makes that kinda noise at roughly 5-10mph when I first set off
Rock Video Monthly and similar video subscription services also used these kind of lightweight cassettes.
Dat synth score though!
Very good image...we ve lost a whole world with vhs cassettes LD s. The vinyl is back but most of it is from digital sources. Sad
It’s good to be informed on a mid 90s GM product about brakes. Hah good video 😎 📼 🚗 🛻 🚐
Notice it actually doesn't have the VHS logo on it, either. My guess is it wasn't actually licensed, either.
👍
Pretty good video quality for a cheap, crappy and chewed up on the sides VHS tape.
5:30 On another, unrelated note, I heard a faint Roland SC55 MIDI snare drum in there
the background music is a banger
I'm amazed at the video quality of that inexpensive VCR, and the cheapest VHS ever made!
What was your capture setup for this? Looks a lot better than I was expecting!
I kept mis-hearing "hard braking" as "heart-breaking." Not sure what that says about me.
My dad use to have a "Silvania" VCR, looks like that Funai VCR
I Do remember those Funai VCR's, we had one back in the early 2000's. They where indeed surprisingly good. But I'm glad that I still have my old JVC Super VHS recorder. Still working after 25 years.
The anti-lock/analog mix up is almost diabetes/diabeetus tier.
I wonder if Dave and Cindy have an IMBD. Terrific performances and wardrobe!
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I think polystyrene (styrene) was what they sometimes used on 45 rpm records.
I feel like they should have got someone who could at least pronounce anti lock correctly.
Right? I kept thinking "what the hell are analog brakes?"
11:24 I may make a sound like that when I am 8 miles away after eating at Subway....😳😂
I am very surprised at the picture and sound of this tape. I also found it quite entertaining. :)
It does the job!
Probably that tape and VCR wouldn’t stand up as well as nicer designs in the long term but there’s nothing to complain about here. I’d say your modern digitization of that low-end vintage playback is better than a good number of older videos uploaded to TH-cam.
I just shared this in malaise motors for the GM ABS video. Hopefully some folks find it as interesting as I did...