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Retro-Tech: When HD Movies came on VHS

A look at the short-lived D-Theater format which offered HD movies on VHS. Captured D-VHS Demo Tape showing New York in 1993: https://youtu.be/fT4lDU-QLUY D-Theater tapes can be found on eBay: http://goo.gl/AfCHUy A full list of D-Theater titles is on LDDB.com: http://goo.gl/jGHA82 DVHS on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-VHS JVC's D-Theater machines: http://goo.gl/uKMBki Full specs on the machine shown: http://support.jvc.com/consumer/produ... *The machine demonstrated records and plays D-VHS (HS, STD, LS3) S-VHS (SP, EP) S-VHS ET (SP, EP) HiFi VHS (SP, EP) VHS (SP, EP) it doesn't have upscaling. It will output anything over Component or iLink.*

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  • Originally Aired April 23, 2016
  • Runtime 16 minutes
  • Created July 28, 2021 by
    spideronfire
  • Modified July 28, 2021 by
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