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A collection and showcase of the history of anime home video releases and AV equipment. Curated by @TheGreatSG
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A commercial so good it can't be contained in just one screenshot.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Not at all! CEDs were read from a stylus needle and can easily be scratched by dust if it gets in the disc grooves. It's not a great format at all and failed hard. Technology Connections videos on the format are a great overview of it and how it went so terribly wrong. m.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpX...

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

Mailbag day continues cause this arrived today! Toho's 1982 animated Wizard of Oz film done with Topcraft and ARTMIC. AFAIK this film was only ever released on VHS and CED in the US and seems to be lesser known than the 1986 tv anime version. Also the only anime release for CED with stereo sound.

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

A new device arrived for the Museum, so let's talk about Hasbro's early 2000s portable video player for kids, the VideoNow!

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Some more mailbag stuff is coming this week. So stay tuned for that and check out my previous thread about RCA's CED format while you wait!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Any Gorg Time Any Gorg Channel (as long as it’s 3 or 4 so your Betamax deck works)

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Museum Mailbag Time! Here we have a copy of Giant Gorg (& Friends) on Betamax! Man, that price tag on the back of the box is wild.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Also last night I learned there are three different Little Women anime projects from the 80s. They were really on the Alcott train back then in Japan.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Since I'm talking CED format, how is the picture quality overall? Uh... definitely lesser than VHS generally as seen here with Streets of Fire. RCA stated that CED's had a playback life of around 500 plays, but dust and such getting on the disc can lead to some wild static skipping.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The analog home video format war of the 1980s is remembered for VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc; but in 1981, RCA entered this new domain with the doomed on arrival CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) format. RCA spent 17 years trying to answer the question: "Can a vinyl record play a movie?" Cont.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Since I'm talking CED format, how is the picture quality overall? Uh... definitely lesser than VHS generally as seen here with Streets of Fire. RCA stated that CED's had a playback life of around 500 plays, but dust and such getting on the disc can lead to some wild static skipping.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The analog home video format war of the 1980s is remembered for VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc; but in 1981, RCA entered this new domain with the doomed on arrival CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) format. RCA spent 17 years trying to answer the question: "Can a vinyl record play a movie?" Cont.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Sharing an old video from my personal account from the bird site. It truly was an exciting day when I got in a cooy of the most important anime of the 1980s on laserdisc last year.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The first part of a piece I wrote about Saban Entertainment's history is now up on Anime News Network. Take a look!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Getting a lot of follows on here quickly. So just a reminder you can follow my personal account over @thegreatsg.bsky.social Also I may also use this page to show off my other major home video collection in the works of various releases of the 1984 Walter Hill directed film Streets of Fire.

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

Let's look at some VHS tapes through the years! From the early 80s "big boxes" to plastic clamshell cases and the simple cardboard sleeve. One thing to note specifically is the Escaflowne tape, released under Bandai's original moniker of AnimeVillage Dot Com. More in the follow up post.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Kurt is taking us to school #otakon

submitted 207 days ago • 0 comments

Going to DC to see all the museums #Otakon

submitted 207 days ago • 0 comments

Some photos of the Museum presentation during Otakon last years. One thing I'm hoping for in the future is a better means to showcase the equipment side of the museum and would love to bring it back this year, hopefully for a longer time as well. Photos by @hyakushiki0087.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I've got a lot to work to do as far as having a spot in my house for my equipment, but I set up some stuff for the banner image on this profile. Here's the full image, all sitting inside an old rolling wood paneling TV cabinet.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Testing. Gonna figure out what to do with this account soon.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments