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LGR - Unboxing and Enjoying a VHS-C camcorder
🕑 Added 2023-11-07 20:26:48 +0000 UTCBit of a different thing on LGR this time!
I had this new old stock JVC camcorder from 20ish years ago and now is the time to finally open it up. It's pretty darned similar to the original camera that I originally used to record LGR back in the day (and the pre-LGR videos as well!) so it was a real treat to experience one basically brand new. I seriously did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did around town, thanks to the battery somehow still holding a full charge.
And yep, that's all this is! Not exactly my usual fare but still within a familiar-feeling wheelhouse, so hopefully it's a fun watch. Now it's onto tackling the next video for me, which – wait for it – is a classic DOS PC game review :O
Comments
Joe Legeckis
I spent so much of my 90’s behind one of these and a full size tape cousin of it in high school. I was asked to film high school football games and practices so they had footage to review and analyze. (I did college as well, but with much higher end SVHS and “pro-level” editing gear) So much nostalgia in this, I’m so glad you took the time to walk around town with it! Definitely brought back all the memories! Who needs rose colored glasses when you’ve got a 2” flip out color LCD and a CRT!
Nachts
Holy crap! Was this the first ever LGR bathroom selfie on VHS? Lol
LGR
That was "The One" by Ritchie Everett! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXF6H5FX-c
DFawlt Uzr
Ah man, I gotta ask, what song was used during the demonstration part? I need to listen to more of that musician/bands work, it makes me want to check my local on the 8's! Hahah
LGR
Somehow I feel that submitting VHS footage would make *ME* suspicious, ha
Because Why-Nerd
That's the cool thing about analog video, even though it's shot today it gives it a certain feel that just oozes 90s.
Erik Sundström
I kept imagining you coming across some kind of crime and having to send the footage to the police :)
LGR
Those really were convenient. I remember being slightly irked when we couldn’t do the same with MiniDV tapes.
Paul G
My family had one of these (or maybe it was something really close to it) back in the day. I thought the cassette adapter thing was so neat. Until it broke.
LGR
Yeah I had a blast with this once I discovered the battery still worked like new. Far too enjoyable to just go around recording everything again like I did when I was a kid!
LGR
It's great, no complaints so far! Though I've mostly just been doing random crap around the city and side missions, not a lotta story yet.
LGR
They lasted all day while I was out taping things! I topped off the charge once I got home so I could do the capturing of the footage, but it wasn't even half depleted so I likely didn't need to do so. The battery is surprisingly robust.
LGR
Ain't that the truth
Honorary Octopus
Its fantastic, even though the pseudo-porn music during the effect demonstration gave me a moment of panic over if anyone could hear it, lol.
Tim J
Ha, the thumbs down on the old LGR video. We're our own worst critics. 😆
Gareth P
This was fantastic! I still remember being blown away by the VHS-C to VHS adapter - that you could film something and watch it on a TV seconds later!
Dukefazon
How long the battery lasted? Did you have to charge at any point while you did the test shooting?
LevyNeptune
How are you enjoying Spider-Man 2? I got it on launch and played it for days straight and loved it
PiraTed
The B roll/demonstration was solid gold. The clicks from the zoom toggle, the urban exploration, cam pointed at TV lets play, and night test/Blair witch footage. I was half way expected to see a star rating under the video and the broadcast yourself logo. Also a dukes neon sign?! In anyone else's house that'd be weird, but you... on brand. 5 star video here. I hope it was as fun to make it as I had watching it.
Valora Inverse
Oh man, I had...some kind of camcorder in this vein, I don't know if it was JVC or not, but this super takes me back. Had a lot of fun with that thing, up until I lost the VHS-C adapter. (Which I don't think mine had a battery? That seemed pretty weird to me, seeing it here. I know if mine did, I probably would've done just the same as you as a kid in playing with it too much, ahah.)
Alyxx the Rat
Time to make LGR analogue horror
Aaron
I feel like all of your blerbs should be recorded on this moving forward lol.
Arizona Palms
that's true - did you notice the interlace artifacts when there was heaps of motion? might be the retrotink introducing it
Arizona Palms
lost my shit at the blair-witch esque shot in your yard
Jason Olshefsky
Now you made me go back and dig up the cross-country road-trip movie I made: I set up a Sony DV camera on the dash and recorded straight to hard-drive for a "continuous" 40-hour shot. Alas, the something crashed partway through and nuked the RAID drives, so I had to get by with just one and got most of the footage (except the really nice stuff in Bryce Canyon in Colorado.) Strange to see it now in all its 720x480 glory ...
Frederic St-Georges
Nice! I can't wait to see how the strange crucus sculpture will look like with that camera 😉
Jim Leonard
You get a big fat cigar for deinterlacing 30i video to 60p properly! Excellent.
Peter Metzger
I am having trouble even forming a sentence because my family had that exact camera and I had 100% forgotten about it until I saw the thumbnail for this video. Can't wait to watch it <3
Mat Cooper
There's something so warming and nostalgic about the look and the way the sound of a classic camcorder video comes across. Reminds me of all those 90's family trips my dad was always filming.
Axonteer
While i know that game reviews (eventhough clearly in your name) arent a thing that does well by viewing numbers, and i totally understand that you focus on what gives views, i mean i also love the retro tech stuff.... i guess what im getting at that i understand why you dont do that many game reviews anymore, but im happy for the odd (also tech tales!) video every couple of years, i just rewatch that 12 times over :D
LGR
Unironically one of my favorite pieces of art 😁
Zachary Outen
a dukes mayo neon sign? I need that in my life so bad
LGR
YEP. VHS-C held on for dear life for a surprisingly long time.
Peter, quietly
20 years old and it's not even DV? Oh boy. 🫣
