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DIY Glowing Video Tape USB Hub: Put an Old VHS Tape to Good Use

Have any old VHS tapes lying around? Really? What the hell is wrong with you? That stuff should have been tossed ages ago. Anyway, since you have one, it might be a good idea to repurpose it into something useful—like a USB hub. As far as DIY projects go, this one should be simple enough—even for a novice. All you need outside of the tape is a USB hub, some LEDs, a small switch (optional) and some cables. It looks cool, and when all is said and done you can act all high and mighty about your herculean recycling effort. Additional image after the break. More »

8:00 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Sean Fallon
6,135 views, 9 comments

Latest by OMG! Ponies!: @Blue387: Well, right now I'm a fan of the "camouflage in the open" method. I have a sh*tty old external case for a 3.5" desktop hard drive. The case is about 5 years old and looks it. It's plenty more »

vhs to usb

Ion Audio's VCR2PC USB VHS Ripper Digitizes Your Old Saved By the Bell Episodes

Having mastered the art of turning your vinyls into digital music, Ion Audio turns its attention to your old VHS collection that's been sitting in your garage since 2002. For $249, you're able to shove your old cassettes in the front, which then gets digitized and fed into your PC via USB. There's also a composite connection in the back in case you actually want to use this thing to WATCH VHS tapes instead of archiving them for future enjoyment. This kind of thing seems very much like a one-time-use machine, lending itself more suited to arrangements where you and three of your buddies chip in for one and pass them around when you're done. [zzounds via Everything USB]

4:00 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Jason Chen
2,382 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: On this, (clip) "It doesn't really say (or maybe i'm not smart enough to tell) if it can defeat the encoding VHS tapes use, which is a really good reason not to spend $99 on a VHS to DVD recorder: more »

home entertainment

David Pogue Rescues Our Old Home Movies

Looks like David Pogue got himself a TV show and one of the topics discussed was transferring content from dying formats like VHS to longevity-unproven formats like DVD. Essentially, Pogue finds out that commercial transferring services are pretty terrible (they usually don't color correct) and the only way to accurately transfer stuff from actual movie reels is to pay an arm and a leg to NASA scientists (or just about). He does bring up a good point about storing our priceless content an any of the formats du jour. More »

4:22 PM on Fri Dec 1 2006
By Gizloco
521 views, 7 comments

Latest by M e d i a d d i c t: TOO LATE, Gizmodo! My Superman parody is much, MUCH better: http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2121/colbertsuperlg6.jp... more »

vhs

Happy Birthday VHS!

It was only 30 years ago this week that JVC received a IEEE milestone for development of the VHS Video along with releasing the first VHS player. You kicked that Betamax's ass right to the curb and you can celebrate three decaded later by watching HD DVD kick another Sony proprietary media to the curb, Blu-Ray. More »

11:42 AM on Wed Oct 11 2006
By Travis Hudson
970 views, 57 comments

home entertainment

JVC DR-MV7S Upscales VHS—VH...What?

Maybe if I had a time machine I could go back in time to figure out what the hell VHS is. Apparently it was a black box that you insert into a deck and it played movies? Then you had to...rewind it? What the f. More »

1:37 PM on Thu Sep 21 2006
By Travis Hudson
575 views, 10 comments

home entertainment

Gizmodo Japan: AQUOS Vision Recorder

Sharp announced the DV-ARV22, as latest model in the AQUOS HD recorder series. Apparently it is the world‘s thinnest (3.74 inches) VHS video recorder/player, HDD (250GB) and DVD player in one device. It features a HDMI port, terrestrial digital tuner and analog tuner. It also starts up in 1 second for instant recording. You can also copy video six ways between the HDD, DVD and VHS recorders. Should be out in March for about $1278.

News Release [Sharp]

11:09 AM on Sat Feb 4 2006
By johnb
177 views, 2 comments

Latest by edd: has any one sen VHS at 1080i on HDMI. All the tests I have seen it was painfull to watch. Also does this player do DivX. That will really make it a killer at 1080i more »

gadgets

eBay Deal of the Day: Boeing B-52 Bomb and Rocket Control Panel

The "gadget-girls" over at eBay have managed to get their hands on a nice piece of vintage memorabilia for all of those interested in death and destruction. This is the bomb and rocket control panel that was once in a B-52. Surprisingly this control panel is in excellent condition. All knobs and switches are in functional order and the paint job is also well done. This gem came from a former Boeing engineer, but unfortunately there is no data or information tag on the panel for more specific identification. The potential with this is endless. This shows usage anywhere from case modding to a coffee table piece. More »

3:44 PM on Wed Jul 27 2005
By Travis Hudson
106 views

gadgets

eBay Deal of the Day: Blinging Maxell VHS Necklace

Be the first bad boi on the block to sport this hot Maxell VHS Tape Necklace. It's bigger than Flava Flav's clocks, even. Even Nelly's beautiful Nelly necklace can't stand up to the glare coming off this handsome, yet stylishly understated, piece of jewelry/obsolete video recording medium. More »

1:23 PM on Thu Jul 21 2005
By johnb
165 views