Betamax

Cure “distracted movie-watching” with a horrendous trick for directors who hate their audiences and want to punish them for insufficient cinematic dedication! Netflix must add this feature NOW.

Sep 23, 2018

Culture, Film / TV

Betamax, cell phones, directors hate it, distraction, home viewing, movie, movie rewind, pulp fiction briefcase

Background: People often don’t pay much attention to movies, preferring to play on their cell phones while the movie runs in the background. (After all, if you miss an important scene, you’ll can always rewind and watch it again.) The issue: This lack of dedication to the cinematic arts is a phenomenon that movie directors…
Cinephiles: You can now get the rich analog experience of VHS via streaming video! Liberate yourself from the harsh pixelation of compressed digital video.

Jun 20, 2016

Film / TV, Technology, UI / UX

all natural VHS video, analog video, analogue video, analoog video, Betamax, blu-ray, cage free VHS video, harsh compression artifacts, harsh digital video, shade-grown VHS video, VCR, warm and beautiful analog VHS video

Background: In olden times, recordings could only be viewed at home by either personal movie projector (extremely rare) or VHS player. Nowadays, digital video makes it possible for anyone to get on-demand video without the hassle of low-quality video and rewinding tapes. But perhaps the “VHS experience” is integral to getting the full effect from…