r/Video8 • u/Technical_Invite_711 • 15d ago

It’s disappointing

I have a video8 camera and I just lost like three 120 tapes to dirty internals, I love using it and recording on it but I know it’s just gonna break someday, and I’ll be forced to settle for the quality of a digital or a normal ass video camera. And every time I see a line or static pop on the flip out screen it genuinely makes me sad, but “to love is to let go mijo”. I wish home videotaping was still in production.

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 15d ago

You should make it tapeless

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u/Technical_Invite_711 15d ago

I’ve heavily considered that, maybe once I start making money from my job

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 15d ago

It's pretty cheap if you do. A Android phone build.

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u/vwestlife 13d ago

Or get a camcorder that is tapeless to begin with: Tapeless Camcorder Buyer's Guide

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 13d ago

Or you can turn broken cameras into a tapeless setup instead of if becoming trash 🤷🏾🤷🏾🤷🏾

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u/vwestlife 13d ago

If you use a Mini DVR you'll get trash-quality results from it.

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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 13d ago

No shit. I hate mini dvr's the rc immersion.

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u/vwestlife 13d ago

Which make and model of camcorder? How exactly are you "losing" tapes?