It is amazing you got full HD with Dolby Digital surround. Better than DVD by far!

For anyone wondering how it works well its basically just a data storage like a DVD, the data is stored on magnetic tape inside the cassette. The D-VHS has capacity from standard 25GB to amazing 50GB so it could store 4k video just fine.

@ryans413

8 жыл бұрын

It's just digital tape broadcast station used it for years before everything went digital.

@faithless8888

7 жыл бұрын

Lol that's just the ammount of capacity on a standard Blu-Ray, pretty amazing if you ask me! But I think, the reason this didn't take of, has to be the same reason why the DCC format (digital audio tapes) of Philips never took off: Instant Acces. CD, DVD and Blu-Ray gives you the ability to skip to a certain part, pretty fast. With tapes this always was a lot more difficult :-/ But still, I really like the tape format!! :-)

@boondoc001

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Linus Tech Tips just mentioned that they are going to explore this format and I've never heard about it before so naturally I'm doing my research. Thank you for this video.

Never imagined that a tape could carry such a great quality video

@Zcooger

6 жыл бұрын

Except the bitrate. The difference is insane. The transport stream of D-VHS was about 25Mb/s while DTV off the air up to 10Mb/s.

@JohnSmith-qn3ob

4 жыл бұрын

@@Zcooger Over the air in the US is 19.4 Mbps, DVD is 10 Mbps

D-VHS Should Be Developed In This Years Using HEVC So They Could Hold 8K resolution

@Zcooger

6 жыл бұрын

We just need open source project to use these machines again so we can record any format whatever we want onto these tapes. OpenVHS.

@mr.electronx9036

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the problem was NOT the Codec or resolution...it was...the tape. Any small damage to the tape means...adios amigos

@el-danihasbiarta1200

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.electronx9036 hmm how about LTO ??

@mr.electronx9036

3 жыл бұрын

@@el-danihasbiarta1200 tha fack is that?

@el-danihasbiarta1200

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.electronx9036 thats a tape thats used as data storage and it could store a data up to 18TB in one tape

They should have develop it in the early 90s, not in the early 2000s. Every time something good is invented, IT'S TOO LATE

@gal2000

8 жыл бұрын

+SWalkerTTU so what? we could have so much better quality than the poor VHS quality, Israeli TV studios used Betacam SP tapes until 2011

@rubberstack

7 жыл бұрын

actually sometimes they do it too early like hivison laserdisc which is hd laserdisc made in early 90s

@badreality2

6 жыл бұрын

rubberstack Yeah, that's true. ...that's probably why we didn't see these in the early nineties, due to the commercial failure of Hi-Vision Laserdiscs. Remember, high-definition monitors/t.v. s, didn't become widespread, until after 2005.

@TheRealJohnHooper

6 жыл бұрын

Yes.. This would have been a killer upgrade option for all cinema freaks... DVD and MPEG2 changed everything.. I was a late adopter.. my first DVD player was 50 bucks :d

@Jmeon4eva

6 жыл бұрын

It actually was, SVHS/DVHS/DTHEATRE are BASICALLY the same format, slightest changes, like VHS TO VHS-HIFI. But SVHS and DVHS were designed to record, kind of like how VHS and Beta originally were for recording content, not playback of hollywood films, that's what Laserdisc was designed and marketed for.

If HDTV’s had come out 7-8 years earlier, this format might’ve had a chance. The picture quality is fantastic. And it held as much data as a Blu-Ray disc! Far superior to standard DVD.

I still want one of these....lol Will put my dvd player to shame.

@targetrender9529

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

These hit some high end audio video stores in 99 they had a anitial cost of about 4000 dollars but hidef sets wit 3 guns were 9000 and plasmas were 14 to 30000 dollars.

I didn't even know that VHS tapes were even capable of digital video on par with Blu-Ray disc standards! There were, in fact, a couple lines from 'Regular Show': "VHS, the VH-Best," and "VHS. Can't tell the difference." And, with those kind of cassettes, the first one would be true in the case of most D-VHS cassettes, seeing as quality would have been on par with standard DVD discs. The second line would be true trying to compare Blu-Ray video to D-Theater, seeing as both output 1920x1080, as I've heard. But, then again, VHS tapes, in my own experience, were only standard definition with CD quality sound on a select number of them. I've never had a D-Theater player or tapes for one. I'm more partial to Blu-Ray Disc, myself.

I soo wish to see more demonstration of DVHS and D-theater movies, its really impress me :D

DAMN.. the largest V-VHS Tape has 50gb data storage.. That is huge..

@telocho

3 жыл бұрын

Same as on a bluray disc.

holy shit I never heard of D Theater before!!!! awesome

In order for chapter seeking to work, you need to make sure the tape starts completely from the very beginning so the data can be loaded into memory.

That was bluray in 2003 but with vhs back in the day i want to know why it failed look really good

Best VCR ever.

I'm 12 and I miss VHS. I had some of them when I was little.

Found a S-VHS player today. I thought that was the Pinnacle of VHS, had no idea there was D-VHS. Wild.

Show a Analog VHS (AVHS) in a DVHS player.

I love regular VHS and digital VHS. because it's better than dvd, cd and laser disc for greater durability I love betamax s-vhs d-vhs and common vhs because it's the best on the market and no one assumes it was the best

Drill Holes in ordinary S-VHS/VHS Tapes and you can make recordings in D VHS at low cost. Good machines, but too late. Outnumbered by Bluray.

Oh my freaking god?I never knew of this because as with alot of people im sure it was a rich man's format.I am blown away it looks even better than DVD.Wow!!I loved VCR's because they lasted longer without getting fucking scratched!Hail D VCR!

I have NEVER EVER heard of S-VHS or D-VHS in my life. Let alone ever saw these D-VHS tapes in the stores.

Great video mate, really well done.

WOW 👏👌👍 AMAZING A combination with an HD-CRT Tv (1080i) wuld be perfect

Use your VHS vcr VIDEORECORDERS not just the player and blank VHS tapes to get even with the news media !

I'm looking to get me one and start my D-theater collection. People I've asked if they knew someone who had one gave weird faces as if I were asking in another language lol

This looks so rustic. Wish these were still around.

Ive been collecting video cd movies to play in my sega saturn. I need to get one of these some day.

@enemyofthestatevcdking5982

6 жыл бұрын

Amen. I watch vcds on my saturn too, I have a rare catco TF1986 movie on 1 vcd if you want me to copy it for you?

@emrekaplan5737

4 жыл бұрын

@@enemyofthestatevcdking5982 can you send me?

Me and my dad passed on one of these units back in the day. We had no idea the quality of the picture.

Wow! Full HD.

so much better than dvd

VHS was in production until 2016.

Just like audio compact cassettes, they also have a DIGITAL variant called DCC!

D-VHS D-THEATER FTW 2O2O

awesome :O

Thank you for this Video! Can you show us how good is the Picture Quality if you record in the 21h recording Mode?

D VHS was an upgrade from the regular VCR.

If you pause at 5:58 at the right time, you can see Will Smith's finger partially disappear

Wow great quality for a vhs high definition wow just like a DVD quality

@SMGJohn

9 жыл бұрын

Its better than fucking DVD, its 1080i or 720p. DVD only does 480i for NTSC and 576i for PAL and SECAM regions.

Dude,I'm in the UK. Where did you purchase your player and videos from?? I've been trying in vain to get one for months now and nobody seems to be putting them up for sale anymore. Ive always preferred VHS over any other format and would love to add one of these to my collection.

what model monitor are you using?

Does it not need to be connected with firewire to be full HD?

:o

So if i put a regular vhs movie in there, will the movie output in hd ?

@2ombieboy

5 жыл бұрын

just plays as a standed ntsc vhs

BTW, will regular VHS tapes look OK when played on a D-Theater D-VHS player?

@SamsungS-or1qf

Жыл бұрын

Won’t work.

Where is the dtheater logo on this model for it to play the tape?

is it compatible with the old Vhs Tapes.

It would be awesome if it could reformat analouge VHS tapes to digital

@generalshamic4777

9 жыл бұрын

Gustavo Quintela Revuelta really? how?

@2ombieboy

9 жыл бұрын

General Shamic you need svhs tapes and it records at 2x speed so a 180 tape would be 1.5 hrs not 3 2ombieboy

@Psythik

8 жыл бұрын

+General Shamic What would be the point? The quality would still be the same, if not worse, since data is lost when converting analog to digital

@Neojhun

8 жыл бұрын

+Psythik i.Link a version of Firewire was the Digital In & Out for DVHS and Camcorders back in the day. It was decent Digital SD quality.

@Pauldjreadman

8 жыл бұрын

The only cheap way of doing that is recording straight off KZread or from TV to a high quality has tape. It's like going from dvd to VHS. The quality does hold

How did you find this tape ive been wanting theese tapes for a while they look nice great video

It's cool but I see why it lost. I disc is small and can be played I almost anything computers game console standalone players. The tape can only be played in one player. And who wants to rewind every time it's cool idea but it came too late Blu Ray was already winning

@Pauldjreadman

8 жыл бұрын

The reason these were released is at the time DVDs could not hold a HD movie

@notuptome

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Scherbluk D-VHS came out in 2000 or 2002 5 years before blu-ray would be come the new defector standard

Are these VCRs backwards compatible with standard VHS tapes?

@ruddymyers4244

2 жыл бұрын

Yes can play S vhs and standard all 3 standard

Is it compatible with Regular VHS?

@Pauldjreadman

8 жыл бұрын

What I was thinking. Shane they cost a bomb, i bet there is a video on that

@aaronlane8276

Жыл бұрын

i think so

El ultimo esfuerzo de la cinta de video.

Can we record something on a DVHS tape?

@ickylovelywilliam3961

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can but be aware some digital channels have a encoder so you can't record some shows due to FCC and other companies

That’s called a VCR

I've been reading up on D-VHS's since 2002. It's about time people speak more about these Formats and Devices unlike people that like street corner habits pretending their teaching you something.

Almost better than DVD in my opinion, but not quite. Heavens, it's not as good as HD-DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and more!

@hungowapower

4 жыл бұрын

It's better quality than a standard dvd. The same quality as HD-DVD

Too bad the Super VHS and the D series VHS didn't last long.

Lucky 😒