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DVHS on a Budget

Posted by Zonk on from the scissored-ingenuity dept.

Kerhop writes "ecoustics.com has an article on how to convert SVHS tapes to work in DVHS recorders which is similar to modifying a floppy drive (like we did years ago) to double the storage. There's two holes on a DVHS cassette and a single hole on the SVHS tape. The hole common to both permits DVHS tapes to handle SVHS signals; the hole unique to DVHS is what we want to focus on. Just cut off the top four to five millimeters of the pin within the recorder itself."

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  1. Perhaps there is a reason... by busonerd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One might assume that there is a reason for these holes.. Perhaps SVHS media is not as high quality as DVHS?

  2. Who has a DVHS? by voidstin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is a great hack for all 17 people who have a DVHS recorder, have the time to do the hack, the willingness to modify their expensive gear, the money to replace it once it breaks, AND are too cheap to buy the recommended tape stock.