New York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo Tape

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This is pretty amazing, seeing 1993 in HD.  I'm not going to embed the video, as it wouldn't do it justice...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4lDU-QLUY


New York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo Tape

by Youtube Pedant
Published on Apr 20, 2016

Captured from a D-Theater HD DVHS Demo Tape by http://www.techmoan.com/
Posted here (on my supplementary channel) as it has a copyright claim on the soundtrack.
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The full Retro-Tech D-VHS video is here:
https://youtu.be/jiu0LPeLQPE

In 2002 D-Theater launched in the US - the dealers needed a demo tape of HD footage. JVC reused some HD video that had been shot as a demo for the Japanese HD market back in 1993.
This footage would have most likely been originally used for a HiVision MUSE demo (an HD Broadcast, Tape &  Laserdisc format).

You can determine that the year is 1993 by the adverts in Times Square - The Radio 501 CD that's advertised on a billboard came out in 1993 and Paper Moon is playing at the Marquis Theater.

For those wondering what HD video camera tech existed in 1993 -  there are a few options, but it's likely that this footage was shot with a HDVS camera- perhaps a Sony SONY HDC-500 attached to a HDV-10 portable recorder which recorded on UniHi 3/4" tape.

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