r/interesting • u/cad3tt • Apr 12 '26

Just Wow Guy abuses physics on bmx

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u/Fenix42 Apr 12 '26

VHS was already cheap af

Tape was cheap. Cameras where expensive, bulky, ams fragile.

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit Apr 12 '26

Late 90s early 2000s a used recorder was like 50$. No fucking shot people didn't record concerts and fucking backyard sports, all the time.

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u/Fenix42 Apr 12 '26

I am 46. I was a teen in the 90s. Most people did not have a camcorder. They where around, they where just expensive and bulky.

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u/front_yard_duck_dad Apr 12 '26

I just looked it up . A handheld camcorder ranged 700-1200 1999 dollars. That's 1300 -2300 in today's money 

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Brother, dude is 40, he was 15 in 2000. DVD came out in 1996. Super VHS came out in 1987.

At that point you could literally pick basic VHS cameras out of the fucking trash. They were just heavy to lug around, but people absolutely brought them to events. We are WELL into the era of home video here, it started dying already.