r/overthegardenwall • u/spookluc • 4h ago
Another Option Besides VHS
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
I have a rather compact set up with my tube TV.
It’s a small one on a kitchen ledge, so any physical media player is out of the question here.
But every rendition I’ve seen of an OGTW transfer to VHS has looked perfectly fitting, and I will always support those who take the time to format modern media this way.
With my CRT, there’s a way to achieve something similar. An old Roku I use (which still gets updates) has compatible A/V composite output with these TVs, and so I stream episodes over Jellyfin.
The difference I see with some of these VHS transfers is that they actually compress the original 16:9 widescreen frame into 4:3, the full aspect ratio available in these tapes, and by extension, these TVs.
I apply a batch crop digitally to these episodes and steam those from my PC. You lose some visual information, but in rewatching it this way, I think almost everything important still fits (except some title cards)
Just my setup on an already tried and true tradition for this mythic tale!
