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Re:Raw footage inside Sears with Atari 800 and 2600 (1982) [... by quickthrower2 on Monday August 01, 2022 @06:00PM (#32312606)
Star Wars? :) Sure, the tech was there, but it probably wasn't affordable for everything. Plus the preservation. This is before mass consumer digital media (maybe something like laserdiscs were available though?)
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Re:Raw footage inside Sears with Atari 800 and 2600 (1982) [... by boondaburrah on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:14AM (#32331265)
It's weirder than that; I watched the Silicon Cowboys documentary about compaq, and the archived footage quality takes a sharp dive from the 70s to the 80s as they switched from recording on film to videotape.

Tape quality was good and a lot cheaper, but it doesn't last as long before the video signal gets munged

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