The tapes might have been blank, but the covers were anything but.

The amount of time you must have spent recreating all the artwork in new vectors is crazy

This is basically what those PowerPoint transitions looked like to 8 year old me

This dude everytime seeing animated intros be like: "I can do that"

This isnt even 80s nostalgia. Its also 2000s slavic nostalgia

Please come back

I hope the people that designed these get so see how much love they have earned for their hard work

80s color palettes are one of the best ever. I'm sure it will come back in an unironic non retro way somehow

2020: blank dvd covers were kinda beautiful 2040: blank blu ray covers were kinda beautiful 2080: blank screens were kinda beautiful

Imagine what great creations could be available on KZfaq if they didn't blanket ban for copyright

You are hitting parts of my childhood nostalgia that I didn't even Know you could hit. srsly im not understanding why looking at vcr boxes is forcing me to hold back tears

I really hope this style of design becomes popular again. It looks absolutely stunning and has so much character to it compares to today's bland minimalism that's taken over everything.

Wow, KZfaq recommendations are doing a superb job. This video is pure beauty.

LOVE THIS! My dad worked for 3M and sold Scotch brand tape here and in Latin America. He was on the team that came up with the colored sphere and the marketing campaign. Thank you for this!

We not gonna talk about the ridiculously smooth transitions? Damn

Man, I want these kind of aesthetics to make a comeback in today's modern world. These are far more appealing than the "sleek and simple" design we've got going on. Infact, just modernise VHS tapes again, love em alot

0:07 Aphex Videocassette 0:11 E-180 Video Cassette 0:17 T-120 Under JVC VHS License 0:25 Supertape T-120 0:28 Maxell Epitaxial Videocassette T-120 0:31 Dynamicron E-180 0:34 Polaroid Supercolour Videocassette 0:38 E-180 TDK Super Avilyn Video Cassette 0:42 Fuji Videocassette T-120 Beridox 0:47 JVC Video Cassette T-120 Dynarec 0:53 Memorex HS Video Cassette 0:59 Maxell P/I Plus T-30 1:01 Scotch Videocassette EG T-120 3M 1:06 Samsung T-120 Videocassette HQ 1:12 T-120 Silver Shadow Stereo High Grade 1:17 Sony 6Hours V Premium Grade 1:20 Sony ES T-120 Dynamicron 1:23 TDK Super Avilyn ES 120 1:31 Certron Videocassette 1:33 Fuji HQ120 6 Hours

The engineers had thought they'd gone and created the greatest format to ever exist, and triumph over their success by employing skillful graphic artists to create art that compliments it in a way that no other style could.

Who'd ever of thunk in the 80s and 90s that these old VHS covers would come alive in glorious 3D?

I work at a thrift store as the person who collects the donations and someone donated like 100 of these tapes. I'm happy to say that they are just as beautiful in real life and despite being born too late to remember many of these from my childhood, I could recognize ~80% of them because of this absolutely beautiful video.

This is the most aesthetically pleasing video I have ever seen. Well done.

Finally somebody agrees with me. Even though I was born in 2006, I’m so fascinated with old stuff like vcrs.

I love how every frame of this video is a potential desktop wallpaper

These would all make for fire tee shirts/ long sleeves

Ok KZfaq I finally watched it Edit: and it was amazing

I love a good "HOME" song. Always gives me nostalgia.

2029: blank iPhone boxes / designs were kinda beautiful

Holy crap I just realized the trend of diagonal parallel lines is based directly on the innovation that made VHS possible! It's exactly how the video is recorded onto the tape! Thanks Technology Connections for explaining that to me.

Graphics artists of the '70s, '80s and '90s had real talent. ...Also, the visual effects in this video is impressive!

[The smoothest synthwave you've ever heard] A true classic, and a marvel in its time. The powerhouse of visual media for decades, with its cousins not far behind it and its competitors left in the dust. It has traded hands from blockbuster hits, to simple home movies, and with tens of millions sold, the VHS is a truly iconic symbol of the late 20th century. So how did this marvel of the early information age come about in the first place? Why did it beat out the competitors in it's time? And most importantly... Why did it all eventually come unwound? [AHOY LOGO/SPLASH ART]

The 80s/90s aesthetic really knew what was up

How the beat lines up with the light in 0:52 is beautiful

Oh my this seamless editing, absolutely gorgeous and clean!

Holy shit this is amazing.

I'm genuinely curious about the reason people disliked this

The essence of the times is captured so elegantly and perfectly in this work. It's obvious there was study before embarking on its production. It's so well done - thank you for bringing this nostalgia to the internet.

This is gorgeous! I’m sure the original designers of these logos would be proud!

Im gonna record this onto a real VHS edit: Yes, as it was requested I've uploaded a recording of this video on an actual VHS to my channel

The Sony ES @ 1:20 is my favorite and as far as I’m concerned, the highest quality cassette tape featured. My parent’s wedding is recorded on one.

This editing is honestly in a whole league of its own.

This video really made me appreciate something. I could just say that I wish I was born in this era, where cassettes and tapes ruled. I could say that I wish I grew up with the different music, the different people, so many things. But then, I would have to forsake so many things I've come to take for granted. I'd have to leave behind the things that made me the person I am today, being on the cusp of adulthood. Could I just give it all up and try again, in a different way? No. What I am glad for, is that I get to experience videos like these, that show just how alive and vibrate the world was before me. I can live today and see what happened yesterday, meet the people and talk to the people who grew up with this unique experience. I can see all of the beautiful things that have been made in rememberance of what once was, and is no longer. What I can do in the future is to do the same for others. Constantly forwarding the human experience. Isn't that the age we live in now? Man, I gotta go the fuck to bed I got a final to fail

I like how many of the transitions actually animate the original logos.

1:33 Holy shit, that transition is trippy as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

0:37 that transition tho

This is on another level of Ａ Ｅ Ｓ Ｔ Ｈ Ｅ Ｔ Ｉ Ｃ

I thought this was going to be an obscure video essay about how under appreciated the art is, while I would have admired that. It feels so much better to just have it shown to you in a beautiful way. Rather than have it explained

Looks like the start of a movie I'd definitely wanna watch.

Brings a tear to my eye even though I am not from blank VHS times 😔 If any of you see this comment, happy new year and stay safe. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

4096’s videos were *kinda* satisfying.

This is the sexiest video ever That Fuji T-120 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

This is an amazing piece of animation! The first one should have read "Ampex" rather than "Aphex," but aside from that I have no quarrels with it. The way you got each one to seamlessly morph into the next is nothing short of fantastic. Speaking not just as a fan of old VHS tapes but also as a longtime pro graphic designer: Thank you for loading up a bunch of great memories!

So much nostalgia packed into one brilliantly animated video.

I think all the angled stripes were to symbolise helical scan.

God this video is so fucking good. The choice of covers abs especially the editing is just perfect. The little edit at 0:50 where he kicks the colors to the music is just awesome. Great stuff here.

I long for an era I've never known

He protecc He attacc And he never come back:(

Shout out to HOME

Woah that one at 0:52 is nostalgic. My dad used to buy VHS all the time as he recorded lot of hockey games and he often got those ones. Know what's funny though, we've almost gone backwards in a way. It's actually very hard to record a TV show for archival now. You can use a PVR but now the show is stuck in a proprietary "black box" that you can't do anything with. With VHS at least it was on removable storage in a standard format. You could just buy more tapes as needed, pass them to a friend etc. Now if your PVR is full you have to delete stuff. I bough my dad a HDMI capture device that can record to USB stick so guess that's the closest you're going to get to a VCR, but at least with VCR you could watch something else while it was recording.

My grandparents have a few of these blanks laying around still.

Never again will we experience an era of such beautiful yet simple use of color, and line

I think that 4096 is turning into 8192

what happen to KZfaq ? is now raccomending good video ? i'm impressed

1:00 ahh remember when every brand ever had the Olympics Logo on it for no good reason?- it wouldn't even be the year of or close to the year of-

One of those videos that unlocks childhood memories you didnt know you had

No, you won't, you can't make me... I- ... Back in my day we recorded our TV shows!

I feel like I’m too young to appreciate this one fully but it’s still amazing!

The crazy thing about this is it probably took SOOO long to make this and yet, this person still made it 60 Frames Per Second. Absolute Legend.

Took me back to my childhood. Grabbing a tape at the last minute to record a movie that was starting in 60 seconds, only to find the tab had been snapped off. So you frantically run around the house trying to find some selotape to cover it up to hit record.

Designers were really fond of stripes and in the later years, cubes and spheres. Was hoping to see some TDK designs in here too! Nostalgic but I'm glad we moved on from VHS and past LDs and CDs!

I have no idea how you make these, and that makes the videos so much cooler

can i just quietly appreciate the sync with the music and the music choice? absolute quality

1:06 This one is literally standing on my desk, with the recording of Czech Television´s "special report" on the 9/11 attacks, that happened earlier that day. All of this recorded over the movie Amadeus

You should stream while you make these. A lot of people could learn from your talent.

Fastest minute and 42 seconds of my life....

My grandfather recently passed away. We've been cleaning out his trailer home and have literally carried out thousands of pounds of blank VHS tapes (as in never recorded to), all makes and brands. He was a habitual TV show recorder from early on when blanks first became available on the market and recorded shows on VHS all the way up until a month before he died suddenly from hearth failure caused by an infection that brought on pneumonia. I have to say of all those brands, Fuji was an absolute beast. Those VHS were built like tanks and had some real heft to them and their cases despite having the same record time as the cheaper brands. Looking through all the blank VHS tapes plus the ones that actually had stuff on them, I was very much reminded of this video and just had to come watch it again. One little treasure I found was a TV recording of The Hobbit, the original cartoon who's sound effect reels were all lost in a fire years ago. The destruction was so complete, that when they released it on DVD, all the sound effects were missing. I am 100% gleeful to hear those amazing sounds once again, even if it is VHS quality.

The authenticity of these visuals to the origional VHS designs is super high level. I dont know how you make these but wow this is impressive to say the least.

This feels like an extremely long movie intro with all the different production studio logos coming up

Watching from 0:55 to the end tripped me the fuck out. Fullscreen recommended.

Thank you for inspiring me in my own designs, so amazing what one can do with just straight lines. The length, width, proportion, tone it's just perfect.

I love this so much.

This really is beautiful. It really makes me nostalgic for those covers, there was a simple charm to them, but you really expanded that with the transitions. You've really got some skill and an eye for visual design! Dang, going to hold on to the few of these covers that I still have lying around.

Couldn't agree more. Love the designs of old blank VHS tape boxes. So much so that I bought all 9 boards in 5boro's first VHS series and they've been hanging on my walls for years now.

If I were making a documentary about the history of VHS and other outmoded video formats, I would license this for the intro in a heartbeat.

This is like visual ASMR! I thought I was the only one who was mesmerized by the Scotch T120 gradient sphere.

no, you're kind beautiful.

I'm getting nostalgia for a time that I didn't experience. the editing of this video adds to the value of this video immensely.

I still remember video companies using tapes like Maxel,Scotch,and TDK to record the studios’movies like I remember that the Raiders of the Lost Ark & Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan said on the wrapper,”Recorded on Scotch Video as was Back to the Future.❤️ the video!

This isn't even my generation but your edits are still so satisfying to watch

Dunno what this is doing in my recommended, but damn am I happy it's there

Ooft, the nostalgia hit me hard here. This is wonderful! Your animation is so smooth and beautiful.

i still remember so many of them but i never activly saw them as art, until now

This is so beautiful, I swear it should be playing in an art museum somewhere.

There should be a 10 hours version of this for my sleepless nights.

This video made me dig through my parents' old VHS home movies just to look at the covers. I absolutely love this video.

This video made me realise that modern Flat design was already used much earlier than I thought. It only took a little bit longer before it was used for on-screen UIs. This is really beautiful and interesting.

I can only think of one word for this: *【ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ】*

I was born in 98 and this brings back so much nostalgia for when my dad would record episodes of the Simpsons and kids TV!

The maker of this video needs to know it is saved in my favorites. Quality content.

inb4 every 14 year old is wearing a pink sweatshirt with one of these designs

Is it wierd that Im getting a nostalgia like feeling even though i was born in 2004