Oddity Archive — Season 1, Episode 7: Format Wars

Episode synopsis

VHS or Beta? Laserdisc or CED? What the hell is a CED anyway? These burning questions (amongst others) answered in this episode!

About Oddity Archive

The Oddity Archive is a web series that revolves around the "cultural dustbin", especially as it pertains to media. The Archive also functions as an actual archive of sorts, with a modest collection of off-air Betamax and VHS recordings (about 400 total as of June, 2014). There's also a decent collection of ephemeral video, "ripoff" and "drugstore" LP's/cassettes/8-tracks, as well as (working) obsolete technology.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Max Headroom Incident of 1987
• E2Emergency Broadcast Salute
• E3TV Sign-offs
• E4Local TV Special
• E5American EXXXtacy (and other C-band nastiness)
• E6Conservative Folk Music
• E81-900-ARCHIVE
• E9Halloween Special 2012 (Strange VHS Endings)
• E10Captain Midnight / Vrillon
• E11Pay TV (but not Cable or Satellite)
• E12Top (Thanksgiving) Turkeys of the (19)90's
• E13Local TV vol. 2 (Kiddie Show Hosts)