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Mezase Master 5 years 11 months ago Posts: 7419	Saruman_w wrote: This is probably just about as interesting or relevant as Closing Logos. but there so scary
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RetroxBunny 5 years 11 months ago Posts: 1989	I don't think I've ever heard any sounds at the end of video tapes I just rewind when the movie or the credits end.
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RetroxBunny 5 years 11 months ago Posts: 1989	Oh, I already watched the video sammyt3esnake posted, it's just that it doesn't affect me at all. Not really blaming you guys really. When I was little, I got a bit freaked out by two closing logos, and that was just when I was young. I'm no longer scared of any when I'm older now =/
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mimitchi33 5 years 11 months ago Posts: 44	MicroMan wrote: But if anything else being scary on The Land Before Time, its the American Tail advertisement at the end (before the black screen and strange noise). Can you upload that American Tail advertisment here on RetroJunk or on Youtube? I agree with Samuran_w.They should have put a message saying "This is the end of the tape. Please stop and rewind now.",but instead,we see black and white test patterns with a beeping noise,buzzing noise or a telephone noise. MicroMan wrote: It doesn't show it on my brother's VCR, but my VCR shows it. Someone requested me to look at the end of "The Land Before Time" VHS for an even scarier tone, allthough it lasts for 5 seconds. The best way to describe the tone is "pull my finger", so I recorded that and me and my friends put that and more of this stuff in a video on Youtube. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6X_nO0tMw Also look on the profile for the phone-dialing beep in another video. Cool! Was that exclusive to "The Land Before Time" videotape,or did other videotapes have it too? rirotostichi wrote: I remember watching my "The best of Basil Brush" VHS (released in 2001, I bought my copy in 2002) past the credits: The Universal ident appeared, and then the codes that came on the screen at the beginning reappeared and stayed there until the end of the tape was reached. That's a very weird thing! kayvee wrote: As soon as that MGM logo hit the screen, I pooped all over the place. LOL! Did you really poop all over the place?
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milatchi 5 years 10 months ago Posts: 666	MicroMan wrote: my belief is that the tape reel (inside the video tape) came to it's end and all that is left is white (if you actually eject the video at this point, you can sometimes see the end of the film on the reel inside the video is white instead of black) That was always my assumption as well.
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KISSKRAZY 5 years 10 months ago Posts: 453	milatchi wrote: MicroMan wrote: my belief is that the tape reel (inside the video tape) came to it's end and all that is left is white (if you actually eject the video at this point, you can sometimes see the end of the film on the reel inside the video is white instead of black) That was always my assumption as well. That clear part on the tape is just to tell the sensor in the VCR that the tape has ended.
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System 5 years 10 months ago Posts: 74809	I remember that used to happen when I would watch tapes. That noise would scare the living shit out of me when I was a kid. Come to think of it, that noise would probably scare me today too, as I haven't heard it in years.

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LOGNOS 5 years 9 months ago Posts: 15	Yeah I tell you when i heard them on old horror movie vhs I thought it was Satan coming after me or Freddy Krueger.

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mimitchi33 5 years 8 months ago Posts: 44	MicroMan wrote: i didn't find anything so far on my vhs tapes that are out of my attic, but my child's play movie (the movie with chucky) ended with the credits, and then showed the mgm logo with with little (mgm's) that changed colors scrolling in the background, and then there was (fuzz or static, whatever you call it) untill the tape ended (completely). another weird thing about those mgm tapes is that as soon as you start the movie, the mgm logo is the first thing you see (the same one at the end) instead of a black screen untill the commercials or fbi logos are shown. That's very weird! milatchi wrote: my belief is that the tape reel (inside the video tape) came to it's end and all that is left is white (if you actually eject the video at this point, you can sometimes see the end of the film on the reel inside the video is white instead of black) I agree with you!
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mimitchi33 5 years 7 months ago Posts: 44	roygerdodger91 wrote: Here's something weird: I think I remember seeing the "White Screen of Death" in a movie theater once. That's very weird! I've heard of a pink screen in a movie theater before,when someone saw "Monsters VS Aliens". I watched Jonah Sing A Long Songs And More, but all that appears is fuzz and buzzing noizes. I have to look for the white screen of death and the telephone noise on some other tapes that I have!
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mimitchi33 5 years 7 months ago Posts: 44	I will look for this mysterious white screen on my videotapes that I own!
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Jason43 5 years 7 months ago Posts: 1553 Account Disabled	mimitchi33 wrote: I will look for this mysterious white screen on my videotapes that I own! You've got a lot of free time on your hands, don't you?

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uncleted 5 years 7 months ago Posts: 73	did any big blockbuster films have these? what films do you remeber so i can look for the white screen on them.

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System 5 years 7 months ago Posts: 74809	I remember those white screens, every time I used to fall asleep watching a tape that screen would wake me up and scare the crap out of me.

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princessdaisy 5 years 5 months ago Posts: 2	I remember the VHS tape beeps. They used to scare me. I also remember the telephone dial vhs. I thought my mom was calling someone but it was just the tv.
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kingofcarrotflowers
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yes,i too remember the beeps.I also,remember the crackles.
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papajohns 5 years 5 months ago Posts: 8	I have actually never heard of that and i have watched alot of videos on vhs. Whenb i was younger i would watch the video in my bed and then after it wsas over would just fall asleep instead of turning the tv off because the screen weas already black
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mimitchi33 4 years 28 days ago Posts: 44	BUMP! Keeping this alive! I watched a few VeggieTales tapes after the credits, and here i what I saw: On the Jonah movie tape, after the bloopers and commercials for Ballad Of Little Joe and LarryBoy and the Yodelnapper, it showed static that took up the whole screen. The Lyrick Studios print of LarryBoy and the Fib From Outerspace ended with the Lyrick duck logo, and the same static I saw on Jonah. You could see it in the video "Manafichu Video Adventures Part 4" on Youtube On the Lyrick print of Very Silly Songs (I rented this and LarryBoy from my library, and it showed static at some parts of the tape), it had the duck logo, and then the static which takes up the whole screen. On Jonah Sing-A-Long songs, after a preview for "The Star Of Christmas", static took up the whole screen. You can see it in the video "Mimitchilove33 Video Killers Episode 1 Part 6" (made by me) on YouTube.
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Mezase Master 4 years 28 days ago Posts: 7419	So, there's a staticy screen at the end of every VHS tape... wonderful find.
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Sunni 4 years 26 days ago Posts: 429	There's no point in looking for it on a newer VCR player because static or a blue screen is all you'll get. I've don't remember ever looking it, but I think even my oldest VHS tapes will not display the white screen on any new player. I guess they have something built in that stops it now. I don't know for sure when they started manufacturing them that way, but I remember I only used to see the white screen on my parents old VCR player from the 80's. Since working 80's VHS players are kind of hard to come by, you're better off just looking for videos of it on Youtube. It's much easier, less time consuming, and it won't eat your tapes.
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