Get $25 off all pairs of Vessi Footwear with offer code LinusTechTips at https://www.Vessi.com/LinusTechTips Check out Crucial's gaming products at https://crucial.gg/LTT_CrucialWellPlayedGaming Linus tries to backup some embarrassing VHS tapes from his childhood with the help of Mark's VCR. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1458916-i-want-my-data-back/ ► GET MERCH: null ► SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: https://www.floatplane.com/ltt ► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: https://lmg.gg/sponsors ► PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: null Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:18 Will this work? 3:40 What makes a GOOD VCR? 6:49 What else you'll need 9:44 WATCHING THE TAPES 13:04 The capture setup 13:34 TEENAGE LINUS 19:01 Linus tries French 19:39 Improving the quality 21:15 Bad Backup strategies 23:15 Outro