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Don’t Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/Replying to @lebkuchen@feddit.org
I was about to throw away all my S-Video connectors this week.
Then all this TV-Spying debacle started getting exposed, and I looked at my old VHS and remembered why I kept the cable.
Replying to @piskertariot@lemmy.world
Giving me memories of not having enough hard drive space and using s-video and audio cables to record downloaded episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sealab 2021 to tape from my computer so I could have more space to download more stuff.
Replying to @SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
To tape? That’s dedication.
Replying to @db2@lemmy.world
Do you have any idea how expensive 40gb was in 2000?
Aqua Teen started airing in 2001 and I was grabbing the first season as it aired.
I couldn’t afford any other solution. I was lucky to afford a video card with s-video out.
Replying to @SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
I had good luck using s video and an n64 to mostly descramble cable back in the day.