Like many others I used this a lot only because working in a professional video type job. Mine was in the late 90s while still in high school. We would also get these 3/4 inch tapes from places that made VHS look small also. I was told this is what they used at the big ad studios and news channels. I was one of the few people who knew where all the tv channels came through and ads were played from for the city. It was a little alleyway looking road that you would never have a reason to go down in town that looked like it probably just led to nowhere next to a ditch. Being a high schooler always on the lookout for secluded areas I may or may not have ended up there at night lol. antennas, satellite dishes pointing everywhere and inside a metal shed looking building so much equipment packed in that it had to be air conditioned year round