Video Tape
THE ANSWER
"EMTEC Betacam SP Master 5M" — Photo by Mister rf / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
Be kind, rewind the past.
This rectangular relic once ruled living rooms everywhere. It turned Sunday afternoons into an endless cycle of magnetic magic and manual repairs.
Explanation
Did you know?
If you stretched out the magnetic tape from a standard two-hour VHS cassette, it would measure about 800 feet long.
The 5 Clues
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“A magnetic ribbon that remembers your weekend memories.”
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“It suffered from a bad case of 'tracking' issues.”
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“A plastic box that demands a sacrifice before it plays.”
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“Its greatest enemy was a pencil used for manual winding.”
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“The physical ancestor of the digital stream.”
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