23 generations of a Roxette song on VHS, with attendant signal degredation

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9 pointsfacethefax4 comments

After watching that I get the distinct impression that I've only got 7 days left to live...

I'd not expected that sharp drop in audio quality already after the first copy...

I was really surprised by that as well. I would have also guessed that it would take more than 8 generations for it to turn to black and white.

Was this done intentionally by the VCR manufacturers on the part of the MPAA?