I have them all on dvd too but it's an inconvenience for me to put the dvds on my computer so I just pay for netflix :-D
Seriously, send them to me. I will at least get more use out of them. I hate streaming.
What to do with collection of VHS Trek tapes??
- Thread starter Kevin G. Chapman
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Call me old school. I prefer media to streaming. VHS included.
I prefer the actual item in my hands and not have to pay out each and every time I watch my favourite episodes!
JB
That there sounds like an awkard sex talk allegory from a 90s sitcom advocating monogamy.
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You gotta hoist your mainsail all the way up your thick mast, or you'll never make port between pleasure islands.
My internet service is sometimes spotty, making streaming video unreliable (which is ridiculous in this day and age, but whatever). So I own my favorite shows and movies on disc.
Not to mention all the fancy audio options on blu-ray, for the home theater enthusiasts.
Kor
Not to mention all the fancy audio options on blu-ray, for the home theater enthusiasts.
Kor
I don't get why people disregard old tech that still works simply because it's old.
(Though I will agree with you on the screw bit; because I regularly use many jars of such in many different DIY modification projects, haha)
I still have my family's old Trek movies on VHS (the 1-6 collection) that I first watched and would never get rid of them. Are the DVDs better to watch? Sure. But are the VHS's worth destroying? No.
I regularly still use VHS all the time, and just because something is old doesn't mean it's worthless. So wasteful and fickle we are as a species.
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I have not yet found anyone who wants my old tapes. My wonderful wife bought me a complete set of DVDs for my birthday, so I do not have to even try to transfer my old tapes to DVD to preserve them. That's a good thing, because the more I tried the more I found that the old tapes had deteriorated and many were not viewable anymore.
So, if anyone wants the old commercials, just let me know.
So, if anyone wants the old commercials, just let me know.
This. I prefer VHS for many reasons right now, and still enjoy them.
I still keep a VCR around for my porn...um, I mean, my prom videos.
just make sure if you watch them to make sure it's not one that has been cursed!
Jason
And I cannot understand this POV.
Different strokes and all that.
I tend toward a "videophile" approach with my home TV/movie viewing, seeking high picture quality above all else (at least as far as budgetary constraints allow). My gold standard would be projection of a sharp and pristine 35 mm film print. Blu-ray on an HDTV (with the proper adjustments in place) gets closer to this kind of look than lower-resolution sources such as DVD or previous-generation analog formats like VHS or LaserDisc (yes, that was actually analog, despite being on a disc read by laser).
Kor
It's an inconvenience for me to pull down my trousers when I go to the bathroom so I just leave them on.
Seriously, the world is becoming too convenient. I remember back in the day when I was the TV remote control. You guys got it easy.
I think for me quality is the biggest factor. The picture and sound is so much better.
VHS still works exactly the way it used to, which is far poorer than DVDs and streaming. The first time I saw DVD it was immediately obvious it was better even though scene navigation was poor at the time. I was so used to snow and fuzziness, just seeing a movie without one once felt like a breakthrough.
Wish I was closer to NJ....I would take them all off your hands.
My wife and I had built up a collection of about 400 movies on vhs (many of which we had purchased at Goodwill for 10 cents each), about 500 books (many of which were cheap ex-library), and about 250 33 1/3 LPs. A couple of years ago we sold everything to one guy for $800. He was tickled pink and we were happy, too.
Last summer, some local folks were giving away a lot of stuff preparatory to a move. We picked up about 175 movies on vhs, 60 music cds, and about 250 LPs....many of those are fairly rare classical and opera albums that have considerable value....all gratis.
Oh yeah, well over 100 cassettes, too.We have a really nice Sony 25" tv with built-in hi-fi vcr that came from a thrift store for $10. Just now showing that it needs cleaning, so we will shortly get a head cleaner cartridge for it. It's been great.
Some collectors go for vhs movies just for the artwork on the boxes.
There are a lot of rarities, too. We have a few movies on vhs that were for review purposes only and were not sold to the general public.
One person's junk is another's treasure....
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