VHS finally taken off life support.

[Mistral]

A fax machine is nothing but a waffle iron with a phone attached!

Thats one thing I would be happy to let go... if I ever owned one. A mate called me this time last yea as he just bought one and wanted to know if he could send me a fax. I think my answer was "No Barry, I don't like in 1882."

They must look nice right beside your 28.8 modem.

When did they come out with modems that fast!



Actually... I do have a couple of PC's in the attic that are that old. And an old green screen model thats older than I am. I have some bad attachments issues...

Yeah, I hear you. I still have my C64 + 2 cases of software. Its in a big box with my Turbografix and my Genesis.

 

[Meredith]

Fortunately I have a lifetime supply of eminently re-recordable VHS tapes in my storeroom due to my inexplicable urge to tape every frakkin' episode of Stargate SG-1 way back when... What was I thinking?!?

Me too, want some tapes of DS9 taped off a rural staticy telestation from rural colorado?

 

[Cutter John]

Fortunately I have a lifetime supply of eminently re-recordable VHS tapes in my storeroom due to my inexplicable urge to tape every frakkin' episode of Stargate SG-1 way back when... What was I thinking?!?

Don't feel too bad. My roomies girlfriend videotapes damn near everything. She's got boxes of videtapes all over.

She also saves her computer files on floppy disks and zip carts, and doesn't like dvd's or films shown in widescreen. Shes quite the luddite that one.

People are still using videotapes as the primary method to record programs. Although commercial VHS releases have been dead for quite some time, blank videotapes and VCR machines will still be around for awhile.

This is what I do so I can get my daily NCIS/House fix. Pop in a six hour tape, let it run, then when I get home that night, its ready to watch. I'm just gonna watch them once then tape over'em, so quality isn't that big a deal.

Other than some old anime fansubs, I don't have any movies left on VHS I want to keep.

Too cheap to buy a Tivo.

 

[LutherSloan]

I was never a big fan of VHS myself.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Too cheap to buy a Tivo.

Rent your cable company's DVR, then.

 

[CaptMurdock]

I will hold onto VHS with my very last breath. I still have Beta and an NES... I'm not eady to let go

My best friend haunts eBay and similar sites for Beta machines and laserdisc players...you two would get along great. Don't get him started on the virtues of laserdisc vs. DVDs and their "black bloom" problems...

...and don't even joke about wanting to watch anything in "pan-n-scan."

Originally posted by Cutter John:
She also saves her computer files on floppy disks and zip carts, and doesn't like dvd's or films shown in widescreen. Shes quite the luddite that one.

I still have the Zip cartridges that I stored files on since my first Mac (1991) and have only recently duped onto CD-Rs.

 

[Aragorn]

You've got it all wrong. You buy the pan and scan version and then stretch the image out for your widescreen TV!!!!

 

[zakkrusz]

I'm still waiting until my VCR dies before I pick up a DVR for recording purposes. However, yeah, VHS is dead, I long since switched to DVD.

 

[Bad Bishop]

VHS was a reliable and convenient system for saving shows. But it's outmoded now. To those of you with DVD burners--are you archiving anything to disk? And how many shows do you put on one disk? Do you use re-recordable media?

 

[nevermore]

Fortunately I have a lifetime supply of eminently re-recordable VHS tapes in my storeroom due to my inexplicable urge to tape every frakkin' episode of Stargate SG-1 way back when... What was I thinking?!?

Me too, want some tapes of DS9 taped off a rural staticy telestation from rural colorado?

I recently donated the full first-run recordings of The X-Files, which were recorded over TNG, which were recorded over Remington Steele (yes, I'm that old!), to the city police department. They still use VHS in security cameras and such, I guess...

I still have a VCR or two floating around, but haven't used them in about 5 years. Last time I tried to watch one of my old SLP-recorded movies on one it was so utterly unwatchable I think I'm still traumatized...

 

[stoneroses]

DVD plus PVR is the way forward. In the UK PVR is starting to take hold with SKY plus, BT Vision, Virgin Media, FreeSat and other PVR boxes.
I have not watched VHS tapes for ages and i don't miss it. It is a great way to get rid of the stuff you don't watch anymore.

 

[jkladis]

I'm quite the sentimental type. VHS will always be a part of my memory growing up. I still have the $90 Superman VHS they put out around 1980 or so. STILL plays, though helical scan lines are constant.

That said, I paid $700 for my S-VHS deck around 8 years ago. I'm holding on to that baby until it bursts into flames.

 

[jamestyler]

My best friend haunts eBay and similar sites for Beta machines and laserdisc players...you two would get along great. Don't get him started on the virtues of laserdisc vs. DVDs and their "black bloom" problems...

Laser Disc was something that passed me by for some reason. By the time I got curious about it DVD's were around - and I still didn't buy one of them until Nemesis was released.

Though... eBay - never thought to look there for VHS, I might give it a go. And maybe see if I can get a Mega Drive as I still have games kicking about for it.

I recently donated the full first-run recordings of The X-Files, which were recorded over TNG, which were recorded over Remington Steele (yes, I'm that old!), to the city police department. They still use VHS in security cameras and such, I guess...

That is quite odd. When I was getting my CCTV license we were trained on VHS but told to ignore it as no one used it any more - unless they were really stuck on funding.

Though I wish my local police station used VHS - as of a few weeks ago mines died and I've been left with almost 200 tapes and due to me being lazy - have no idea whats on them.

 

[nevermore]

I recently donated the full first-run recordings of The X-Files, which were recorded over TNG, which were recorded over Remington Steele (yes, I'm that old!), to the city police department. They still use VHS in security cameras and such, I guess...

That is quite odd. When I was getting my CCTV license we were trained on VHS but told to ignore it as no one used it any more - unless they were really stuck on funding.

Welcome to Baltimore, hon.

 

[S. Gomez]

This may sound like a stupid, stupid question. It may even *be* a stupid, stupid question...

Can you hook up a VCR to an HDTV?

Before you throw things at me, I have my backlog of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on VHS sitting in the closet, and can't afford the DVDs right at this time.

 

[John Clark]

Can you hook up a VCR to an HDTV?

Sure. We've done it because we haven't got a PVR/DVD Recorder yet.

 

[wamdue]

This may sound like a stupid, stupid question. It may even *be* a stupid, stupid question...

Can you hook up a VCR to an HDTV?

what are you going to do next, play an old B&W movie on that HD TV of yours?

that said I cant comment, I have B&W on DVD

 

[suarezguy]

Not being too concerned about image quality, I've still got video tapes from years ago that work pretty well (I do prefer widescreen, but for some films it's not too important). I mostly don't buy films at all, just rent them on DVD, and scratches are very annoying (they might not be so easily damaged on VHS), but it's still the better format.

 

[Johnny Rico]

I cling to it for romantic reasons! All my movies as a kid were on VHS. My copy of The Little Mermaid has my name written in crayon all over the front cover. My first viewing of all my favorite movies was on VHS. It was so indestructable, even for a 4 year old. I remember our awesome red Corvette shaped tape rewinder that sat on top of our TV. VHS = childhood memories!

I still buy movies on VHS. I have three VCRs in my apartment. My parents are purging their tapes so I just got to take all of them. It's exciting! I can't wait to watch my recorded version of Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

Prior to Christmas 2001, I had a fairly huge VHS collection, both authenic studio produced tapes, and movies recorde off of TV. But when I got a new flatscreen Sony WEGA Trinitron and my first DVD player, I ditched the entire collection and the S-VHS VCR. One of the reasons why I ditched the stuff was that the image on that new TV looked like shit. Even the enhanced resolution of S-VHS recordings looked terrible. So I quickly disconnected the player and only used the DVD player. I lost any recording ability, but I managed until I upgraded to HDTV and a HD-DVR last year. Bottom line is that I don't miss VHS one bit.

 

[Trekker4747]

Can you hook up a VCR to an HDTV?

Sure you can, why would you not be able to?

It's polishing a turd, but it can be done.