What have you ever recorded of the TV to VHS

[Deleted User] · 20/03/14 - 16:24

Im just wondering what people have recorded of the TV to VHS years ago

Joe_Zel · 20/03/14 - 16:28

Lots of things. I don't have any VHS tapes anymore so couldn't tell you.

[Deleted User] · 20/03/14 - 16:34

Joe_Zel wrote: »

Lots of things. I don't have any VHS tapes anymore so couldn't tell you.

oh okay

Gill P · 20/03/14 - 16:34

I used to record films and TV shows before the DVD recorder was invented!

Verence · 20/03/14 - 16:44

The last thing I can remember recording off TV onto VHS was Once More With Feeling, the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Johnny_Cash · 20/03/14 - 16:46

I guess you are of a different generation but recording onto VHS was as natural as sky plussing something. It was how we did things. I recorded so much, some things I recorded, watched and recorded over immediately, somethings I kept. I no longer have unfortunately but one of the most memorable was a 1986 history of the pop promo presented by John Peel and John Walters. I recorded it when it was rebroadcast on 1987's election night.

mal2pool · 20/03/14 - 17:14

The wrestling on Saturday with big daddy etc in 1979

[Deleted User] · 20/03/14 - 17:22

i had quite a large collection of stuff i recorded off the telly. But most of it i have now replaced with DVD

Prisoner Cell Block H
Cracker
Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
Birds Of A Feather
Men Behaving Badly
One Foot In The Grave
Only Fools & Horses
Oz
Prime Suspect
Columbo
A Touch Of Frost
The Simpsons

Jimmy Connors · 20/03/14 - 17:53

I recorded every single episode of Prisoner Cell Block H from TV. Stacks and stacks of tapes as I recorded them all in SP.

.... long since replaced with DVDs.

[Deleted User] · 20/03/14 - 18:01

Jimmy Connors wrote: »

I recorded every single episode of Prisoner Cell Block H from TV. Stacks and stacks of tapes as I recorded them all in SP. .... long since replaced with DVDs.

Yes i had well over 150 tapes of Prisoner

Such a damn addictive show

Vetinari · 20/03/14 - 18:06

Mainly time shift but there were a few I recorded to keep.

A couple of films:

Mr Love
Prospero's Books

Which was a good move as neither were ever available on DVD.

TV series:

Land of the tiger

Of course, they are all transferred to disk, now.

Jimmy Connors · 20/03/14 - 18:23

pjw1985 wrote: »

Yes i had well over 150 tapes of Prisoner

Such a damn addictive show

Very true.
It takes so long to re-watch them that you want to start again from the beginning once you have finished. :cool:

mred2000 · 20/03/14 - 18:30

LOADS! Still have a fair few tapes of stuff still not available by other means... Xmas always used to be the peak time for videoing stuff... Ah, happy days...

Grouty · 20/03/14 - 18:36

I still record to VHS today

cnbcwatcher · 20/03/14 - 18:38

Loads of things, I have nearly a whole cupboard full of used VHS tapes

clarendel · 20/03/14 - 18:46

I'm moving soon so I have just thrown away about 200 recorded VHS tapes. Lots of different things such as Frasier and the Flying Doctors. I expect most things are available on DVD now. Also, if you have cable or satellite tv lots of old programmes are constantly being repeated.

dd68 · 20/03/14 - 20:13

My tapes went in the bin years ago

[Deleted User] · 20/03/14 - 20:30

I used to video music videos and concerts. When I got a dvd recorder, I then copied them to disc. Just as well, as some of the tapes snapped after I played them to copy them.

BellaRosa · 20/03/14 - 20:32

Grouty wrote: »

I still record to VHS today

Way to go

I still have mine but not used it for 5 years. i don't know how to fix it to my tv

I use to record everything

Joystick · 20/03/14 - 20:34

I remember recording all the James Bond films from the tv to vhs cutting out the adverts, did that to a few films back then.

Doghouse Riley · 20/03/14 - 20:35

I've several "film noir" classics.

treefr0g · 20/03/14 - 20:38

Every episode of 'Moonlighting'.

Brian Reynolds · 20/03/14 - 20:53

I recorded many of the comedy series, including about 40 Dad's Army shows (unaware that they would still be broadcast decades later). There's no way I would throw my collection (or my audio tapes) which I still play. They are part of broadcasting history.

Paace · 20/03/14 - 21:03

I have a dvd/vhs recording combo and at the moment I'm recording Treasure Hunt onto VHS as the dvd recorder has packed up .

In fact VHS recording is far more reliable the dvd recording as the laser for DVD has only a short shelf life and that makes the dvd recorder uesless . You have no such problems with VHS .

mikebuk · 20/03/14 - 21:33

A LOT of Manchester United games and WWE.

LightningIguana · 20/03/14 - 21:41

I'm taping Arrow right now. It's still easier sometimes, especially if you don't intend to keep something and don't want to waste space on a hard disk. I am slowly weaning myself off it, though.

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