anyone still got more VHS than DVDs

Shak2005 · 10-03-2011, 18:53

throughout the 1990s and early 2000s i used to record tons of films off the tv and i've still got them and they work just as great as before. the best blank VHS brands i used were Memorex and Scotch.

I got my first DVD player in 2003 and to date i proabably only have about 100 dvds altogether. Total VHS i have probably in the 1000s. I got a DVD recorder/VCR combo very late in 2008.

I tend to use VHS to record as i can record on Short Play in 3 hours whereas on a blank DVD Short Play is only 2 hours which is inconvenient sometimes as films can run over 2 and half hours. Then i would have to do LP to fit the extra half hour and quality would not be as good. MY VCR that i currently use is a 10 year old Sharp brand which has super picture quality and still works better than any current VCR/DVD combo where the vcr is not as good.

I should probably copy the vhs to dvd but it would take ages to do so i am going to stick to my valuable VCR collection.

AidanLunn · 10-03-2011, 19:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shak2005

throughout the 1990s and early 2000s i used to record tons of films off the tv and i've still got them and they work just as great as before. the best blank VHS brands i used were Memorex and Scotch.

I got my first DVD player in 2003 and to date i proabably only have about 100 dvds altogether. Total VHS i have probably in the 1000s. I got a DVD recorder/VCR combo very late in 2008.

I tend to use VHS to record as i can record on Short Play in 3 hours whereas on a blank DVD Short Play is only 2 hours which is inconvenient sometimes as films can run over 2 and half hours. Then i would have to do LP to fit the extra half hour and quality would not be as good. MY VCR that i currently use is a 10 year old Sharp brand which has super picture quality and still works better than any current VCR/DVD combo where the vcr is not as good.

I should probably copy the vhs to dvd but it would take ages to do so i am going to stick to my valuable VCR collection.

Every time you use a VHS cassette, it degrades slightly, so I'm not sure what you mean by "just as great as before".

I have many VHS tapes, and many Beta, but more DVDs han VHS and Betamax combined.

currykev · 10-03-2011, 19:51

Enjoy your VHS'ssss
It's the quality of the film/ tv prog that wins over the aesthetics.

tomfoolery1 · 10-03-2011, 21:07

Had my first dvd player in 1998.
Had already stopped buying VHS several years earlier because they were so crap so I switched to Laserdisc.

I think by 2000 I already had more dvd than VHS as I sold most of them.

Kept about 100 tv recording tapes while waiting for dvd releases.

I finally transferred all my Grange Hill and The Brothers to dvd a few years back but I've held onto the tapes in the garage.

VHS was the best we had for years but it was always rubbish

Soundbox · 10-03-2011, 21:16

Just finished Goldeneye on VHS. Got loads of them >1000 I guess. Got a few DVD's but to be honest, these days I am just happy to relax in front of the box with a tape and not sweat it. Sound is good, picture is OK and with a home made curry,a beer and a cosy room I am happy enough. If I ever start to hate VHS then I may get rid of them, but really, the format does not worry me.

tomfoolery1 · 10-03-2011, 21:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soundbox

Just finished Goldeneye on VHS. Got loads of them >1000 I guess. Got a few DVD's but to be honest, these days I am just happy to relax in front of the box with a tape and not sweat it. Sound is good, picture is OK and with a home made curry,a beer and a cosy room I am happy enough. If I ever start to hate VHS then I may get rid of them, but really, the format does not worry me.

I complained to myself in 1981 when recording Death Wish from ITV as to how poor it was compared to the original broadcast .
Laserdisc was a welcome break from the poor images of VHS but with dvd and now Bluray I would struggle to watch VHS.

I'm just making my way through my dvd's of The Brothers and these are only VHS quality because they were taped from UK Gold , but if something is available on a better format I can't watch VHS.

At the very least watching in better quality makes it possible to pick out sounds and things onscreen that you may not have seen or heard on VHS so watching some classic movies for the umpteenth time but on Bluray makes it feel like new again

pocatello · 10-03-2011, 23:41

I'm glad I didn't, I have maybe 5 films total in vhs, now watching bluray there is no way I'd go back to watch something on vhs, I'd rather wait to rent it on bluray.

November_Rain · 11-03-2011, 00:08

I recently set up our VCR in the living room again after leaving it out of action for a few years. We gave most of our VHS tapes away ages ago but we still have a few tucked away here and there, and I got hold of some via Freecycle several weeks back. In this day and age of Blu-Ray and DVD, the VHS is rather dated but I'm still quite content with watching a good film on the format, especially if I got said film for nothing.

pocatello · 11-03-2011, 01:16

Maybe but seeing old films in restored HD is just so much better I just can't be bothered to even plug in my vcr anymore, it isn't connected at all now. Stuff like the sound of music or even more recent stuff, if you are going to bother rewatching something, seeing it in hd is like a new experience, especially if you never got to see it in the theatres.

cnbcwatcher · 11-03-2011, 14:09

We have a load of VHS videos still lying around and loads of blanks with various recorded shows on them but overall I'd say we have more DVDs than VHS. Our old VCR is just gathering dust in the living room now, I don't even know if it's connected to the telly.

Soundbox · 11-03-2011, 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by pocatello

Maybe but seeing old films in restored HD is just so much better I just can't be bothered to even plug in my vcr anymore, it isn't connected at all now. Stuff like the sound of music or even more recent stuff, if you are going to bother rewatching something, seeing it in hd is like a new experience, especially if you never got to see it in the theatres.

It works in reverse too. I have never seen a Blue Ray disk or high definition signal on a compatable TV. I don't have a modern setup. I watched VHS in 1983, 1993, 2003....
So, I cannot feel negative about it as I have not had anything to compare it to. Perhaps if I had a HD setup then I would act accordingly, however it is 'electronic gizmo overload' out there at the moment and all those bits and bobs would threaten to swamp my little terraced house.

PsychoTherapist · 11-03-2011, 17:14

Still have a massive collection, but never really watch them. DVD, Blu-Ray and other digital formats have steadily overtaken them.

I have 2 VCRs, 1 connected to my DVD Recorder, the other connected to my PC. They're used primarily for archiving purposes these days.

I generally only archive stuff that isn't available to buy and isn't often repeated on TV, nor available by other means. Ie, I had around 9 years worth of The Bill recorded onto VHS. They're now all archived digitally onto Hard Drives and the tapes put into storage. Much more convenient and a massive shelf space saving!

RussellIan · 11-03-2011, 17:18

I'm surrounded by literally thousands of tapes as I type - UK ex-rental/sell-throughs, UK pre-certs, imports, and most of all endless stuff on blank tapes. Every time I try and rationalise or 'weed out' the collection, I give up. As saturated as the high and low ends of the DVD/Blu markets are, it's still incredible how vast an amount of stuff has not (and increasingly will not) ever become available digitally, or in some cases not in original cuts etc, and has no chance in hell of ever cropping up on TV again.

Anorakus · 15-03-2011, 03:32

The problem for me with films on VHS was panning and scanning. It used to bug the hell out of me that widescreen films were cropped to 4:3

I used to buy widescreen tapes wherever possible, but with the lack of resolution and losing most of the screen to black bars, they never looked much good.

Got a DVD player in 1999 and never looked back

A.

pocatello · 15-03-2011, 04:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soundbox

It works in reverse too. I have never seen a Blue Ray disk or high definition signal on a compatable TV. I don't have a modern setup. I watched VHS in 1983, 1993, 2003....
So, I cannot feel negative about it as I have not had anything to compare it to. Perhaps if I had a HD setup then I would act accordingly, however it is 'electronic gizmo overload' out there at the moment and all those bits and bobs would threaten to swamp my little terraced house.

Well
here is a little taste of what you are missing..
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/c6e4ea9b.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/f78b44b0.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/28803731.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/3c061075.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/7531454a.png
Screen captures so crisp, from a film that was from half a century ago. The vhs version is a blurry mess, watching this is like seeing it with new eyes...it is amazing. Next best thing to time travel, so why stay in the days of vhs, you don't live forever after all....

figrin_dan · 15-03-2011, 15:04

I ditched vhs in '92 for laserdisc, then dvd in '98 and then Blu ray in 2009. I recently suggested to my g/f to get rid of her unused vhs deck. To prove a point, I plugged it all in and played Pride and Prejudice (14:9 blown up and cropped to 16:9) and it looked. . .

. . .pretty good actually!

Soundbox · 15-03-2011, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by pocatello

Well
here is a little taste of what you are missing..
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/c6e4ea9b.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/f78b44b0.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/28803731.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/3c061075.png
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/7531454a.png
Screen captures so crisp, from a film that was from half a century ago. The vhs version is a blurry mess, watching this is like seeing it with new eyes...it is amazing. Next best thing to time travel, so why stay in the days of vhs, you don't live forever after all....

Well those photos look very sharp, but is that actually what is shown on the screen? I can't see a moving image looking that good but then again I don't have access to the equipment needed. Actually I watched this very film through for the first time a few weeks ago and it really is very good indeed. My copy came with a linear mono soundtrack only unfortunately.

cnbcwatcher · 15-03-2011, 17:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by RussellIan

I'm surrounded by literally thousands of tapes as I type - UK ex-rental/sell-throughs, UK pre-certs, imports, and most of all endless stuff on blank tapes. Every time I try and rationalise or 'weed out' the collection, I give up. As saturated as the high and low ends of the DVD/Blu markets are, it's still incredible how vast an amount of stuff has not (and increasingly will not) ever become available digitally, or in some cases not in original cuts etc, and has no chance in hell of ever cropping up on TV again.

Wow that's a good collection! I managed to weed out about half of mine but there's still another half I might keep, at least for the moment anyway.

Apprentice 2 SA · 15-03-2011, 17:15

Been watching few DVD recently, and if I have to see that advert for piracy one more time I shall explode!

BMR · 15-03-2011, 17:29

Yes. I brought a load of cheap films from the local library when they went over to DVD, and some more from a market stall @ 50p each. Still watch most of them too.

billlythekid · 15-03-2011, 17:57

Also many VHS tapes are uncut versions of films which are now rare seeing as they have been cut on DVD's and Blurays

Nocturne · 15-03-2011, 19:19

I bought a "top of the range" VCR, just before they were being phased out a few years ago, a Panny Super VHS Super LP, its probably been used less than 30 hours or so, dont have many VHS tapes in the house dumped loads of recorded tapes, still have lots pre recorded ready to go to charity shop, had a DVD since around 1999 & enjoyed seeing my collection grow, now its the opposite I have way too many, not helped by having a teenage son that seems to be DVD magnetised when he enters a shop, "..but it was only... but if you buy five..."

daniel2015 · 15-03-2011, 20:52

The charity shops down this way have been refusing to take VHS tape for at least 2 years because they can not shift them. They end up stuck with them. That shows how wanted this format is now.

VHS tapes=Fit for the trash can.

tomfoolery1 · 15-03-2011, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by billlythekid

Also many VHS tapes are uncut versions of films which are now rare seeing as they have been cut on DVD's and Blurays

This is incorrect.
Unless you are referring to the very small number of video nasties that remain unreleased on dvd in the UK there are no films on dvd that were uncut on VHS.

And if there are , importing them from R1 is a damn sight easier with dvd than it ever was with VHS

billlythekid · 15-03-2011, 21:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomfoolery1

This is incorrect.
Unless you are referring to the very small number of video nasties that remain unreleased on dvd in the UK there are no films on dvd that were uncut on VHS.

And if there are , importing them from R1 is a damn sight easier with dvd than it ever was with VHS

I also have a few copy's of Song Of The South on VHS which are extremely rare as it has never been released on other formats. Surely if I copied the film onto DVD it would probably make the video quality worse is that right?

10-03-2011, 18:53	#1
Shak2005 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bradford , UK Posts: 627	anyone still got more VHS than DVDs throughout the 1990s and early 2000s i used to record tons of films off the tv and i've still got them and they work just as great as before. the best blank VHS brands i used were Memorex and Scotch. I got my first DVD player in 2003 and to date i proabably only have about 100 dvds altogether. Total VHS i have probably in the 1000s. I got a DVD recorder/VCR combo very late in 2008. I tend to use VHS to record as i can record on Short Play in 3 hours whereas on a blank DVD Short Play is only 2 hours which is inconvenient sometimes as films can run over 2 and half hours. Then i would have to do LP to fit the extra half hour and quality would not be as good. MY VCR that i currently use is a 10 year old Sharp brand which has super picture quality and still works better than any current VCR/DVD combo where the vcr is not as good. I should probably copy the vhs to dvd but it would take ages to do so i am going to stick to my valuable VCR collection.

10-03-2011, 19:40	#2
AidanLunn Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 5,045	Quote: Originally Posted by Shak2005 throughout the 1990s and early 2000s i used to record tons of films off the tv and i've still got them and they work just as great as before. the best blank VHS brands i used were Memorex and Scotch. I got my first DVD player in 2003 and to date i proabably only have about 100 dvds altogether. Total VHS i have probably in the 1000s. I got a DVD recorder/VCR combo very late in 2008. I tend to use VHS to record as i can record on Short Play in 3 hours whereas on a blank DVD Short Play is only 2 hours which is inconvenient sometimes as films can run over 2 and half hours. Then i would have to do LP to fit the extra half hour and quality would not be as good. MY VCR that i currently use is a 10 year old Sharp brand which has super picture quality and still works better than any current VCR/DVD combo where the vcr is not as good. I should probably copy the vhs to dvd but it would take ages to do so i am going to stick to my valuable VCR collection. Every time you use a VHS cassette, it degrades slightly, so I'm not sure what you mean by "just as great as before". I have many VHS tapes, and many Beta, but more DVDs han VHS and Betamax combined.

10-03-2011, 19:51	#3
currykev Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: No space here Posts: 1,537	Enjoy your VHS'ssss It's the quality of the film/ tv prog that wins over the aesthetics.

10-03-2011, 21:07	#4
tomfoolery1 Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 643	Had my first dvd player in 1998. Had already stopped buying VHS several years earlier because they were so crap so I switched to Laserdisc. I think by 2000 I already had more dvd than VHS as I sold most of them. Kept about 100 tv recording tapes while waiting for dvd releases. I finally transferred all my Grange Hill and The Brothers to dvd a few years back but I've held onto the tapes in the garage. VHS was the best we had for years but it was always rubbish

10-03-2011, 21:16	#5
Soundbox Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The garden of earthly delights Posts: 4,509	Just finished Goldeneye on VHS. Got loads of them >1000 I guess. Got a few DVD's but to be honest, these days I am just happy to relax in front of the box with a tape and not sweat it. Sound is good, picture is OK and with a home made curry,a beer and a cosy room I am happy enough. If I ever start to hate VHS then I may get rid of them, but really, the format does not worry me.

10-03-2011, 21:34	#6
tomfoolery1 Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 643	Quote: Originally Posted by Soundbox Just finished Goldeneye on VHS. Got loads of them >1000 I guess. Got a few DVD's but to be honest, these days I am just happy to relax in front of the box with a tape and not sweat it. Sound is good, picture is OK and with a home made curry,a beer and a cosy room I am happy enough. If I ever start to hate VHS then I may get rid of them, but really, the format does not worry me. I complained to myself in 1981 when recording Death Wish from ITV as to how poor it was compared to the original broadcast . Laserdisc was a welcome break from the poor images of VHS but with dvd and now Bluray I would struggle to watch VHS. I'm just making my way through my dvd's of The Brothers and these are only VHS quality because they were taped from UK Gold , but if something is available on a better format I can't watch VHS. At the very least watching in better quality makes it possible to pick out sounds and things onscreen that you may not have seen or heard on VHS so watching some classic movies for the umpteenth time but on Bluray makes it feel like new again

10-03-2011, 23:41	#7
pocatello Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 8,622	I'm glad I didn't, I have maybe 5 films total in vhs, now watching bluray there is no way I'd go back to watch something on vhs, I'd rather wait to rent it on bluray.

11-03-2011, 00:08	#8
November_Rain Guest Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,506	I recently set up our VCR in the living room again after leaving it out of action for a few years. We gave most of our VHS tapes away ages ago but we still have a few tucked away here and there, and I got hold of some via Freecycle several weeks back. In this day and age of Blu-Ray and DVD, the VHS is rather dated but I'm still quite content with watching a good film on the format, especially if I got said film for nothing.

11-03-2011, 01:16	#9
pocatello Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 8,622	Maybe but seeing old films in restored HD is just so much better I just can't be bothered to even plug in my vcr anymore, it isn't connected at all now. Stuff like the sound of music or even more recent stuff, if you are going to bother rewatching something, seeing it in hd is like a new experience, especially if you never got to see it in the theatres.

11-03-2011, 14:09	#10
cnbcwatcher Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: At college, in L.A.'s office Posts: 54,221	We have a load of VHS videos still lying around and loads of blanks with various recorded shows on them but overall I'd say we have more DVDs than VHS. Our old VCR is just gathering dust in the living room now, I don't even know if it's connected to the telly.

11-03-2011, 14:43	#11
Soundbox Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The garden of earthly delights Posts: 4,509	Quote: Originally Posted by pocatello Maybe but seeing old films in restored HD is just so much better I just can't be bothered to even plug in my vcr anymore, it isn't connected at all now. Stuff like the sound of music or even more recent stuff, if you are going to bother rewatching something, seeing it in hd is like a new experience, especially if you never got to see it in the theatres. It works in reverse too. I have never seen a Blue Ray disk or high definition signal on a compatable TV. I don't have a modern setup. I watched VHS in 1983, 1993, 2003.... So, I cannot feel negative about it as I have not had anything to compare it to. Perhaps if I had a HD setup then I would act accordingly, however it is 'electronic gizmo overload' out there at the moment and all those bits and bobs would threaten to swamp my little terraced house.

11-03-2011, 17:14	#12
PsychoTherapist Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 2,194	Still have a massive collection, but never really watch them. DVD, Blu-Ray and other digital formats have steadily overtaken them. I have 2 VCRs, 1 connected to my DVD Recorder, the other connected to my PC. They're used primarily for archiving purposes these days. I generally only archive stuff that isn't available to buy and isn't often repeated on TV, nor available by other means. Ie, I had around 9 years worth of The Bill recorded onto VHS. They're now all archived digitally onto Hard Drives and the tapes put into storage. Much more convenient and a massive shelf space saving!

11-03-2011, 17:18	#13
RussellIan Guest Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11,503	I'm surrounded by literally thousands of tapes as I type - UK ex-rental/sell-throughs, UK pre-certs, imports, and most of all endless stuff on blank tapes. Every time I try and rationalise or 'weed out' the collection, I give up. As saturated as the high and low ends of the DVD/Blu markets are, it's still incredible how vast an amount of stuff has not (and increasingly will not) ever become available digitally, or in some cases not in original cuts etc, and has no chance in hell of ever cropping up on TV again.

15-03-2011, 03:32	#14
Anorakus Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 14	The problem for me with films on VHS was panning and scanning. It used to bug the hell out of me that widescreen films were cropped to 4:3 I used to buy widescreen tapes wherever possible, but with the lack of resolution and losing most of the screen to black bars, they never looked much good. Got a DVD player in 1999 and never looked back A.

15-03-2011, 04:09	#15
pocatello Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 8,622	Quote: Originally Posted by Soundbox It works in reverse too. I have never seen a Blue Ray disk or high definition signal on a compatable TV. I don't have a modern setup. I watched VHS in 1983, 1993, 2003.... So, I cannot feel negative about it as I have not had anything to compare it to. Perhaps if I had a HD setup then I would act accordingly, however it is 'electronic gizmo overload' out there at the moment and all those bits and bobs would threaten to swamp my little terraced house. Well here is a little taste of what you are missing.. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/c6e4ea9b.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/f78b44b0.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/28803731.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/3c061075.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/7531454a.png Screen captures so crisp, from a film that was from half a century ago. The vhs version is a blurry mess, watching this is like seeing it with new eyes...it is amazing. Next best thing to time travel, so why stay in the days of vhs, you don't live forever after all....

15-03-2011, 15:04	#16
figrin_dan Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,395	I ditched vhs in '92 for laserdisc, then dvd in '98 and then Blu ray in 2009. I recently suggested to my g/f to get rid of her unused vhs deck. To prove a point, I plugged it all in and played Pride and Prejudice (14:9 blown up and cropped to 16:9) and it looked. . . . . .pretty good actually!

15-03-2011, 16:37	#17
Soundbox Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The garden of earthly delights Posts: 4,509	Quote: Originally Posted by pocatello Well here is a little taste of what you are missing.. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/c6e4ea9b.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/f78b44b0.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/28803731.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/3c061075.png http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...c/7531454a.png Screen captures so crisp, from a film that was from half a century ago. The vhs version is a blurry mess, watching this is like seeing it with new eyes...it is amazing. Next best thing to time travel, so why stay in the days of vhs, you don't live forever after all.... Well those photos look very sharp, but is that actually what is shown on the screen? I can't see a moving image looking that good but then again I don't have access to the equipment needed. Actually I watched this very film through for the first time a few weeks ago and it really is very good indeed. My copy came with a linear mono soundtrack only unfortunately.

15-03-2011, 17:03	#18
cnbcwatcher Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: At college, in L.A.'s office Posts: 54,221	Quote: Originally Posted by RussellIan I'm surrounded by literally thousands of tapes as I type - UK ex-rental/sell-throughs, UK pre-certs, imports, and most of all endless stuff on blank tapes. Every time I try and rationalise or 'weed out' the collection, I give up. As saturated as the high and low ends of the DVD/Blu markets are, it's still incredible how vast an amount of stuff has not (and increasingly will not) ever become available digitally, or in some cases not in original cuts etc, and has no chance in hell of ever cropping up on TV again. Wow that's a good collection! I managed to weed out about half of mine but there's still another half I might keep, at least for the moment anyway.

15-03-2011, 17:15	#19
Apprentice 2 SA Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,137	Been watching few DVD recently, and if I have to see that advert for piracy one more time I shall explode!

15-03-2011, 17:29	#20
BMR Guest Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4,240	Yes. I brought a load of cheap films from the local library when they went over to DVD, and some more from a market stall @ 50p each. Still watch most of them too.

15-03-2011, 17:57	#21
billlythekid Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,661	Also many VHS tapes are uncut versions of films which are now rare seeing as they have been cut on DVD's and Blurays

DS Forums

anyone still got more VHS than DVDs

15-03-2011, 19:19	#22
Nocturne Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,781	I bought a "top of the range" VCR, just before they were being phased out a few years ago, a Panny Super VHS Super LP, its probably been used less than 30 hours or so, dont have many VHS tapes in the house dumped loads of recorded tapes, still have lots pre recorded ready to go to charity shop, had a DVD since around 1999 & enjoyed seeing my collection grow, now its the opposite I have way too many, not helped by having a teenage son that seems to be DVD magnetised when he enters a shop, "..but it was only... but if you buy five..."

15-03-2011, 20:52	#23
daniel2015 Guest Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,307	The charity shops down this way have been refusing to take VHS tape for at least 2 years because they can not shift them. They end up stuck with them. That shows how wanted this format is now. VHS tapes=Fit for the trash can.

15-03-2011, 21:27	#24
tomfoolery1 Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 643	Quote: Originally Posted by billlythekid Also many VHS tapes are uncut versions of films which are now rare seeing as they have been cut on DVD's and Blurays This is incorrect. Unless you are referring to the very small number of video nasties that remain unreleased on dvd in the UK there are no films on dvd that were uncut on VHS. And if there are , importing them from R1 is a damn sight easier with dvd than it ever was with VHS

15-03-2011, 21:36	#25
billlythekid Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,661	Quote: Originally Posted by tomfoolery1 This is incorrect. Unless you are referring to the very small number of video nasties that remain unreleased on dvd in the UK there are no films on dvd that were uncut on VHS. And if there are , importing them from R1 is a damn sight easier with dvd than it ever was with VHS I also have a few copy's of Song Of The South on VHS which are extremely rare as it has never been released on other formats. Surely if I copied the film onto DVD it would probably make the video quality worse is that right?