Originally Posted by anthony david:
“As he hasn't shown any interest in the tapes for years”
How do you know he hasn't? How do you know he hasn't had a VCR of his own until last week when the thing packed in, and now the uncle is fretting because he no longer has the means of watching these tapes?
Alternatively, how do you know that they aren't personal, and unique, VCR recordings? From his wedding, of his children when they were kids, or his parents' wedding? So again, even though he may not want to watch these recordings over and over again on a daily basis, he also doesn't want to lose them forever, or no longer have the means to watch them when he does want to.
Why are you assuming that what was true for you and a friend (and this is regarding tapes and records and CDs, hardly the same as videos which for the most part are home-made rather than commercial media) is also true for the OP and his uncle?