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Now that we have HD do you still use a VCR ? I still ahve one but i dont use it any more .

I still have tapes too

I still have tapes but not the player.. wouldnt use it anyway the quality is terrible.

We still have two VHS players in the house, can play both British and American tapes. Haven't used them since we got the new televisions though. Tried to connect the VCR to mine and it will not record properly, it plays videos fine though.

I've got a few tapes left on my shelf, replaced all my favourites onto dvd.

I have a Beta and VHS players/movies.

yep still have VHS tapes and still use them.

i just bought battle beyond the stars on VHS...man i do love that film

I still my vcr on a daily basis

Originally posted by coolmovies
Now that we have HD do you still use a VCR ? I still ahve one but i dont use it any more .

I still have tapes too

for recording, i use vhs, but i only buy movies on dvd...

Yeah, I still have my VHS player.

I only use it for old porn movies.

I do, and the tapes and the player work like dream.

If I don't have the DVD, yeah.

yes and i also rub two sticks together to create fire

I use mine about once a week.

i own a couple VHS, but i dont really use them

I hade 80 + back in those days now its 25

i own a lot of VHS tapes but they are no use to me anymore.
I am planning to sell them on my next garage sale.

i have a few tapes but i rarely watch them

I have a couple in the house collecting dust. I didnt even want my tapes since I got most on dvd now so, I gave the tapes away.

i still have a video recorder in my room. ive got loads of old tapes that are not available on dvd

lolvhs

I watch VHS every once in a while.

Originally posted by Wolfie
I watch VHS every once in a while. you really are the man.

Just brought a small tv for my bed room its a two in one tv and dvd player

Ofcourse, I mean, I did spend money on them.

I still use VHS. There are a couple of 2nd hand stores around that sell them for ridiculously cheap. It's a good way of checking out some older movies that I've never seen. Then, if I like it enough, I'll buy it on DVD.

I agree with Devil King.

Plus, some VHS tapes I own DO have DVDs, but have no good extra stuff, like commentaries, so why even bother getting the DVD for it?

I've pretty much completely ditched VHS. I don't even have a VCR in my room anymore.

I have one of those 2 in one players, with VHS and DVDs. It's very handy.

Still use now and again.

Originally posted by Mr Parker
yep still have VHS tapes and still use them.

Matter of fact I havent even bought a DVD yet.Gonna have to soon though since all the new films are only available to rent on DVD.

i masturbated while watching eyes wide shut on vhs the other day.

i bought 3 Doctor Who vhs the other wknd
it was an odd experiance
i forgot the tape plays straight from the word go!
after years of dvd menus i was caught out...dick

I use VHS as tea coasters

wouldnt you be better off using 75% of your Bruce Willis dvds as coasters?

Wouldn't it be easier to speak if you took your dick outta your mouth?

Wouldn't it be easier for me if you would stop posting comments like that, Inmate? Please refrain from having that sort of attitude or your membership here won't last long.

Originally posted by Inmate101
Wouldn't it be easier to speak if you took your dick outta your mouth?

Cheers for the advice but seeing as ive no one to talk to as everyone is in bed and it doesnt really affect my typing skills im ok for now thanks.

I watched the OT yesterday on VHS.

I Love VHS!
I will get into DVD because allot of the movies i love not on VHS.
All i ever hear is how DVD is better then VHS EVER!!!
I also hear that people can`t buy VHS anymore----NOT TRUE!!!
A place maybe to buy VHS Amazon.com.
Other places to buy VHS in California are garage sales.
Also Flea Markets.
Also Goodwill thrift stores.
Also Record stores in Berkley, California and in San Jose, California.

Originally posted by Captain REX
Wouldn't it be easier for me if you would stop posting comments like that, Inmate? Please refrain from having that sort of attitude or your membership here won't last long.

Good going Captain Rex!

To:Chillybanana.

Males rule!

Yup, just bought 10 movies for 5 bucks. I hardly rent movies anymore, just the ones I want to watch.

I havent rented a dvd in 3 years.

I do.not for long though.My library i went to the other day said they didnt have a movie that I wanted to watch on VHS.That it was only available on DVD.The thing is just a week ago they told me it WAS available on VHS but now its not cause they are switching everything to DVD.Everythings all going to DVD now so now I have no choice but to get a DVD player.thats my new years resolution.

I recently sold all of my VHS movies and my VCR on Ebay.

Originally posted by coolmovies
Now that we have HD do you still use a VCR ? I still ahve one but i dont use it any more .

I still have tapes too

HELL NO.

i don't use vhs. i don't even rent dvds. Don't think i have since 2002. God (Al Gore) made the internet for a reason!

No, i do not use VCR anymore..

I do.

I have a Sanyo and a Sony.

Our neighbours are moving out and they are gradually moving boxes, and I saw one box with a lot of VHS tapes in, poor souls.

i have only my favorites, but not all of them. but when the dvd came out, my family didn't buy it for a while; we had so many VHS.
no that i've moved to my own apt. i just borrowed a few of my favorites : Princess Bride, Shakespeare in Love, Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Citizen Kane, His Girl FridAY, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Indy Jones The Last Crusade.

I know that seems like a lot, but trust me, it's not.

VCR Case Mod

I need bigger pictures.

^yes that is something to laugh at

Funny I came upton this thread as I was just thinking about VHS'es today.

Now the thing is my big room here is basiclly me and my friends studio when we work with movies, so therefore we need a great deal of equiptment available to us, because you never know what you might have to check out etc. So that means a VHS is a must.

Now about the movies, well this is what got me thinking about VHS'es today, I was kinda bored and I thought hell, I'l go down to the ol guest room and dig trough that closet which contains like 150 VHS'es half of them are either movies I've copied or recorded back in the day when I was like 12 or something.

So I found like 20 tapes which cought my interest, and I took them upstairs to flip trough as some did not have a name on them, and some I wanted to see. Now something starnged happend to me, I somehow fell in love with that shoddy quality, it was just like watching movies when I was a kid. I don't know why but it had something to it, some charm of some sort, the damn ol VHS, now im going to watch all those 20 movies on VHS!

I do indeed as the following haven't been released on region 2 DVD yet:

Famous Five (90s series)
Harry Enfield and Chums/Television Programme
The Scariest Places on Earth: Home Video Edition
Clive Barker's Nightbreed
Haunted
Scream Team (recorded)
Strange (recorded)

Can you play other regions on your dvd player?


I will never go back to the quality of VHS if there is a DVD of the same film, it's too big a difference to enjoy it, for me. No amount of childhood memories would change that.

Originally posted by MildPossession
Can you play other regions on your dvd player?


I will never go back to the quality of VHS if there is a DVD of the same film, it's too big a difference to enjoy it, for me. No amount of childhood memories would change that.

On my old one I could, but I can still play 'em on my computer, luckily my VCR plays other regions - hence having the Scariest Places on Earth video.

vhs = (really) old school

I have the player but no tapes

Originally posted by vintageSW77
yes and i also rub two sticks together to create fire

Some guy was selling a big box of porn on VHS for $5. I bought it and found nothing out of the ordinary...damn..I was hoping to find something retro or vintage good stuff.

HA! you got ripped off. Thats whats the internet is for.

Originally posted by WhoopeeDee
Yeah, I still have my VHS player.

I only use it for old porn movies.

Yeah. There are many titles that are really hard to find and never even got to DVD, so that's why I keep the VCR around for my collection of...adult educational films.

Yes,

Infact I'd say more then half my collection is on VHS. So hundreds of them. As far as VCR's I have stand alone unit and two attached to TV's.

As to whether I use them. Yes at least as often as I watch DVDs.

In truth. VHS is still my prefered format in many ways. While I like DVDs for special features and the like. They will never beat VHS in playability/durability. I can find a VHS that has been buried in the back of a closet for 20 years collecting dust with boxes sitting on top of, stick in a vcr and it'll play. DVDs are hit or miss whether they'll play when you first open them.

I still use tapes. IMHO they were the most durable technology. Shit, I still have 1980's Ninja Turtles cartoons that work like a charm. If you look at a blue-ray or DVD crossed-eyed it will shatter, shitty technology -- I think they were designed so that people have to spend more money.

No

My family still use it its imbarasing

There is still so much vintage and classic adult films that haven't made it to dvd yet. There are torrents but I avoid those like a plague.

There was a yard sale a few blocks from my place and the guy was asking too much money for a few wcw, wwf, awa and other wrestling videos.

I still use one,I tape the movies I watch on demand and stuff to keep them.

No I sold all of my VHS movies on E-Bay and made alot of money too.

Yep. I just watched Dogma on VHS last night.

I watched Evil Dead on VHS with a few friends the other day for the first time in a long time. I have to say, watching it on video really gave me a kick. Sure the sound was dodgy and the pictures had the typical aged video look, but it really was a new and exciting experience.

After doing this i've decided to collect all the old horror films on VHS even though i'll probably be doubling up on a fair few movies. I really have to say though, its a feel i don't get from dvd, probably the nostaliga of renting horror movies out on vhs when i was a kid. I think its a great idea to collect old videos

I'm gonna buy one soon actually, I go to the market a bit and find video's for like 50 cents to 1 dollar,I just want one beacuse you never know what video you might find at a garage sale or some junk shop

These are the vh's I picked up today

The Beast Master
Judge Dredd
Devil times 5
Dances with wolves
Wizards of the lost kingdom
Empire Records

All for a total of around 5 dollars




Why not use vhs

I still the Panasonic VCR and LOADS of films I used to watch on cassettes when I was young,but sadly I don't use any of it anymore....

yes but not too offen..

nope

The 9th film in the Puppet Master series, Puppet Master: Axis of Evil takes place after the events in Puppet Master 3. In a stateside hotel during the height of World War II, young DANNY COOGAN dreams of joining the war effort. Following the murder of hotel guest Mr. Toulon by Nazi assassins, Danny finds the old man's crate of mysterious PUPPETS and is suddenly thrust into a battle all his own. He discovers that Nazis MAX and KLAUS, along with beautiful Japanese sabateur OZU, plan to attack a secret American manufacturing plant. After his family is attacked and his girlfriend BETH is kidnapped, it is up to Danny and the living deadly Puppets to stop this Axis of Evil....

Recently transfered our latest shortmovie over to a nicely kept VHS tape somehow gave it a very special look which I am happy about.

Anyway. I was curious if anyone with a new and decent surround reciver has tried to upscale a VHS signal and output it with HDMI?

How dose that look?

i kept my VCR incase someone ever wants me to copy a vhs tape to dvd from my DVR.

I still use VHS but only watch a handful of movies on it.

no. i haven't for years but that last vhs movie i saw was "evil dead 3".

shaa

Still use it to watch my old wrestling VHS collection, and buy the odd vhs movie for a buck at the town book club once a year.

Also used it to record Galacta's and Avatar's finale.

Originally posted by cdtm


Also used it to record Galacta's and Avatar's finale.

avatar? what with like a vhs camcorder?

I have to get rid of all that the Vhs that I have.There is too many of them.The interesting part is that some of the ones I have are not even on DVD yet.

You should try to sell the ones that are not avaliable on dvd yet before they are released on dvd. If you don't want them anymore that is.

I gave away my vhs tapes about 4 years ago.

Thankfully, when i started collecting dvds i realized dvds was going to be the future so got used to them pretty quickly.

I bought a VCR just before they were due to cease production.

It is a 6 Head Stereo with Front and back AV's in and out's

i brought my VHS copy of "Crash and Burn" fan expo this year, had bill moseley and charles band sign it.

both of them looked shocked to see a vhs.



my sister wants to trade me her dvd copy for my vhs copy.
pfft, i love my family, but i love vhs-tapes more.

I still watch my classics on VHS, like my DIC cartoons, Bravestarr, Cops, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. Super Show...Sonic, etc...

I kept my VCR incase someone needed me to transfer VHS to dvd. ive made afew bucks already. mine has an S video output as well.

I have a small stack of VHSs left, but I don't know why. We have a little TV/VHS combo in our bedroom, but we still have a $30 DVD player hooked up to it we use way more... I just can't let go entirely.

I don't have a VCR anymore because my old one broke down but I want to get one just to transfer my VHS tapes to DVD.

Originally posted by RedRum666
I don't have a VCR anymore because my old one broke down but I want to get one just to transfer my VHS tapes to DVD.


Yeah, I bought the software neccessary to transfer my VHS to my computer, then burn them to DVD. Then I'll be free of the little buggers.

I have one also... A LINEAR MONO player and I love it...

VHS is goregous...

Picked up a sweet 4-head stereo Sony VCR for $20 bucks so I could watch old tv I had taped back in the day. I was really good about pausing for commercial breaks so these rawk!

I would still use VHS 5 or 6 years ago on occasion if needed, but now I don't even own a VCR. So no, I don't. And VHS tapes I still might own are probably buried away at my parents' house somewhere.

Haven't used a VHS is a very long time or owned a player, probably close to 12-13 years now. I kept one VHS tape, Disney's The Little Mermaid, because it has the very limited cover with the dildo hidden in the artwork by the disgruntled artist. Might be worth some $$$ some day.

I still have around 1,500 DVDs (in folder sleeves) in storage, but haven't really watched a DVD in years though, went fully electronic with my film library a few years back and never looked back. I still have a DVD player in storage as well.

Do wonder if VHS will have a renaissance so to speak like vinyl did in the music world. Not sure though, as vinyl has something uniquely positive to it even when compared to modern audio, while VHS really doesn't when compared to modern video. eg hook up a quality record player to high end audio equipment and the sound can be amazing. Hook up a quality VHS to top of the line 4K television set, and it's still that grainy VHS look I imagine.

Originally posted by Robtard
Haven't used a VHS is a very long time or owned a player, probably close to 12-13 years now. I kept one VHS tape, Disney's The Little Mermaid, because it has the very limited cover with the dildo hidden in the artwork by the disgruntled artist. Might be worth some $$$ some day

Please scan that in and post it. I gotta see it.

I wish I still had a VCR, the nostalgia value alone with being able to play VHS tapes would be legendary.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Please scan that in and post it. I gotta see it.

You can find it all over the internetwebers:

https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2013/06/little-mermaid-cover-1.jpg

A more detailed look:

http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/9526dac387c3da0c433c68ab49e1db24/202422463/3e17452a76c44545d85e3eff88329461.jpg

Rumor is the artist was going to be fired, so he had one final laugh before he left. Disney claims that it was unintentional and the spire just happens to look like a penis/dildo. They quickly altered the pic in later prints.

That's awesome. I think i even see a big throbbing vein on it, too.

Suck it, Disney. Suck it.

This was made awhile back: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brittanyhodak/2016/07/23/rip-vhs-worlds-last-vcr-to-be-made-this-month/#737c5223da18

crybaby

Dunno, still can't see VHS making a come back like vinyl records did with music.

Have to admit, I kind of want to buy a vintage top-loader VHS player. Not to play/watch cassettes, just always liked the way those looked, The very late 70's/early 80's ones.

I still use VHS's and cassette tapes, yes.

They'll never make a comeback because unlike digital media they're prone to mechanical wear every time you playback, re-record, etc.

Originally posted by Kurk
I still use VHS's and cassette tapes, yes.

They'll never make a comeback because unlike digital media they're prone to mechanical wear every time you playback, re-record, etc.

What do you watch?

Originally posted by Robtard
What do you watch? The last one I physically put into the VHS; let's see.....

I think it was The Rugrats Movie, but that was over 5 years ago. Of course I don't use VHS regularly, or watch movies regularly for that matter.

Oh dare someone ban Kurk! Inconceivable!

No, not like I am gonna get new films on it

Nope.

Those were the glory days, though.

No. VHS was awful. Good riddance. The snapping and cracking of the sound and having to fix the tracking with the picture. It was terrible. It wasn't charming snaps and pops like you get with vinyl records. At least vinyl has awesome sound quality on good speakers.

I'll never forget when my brother and (future) sister-in-law (at the time) had The Matrix and Twister on DVD and I was blown away by the clarity. Ha... and now we have Blu-ray and 4k Bluray.

Cleaning out the upstairs closet and found a box of old 90s TV shows on VHS I forgot I made...

Seaquest DSV and Earth2 Imma watch this weekend...

Farscape, Babylon 5, Space:Above and Beyond... man I missed these shows.

Wow you recorded them on analogue cable??


Excellent!!

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
No. VHS was awful. Good riddance. The snapping and cracking of the sound and having to fix the tracking with the picture. It was terrible. It wasn't charming snaps and pops like you get with vinyl records. At least vinyl has awesome sound quality on good speakers.

I'll never forget when my brother and (future) sister-in-law (at the time) had The Matrix and Twister on DVD and I was blown away by the clarity. Ha... and now we have Blu-ray and 4k Bluray.
Sounds like you just had a crappy VCR/movies.
My VCR and movies are ancient and I dont have those issues.

Originally posted by Dude111
Wow you recorded them on analogue cable??


Excellent!!

HAH! We didn't have cable out in the back woods, I recorded them from... antenna broadcast! dun dun dunnnn!!

Yeah, terrible reception, wavy lines, lots of static... the whole enchilada!

I still have my Totoro and Little Nemo Adventure in Slumberland VHS tape. Good memories.. Too nostalgic I couldn't throw it away.

In the box of tapes there was also Batman (1989) in minty fresh condition, I think I watched it once and then tossed it in the box, afterwards I've really only seen Batman on cable or Netflix.

Ya I have 2 movies recorded from OVER THE AIR (I found both at salvation army)

1) Quick change - 1990 (Recorded in 1996 on a local channel in my area)

2) ET - 1982 (Recorded in 1991 on the same channel)

Rception on ET was worse.. More lines and stuff but the movie itself is better than I had ever seen it due to it being 'digitally recorded' and that one was put on the VHS tape.......

Quick Change is also goregous (It isnt 'DIGITALLY PROCESSED' as it is on the offiical VHS tape)

I do not like digital anything.... ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS ORIGINALLY ANALOGUE!

VHS is for retards and nostalgia freaks. Let's collect laser disc while we're at it.

So strange how the world has changed.

Originally posted by FalconPaunch!
laser disc
^^^I skipped that entire phenomenon.

So strange how the world has changed. Yes its gotton much worse.....

I have two VHS films.

-The first release of The Sound of Music, double cassette. Was my family's first VHS, a gift.

-Disney's The Little Mermaid, because it has the very limited cover with the dildo hidden in the artwork by the disgruntled artist.


Haven't had a VHS player since probably 2003 or so.

Originally posted by Robtard

-Disney's The Little Mermaid, because it has the very limited cover with the dildo hidden in the artwork by the disgruntled artist.

^^^

Originally posted by Robtard
I have two VHS films.

-The first release of The Sound of Music, double cassette. Was my family's first VHS, a gift.

-Disney's The Little Mermaid, because it has the very limited cover with the dildo hidden in the artwork by the disgruntled artist.


Haven't had a VHS player since probably 2003 or so.

^^^

Disney denies this, claims there was no bad-blood and any resemblance to a dildo is simply coincidental.

https://www.snopes.com/uploads/2013/06/little-mermaid-closeup.jpg

That's clearly a dong though, dudes.

Worst VHS I saw was the gold edition of Star Wars. Lucas explains why he changed all the good parts of each film before you get to see them. What an ass hole!

Originally posted by Robtard
Disney denies this, claims there was no bad-blood and any resemblance to a dildo is simply coincidental.

https://www.snopes.com/uploads/2013/06/little-mermaid-closeup.jpg

That's clearly a dong though, dudes. Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
^^^

Top notch!

Yeah and during the song "Never had a friend like me," Genie moves the clouds to look like a big blue poo pile shape.

Originally posted by FalconPaunch!
VHS is for retards and nostalgia freaks. Let's collect laser disc while we're at it.

https://i.ibb.co/sPXpV63/IMG-3372.jpg