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post #1 of 23
10/24/06 at 7:20pm
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I dislike the current phasing out of VHS in favor of DVD's. When I was younger, I grew up near Piermont Pictures, once considered by Premiere magazine to be the greatest video store on the East Coast, particularly because of their foreign VHS collection. As I was moving, I was saddened to learn that they were phasing out their VHS collection. While I was dismayed to learn that they were going for $6 a pop ($10 for foreign VHS), it was even worse to see the final result- essentially a rattier, smaller Blockbuster.

Ther eis a bright side, though. The video store near my new place is dealing all their VHS' away, and I'm ready to make a killing. Last night, I spent $4 and came away with Oliver Stone's "Talk Radio", Van Damme's "Double Team", "Diggstown" and the HBO "Spawn" complete series.

Anybody else currently feasting on VHS sales?
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post #2 of 23
10/24/06 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by fabfunk
Van Damme's "Double Team"
Is it the box where Van Damme is displayed prominently on one side while Rodman is front and center on the other side? I won't give up my DVD but that old box was sweet.
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post #3 of 23
10/24/06 at 7:28pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
Is it the box where Van Damme is displayed prominently on one side while Rodman is front and center on the other side? I won't give up my DVD but that old box was sweet.
Indeed... and it's 3D!
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post #4 of 23
10/24/06 at 8:18pm
I've seen a lot of dirt cheap VHS over the last few years, but I just can't bring myself to buy it anymore. I guess you really can't go home.
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post #5 of 23
10/24/06 at 9:13pm
Vila Video (previously "Video Villa" until the lawsuit) near my house is taking them all out for a whopping 50 cents a piece. When I'm bored, I dig through my couch cushions, find a quarter, a nickel and two dimes, and make a purchase. It's brought me much joy in the way of "Showdown in Little Tokyo", "Shaolin Dolemite", "Bubba Ho-Tep" and "Attack of the Beast Creatures".
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post #6 of 23
10/24/06 at 9:14pm
Dude, where have you been? All the VHS tapes have bene sold years ago around here. I picked up a tape of The Hills Have Eyes back in like 2000 for 6 bucks at a store that was selling their supply.

I don't even own a VCR though, which sucks. No other way for me to watch Massacre at Central High or Fatty Drives the Bus.
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post #7 of 23
10/24/06 at 9:17pm
How can you not own a VCR? I'd die.
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post #8 of 23
10/24/06 at 9:47pm
It broke. It's not exactly at the top of my list of priorities to pick up a new one. Especially since I own most of my puny vhs collection on dvd now. It's just a few titles that haven't been released that I wish I could check out again.
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post #9 of 23
10/24/06 at 10:26pm
I see local department stores selling off old VHS movies for $3 and $4 a pop.
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post #10 of 23
10/24/06 at 10:44pm
I sold most of my VHS tapes online a few years ago or donated them to the local library.

I have a VCR, but its not plugged up.
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post #11 of 23
10/25/06 at 12:22am
I have a SHIT LOAD of videos. You wouldn't believe how many I have. (Fortunately the DVDs are starting to outnumber them)
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post #12 of 23
10/25/06 at 12:38am
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
How can you not own a VCR? I'd die.
Easy. Don't buy one to replace the one you had that died. Then forego Tivo/DVR & bitch when you can't record something you really want to see!

Happens to me from time to time. I keep threatening to put a TV card, etc, in the PC but still haven't done it.
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post #13 of 23
10/25/06 at 3:48am
I used to always think DVD was a fad and I would never conform. It reminds me of laserdisc, but it didn't explode like DVD. All my favorite movies I still have on VHS. I used to love Wizard of OZ when I was young. Enough that I read the entire series by Frank Baum in the third grade and my only copy of that is on VHS even though nearly every VCR wants to eat it.
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post #14 of 23
10/25/06 at 6:03am
I won't get rid of my video recorder while there are still things I can't get on dvd. However most of my videos have been watched so much some of them are now unplayable.
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post #15 of 23
10/25/06 at 6:30am
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage
I won't get rid of my video recorder while there are still things I can't get on dvd. However most of my videos have been watched so much some of them are now unplayable.
When I was younger, I killed three separate Lion King tapes.
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post #16 of 23
10/25/06 at 8:10am
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Originally Posted by fabfunk
I dislike the current phasing out of VHS in favor of DVD's...
If find it strange someone who claims to like movies hates superior visual clarity and enhanced audio capabilities.

This isn't like the debate over vinyl to CD (DJ's have a legitimate claim on the uses of Vinyl). VHS was an inferior format compared to even Betamax, let alone DVD.

Good Riddance.
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post #17 of 23
10/25/06 at 8:54am
The last VHS I bought was four years ago when I bought a second hand, ex-rental copy of Commando. I used to get stoned a lot and I didn't wanna shell for the DVD, but had the urge to count how many people he kills in that film. Its something like 10 up until he gets to the compound and then it totals something like 147.

However, I've never unplugged my VCR, just for the reason that there are some films that you can't get elsewhere (prime example being La Madre Muerta, a really great and slightly messed up Spanish film) and for all the stuff I taped off TV over the years. Where else can I sit down and watch 1492, with the inclusion of my favourite ad of all time in the first break? (Its a Halifax loan advert, featuring a pub, a gale and a lighthouse. Anyone that remembers that is my hero)
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post #18 of 23
10/26/06 at 6:09pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge
If find it strange someone who claims to like movies hates superior visual clarity and enhanced audio capabilities.

This isn't like the debate over vinyl to CD (DJ's have a legitimate claim on the uses of Vinyl). VHS was an inferior format compared to even Betamax, let alone DVD.

Good Riddance.
Yeah, but you're losing a sense of history. Many movies aren't available on the format. And I mean MANY movies. It's not an issue of preference- I'll always take DVD's. But VHS being thrown into the oblivion? I HATE that.

And there's a charming appeal to unpacking a tape when you watch your old VHS, not to mention the pre-fil trailers. I watched my copy of "Double Team" last night, and the first trailer was for Starship Fucking Troopers. I could have dropkicked eight R. Lee Ermeys, I was so pumped.

Molt, if you want the Double team VHS in the mail, I'd be happy to send it for a price.
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post #19 of 23
10/26/06 at 6:20pm
Thanks for the offer but I've already got TIMECOP and SUDDEN DEATH on VHS since they still don't have a widescreen DVD. If DOUBLE TEAM wasn't a widescreen disc I'd take you up on that.

As much as I have invested in DVDs I doubt I'll ever get rid of my VCR. I have tons of VHS tapes in a box with all sorts of crap I recorded off TV. Stuff from Letterman, Conan (including Lundgren's appearance, booya!), "SNL," and even Howard Stern on "The Magic Johnson Show." I'm sure there is some fancy way to get all that put on disc but for now I'll leave them be.
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post #20 of 23
10/27/06 at 1:49am
[QUOTE=fabfunk]I dislike the current phasing out of VHS in favor of DVD's. QUOTE]

Please, join us here in 2006. Its not perfect, but its nice
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post #21 of 23
10/27/06 at 2:18am
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Originally Posted by fabfunk
I dislike the current phasing out of VHS in favor of DVD's. When I was younger, I grew up near Piermont Pictures, once considered by Premiere magazine to be the greatest video store on the East Coast, particularly because of their foreign VHS collection. As I was moving, I was saddened to learn that they were phasing out their VHS collection. While I was dismayed to learn that they were going for $6 a pop ($10 for foreign VHS), it was even worse to see the final result- essentially a rattier, smaller Blockbuster.

Ther eis a bright side, though. The video store near my new place is dealing all their VHS' away, and I'm ready to make a killing. Last night, I spent $4 and came away with Oliver Stone's "Talk Radio", Van Damme's "Double Team", "Diggstown" and the HBO "Spawn" complete series.

Anybody else currently feasting on VHS sales?
I've seen good versions of Talk Radio and Diggstown on DVD.

I never had a lot of VHS tapes because I knew a better format was on the way. Most of the tapes I own are stuff that is not out yet, like The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Death Ship, Night of the Creeps, Monster Squad.


Some comedy bits from Conan and Letterman. The final episode of Dave at NBC, final episode of Cheers Various actors guest apperances on SNL.

I have my VCR simply because I like to tape Letterman/Conan when I'm at work. The single best thing I have on tape is my movie
review television show I did in college. I need to get those switched over before something happens to the tapes.

As for the passing of VHS, I say good riddance. Gimme those glorious HDs!
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post #22 of 23
10/27/06 at 12:19pm
Much like those above, I washed my hands clean of VHS a while ago. I had gotten rid of all movies, but only held on to my VCR so I could tape TV shows. Once the glorious DVR entered my entertainment system, adios magnetic tape.

I don't own a tape player either. With modern technology so cheap, why would you?
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post #23 of 23
10/27/06 at 2:57pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge
If find it strange someone who claims to like movies hates superior visual clarity and enhanced audio capabilities.

This isn't like the debate over vinyl to CD (DJ's have a legitimate claim on the uses of Vinyl). VHS was an inferior format compared to even Betamax, let alone DVD.

Good Riddance.
Amen.

I just can't wait for some people to start claiming that somehow VHS has warmer images then DVD.
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