Does anyone still use VHS tapes?

[It's Chase]

I found my old VCR I had as a kid along with a bunch of tapes. The question is do people still use VHS? And do people still make them?

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You can still buy blank vhs tapes. No movies are released on vhs no more so the only way to find them is at a second hand store.
I don't have a vcr no more but my dad has like 3 of them plus a beta vcr.

[Blargo]

Elementary and high schools seem to still use them.
Along with CRT televisions.

[Sirens]

I found a box full of VHS tapes right next to my neighbor's trashcan, so i'll take that as a no.

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Origineel geplaatst door DeadSirens:

I found a box full of VHS tapes right next to my neighbor's trashcan, so i'll take that as a no.

Yea, it was her dead husbands porn collection. (jk)

[Arya]

Origineel geplaatst door Miss Ann Thrope:

I believe my parents still have a VCR, though it hasn't been used in years. The internal mechanisms have probably all seized up by now.

That should be fixable, they're pretty simple. Some grease might save it.

I don't use VCR much anymore, but I do use audio casettes and vinyl records. I love having music on formats from it's era, for authenticity. And because of love '70s and '80s music that means vinyls and 8-tracks. It's way cheaper than buying through iTunes, let alone CD. And the audio quality is magic, there's a warmth to old vinyl that newer formats just can't match.

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Origineel geplaatst door Wolfey:

Origineel geplaatst door Miss Ann Thrope:

I believe my parents still have a VCR, though it hasn't been used in years. The internal mechanisms have probably all seized up by now.

That should be fixable, they're pretty simple. Some grease might save it.

I don't use VCR, but I do use audio casettes and vinyl records. I love to have msuic on formarts from when it was made, and because I love older record music that means records. It's way cheaper than buying new CDs or using iTunes, and the audio quality is just lovely.

100% agree.

[It's Chase]

Origineel geplaatst door Off the grid:

Origineel geplaatst door Wolfey:

That should be fixable, they're pretty simple. Some grease might save it.

I don't use VCR, but I do use audio casettes and vinyl records. I love to have msuic on formarts from when it was made, and because I love older record music that means records. It's way cheaper than buying new CDs or using iTunes, and the audio quality is just lovely.

100% agree.

They're actually pretty bullet proof. The VCR I have is from the late 80's, and it still works. After a lot of use you usually want to open it up and clean the head, and whatever else seems dirty.

[Arya]

Origineel geplaatst door It's Chase:

They're actually pretty bullet proof. The VCR I have is from the late 80's, and it still works. After a lot of use you usually want to open it up and clean the head, and whatever else seems dirty.

That's a common theme across these older formats, and a big part of why I love them. You can easily fix your own hardware, without any skills or tools or training. Because they're all really simple, usually just a spool and a reading head.

[traveller]

I suspect I bought one of the last VCR's being produced. It is still very functional and I recorded a lot of films, in the past, so I keep it to play some of the films I own. I don't record anymore. When I went to Amazon and looked up blank tapes, most people had negative reviews about their quality. Either they don't make tapes like they used to or the tapes are old and showing their age. So I don't recommend buying any tapes. Just use what you have.

[Arya]

Origineel geplaatst door traveller:

I suspect I bought one of the last VCR's being produced. It is still very functional and I recorded a lot of films, in the past, so I keep it will play some of the films I own. I don't record anymore. When I went to Amazon and looked up blank tapes, most people had negative reviews about their quality. Either they don't make tapes like they used to or the tapes are old and showing their age. So I don't recommend buying any tapes. Just use what you have.

It would make sense of quality had gone downhill. They're not in mainstream use anymore, so profits will be small. The companies would necessarily need to cut costs to make continued production viable, IE create a very cheap and nasty product.

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Origineel geplaatst door Wolfey:

there's a warmth to old vinyl that newer formats just can't match.

I think it's called nostalgia

[traveller]

Origineel geplaatst door Wolfey:

Origineel geplaatst door traveller:

I suspect I bought one of the last VCR's being produced. It is still very functional and I recorded a lot of films, in the past, so I keep it will play some of the films I own. I don't record anymore. When I went to Amazon and looked up blank tapes, most people had negative reviews about their quality. Either they don't make tapes like they used to or the tapes are old and showing their age. So I don't recommend buying any tapes. Just use what you have.

It would make sense of quality had gone downhill. They're not in mainstream use anymore, so profits will be small. The companies would necessarily need to cut costs to make continued production viable, IE create a very cheap and nasty product.

That is the impression I got from the bad reviews. It is sad because with VHS you had the option to record. Now with the better quality of broadcast TV I would get some decent recordings. I had bad reception in the past and it shows.

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Origineel geplaatst door traveller:

Origineel geplaatst door Wolfey:

It would make sense of quality had gone downhill. They're not in mainstream use anymore, so profits will be small. The companies would necessarily need to cut costs to make continued production viable, IE create a very cheap and nasty product.

That is the impression I got from the bad reviews. It is sad because with VHS you had the option to record. Now with the better quality of broadcast TV I would get some decent recordings. I had bad reception in the past and it shows.

They used to make they may still do a dvd recorder that worked like a vcr.

[traveller]

Off the grid

That would be nice.

I bet Amazon has one. I stopped recording ages ago. That is why I never looked into it.

[Kazakh V3]

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