Apperantly Blu-Ray will fail because VCR (!!!) is still in!!!

[AlexKx]

I had some sales guy at at either HG Gregg or Best Buy I can't remember who was telling me reasons why people may not adopt Blu-Ray is because people are still buying loads of VCR PLAYERS! Oh well, huh? It has truely come to my attention that there are literally millions of people in the U.S. who are (financially speaking) are in the lower poverty line who are frankly being left behind by civilization. I don't know if they are the ones buying VCRs or if it's old people or what the deal is. Is something wrong with me?!

[The Don]

ahaha...everyone I know has a DVD player...

once they started going for 30 bucks...everyone has found a way to get a DVD player..

[Heavens Downfall]

Whats a VCR?

[MatrixS2000]

Can you EVEN buy a movie on VHS today????

[jorg]

i think the sales person might of been speeking of d-vhs to record in hd i think 1 tape could record 120min in 1080i

[teacher_man99]

AlexKx,

From a personal perspective, there's still something to that "old people" perspective. My parents wouldn't even have a DVD player if I hadn't: given one to them, then went to their house and hooked it up for them, then went back a couple times and showed them how it worked again, then instructed them verbally over the phone how to use the DVD player. I hope that sounds as frustrating as the actual experience. Trust me, it was twice as bad when I gave them a computer with internet access. E-mail alone has been paramount to some type of revolution for them. I am currently working on digital pictures with them, and my mother thinks that it is time for the second coming of Christ just because she correctly attached a digital image to an e-mail, ISYN. Back on beginning topic, they still purchase the occasional VHS cassette and recently sought my assistance in purchasing and installing a replacement VCR because the old one went bust. They still have the same TV they had when I was in Jr. High for crying out loud (and we won't discuss how long ago that was). HOWEVER, I would not say this is some huge drawback to the adoption-rate of Blu-ray. My parents may be poor and old, but they really saw the benefit of Blu-ray on my 65" 1080p tv this past week when they came to visit. My mother has a near-drowning incident in her childhood and about sh*t her pants watching "The Guardian" on BR!

[Unkn0wn47]

I have not seen any VHS tapes for sales. I think I might have a few Disney ones in a box somewhere.

[pbnbcr]

I work in sales and I can honestly say the only people buying VCRs are those in the older segment. Most people are just opting for the VCR/DVD combos so they can watch their old movies while others are buying the combos with the DVD recorders to convert their old tapes. A lot of the people I talk to who buy VCRs are so technologically challenged that they rely on others to hook it up and show them how to use it. That being said, these people aren't like the majority of people who are truly wanting to upgrade to HD and have a great picture. To them, and they always tell me this, their 25 year old tv looks better than any of these "high-density" tvs...

[sardaukar1977]

I have some old VHS tapes in storage somewhere, But I don't even have an old VCR to play them on, besides which, most I have replaced with DVD by now. I am now transitioning over to HD, on most of the old DVD's, I haven't watched a VHS tape in probably 5 years or more.

[buckshot]

i own 1 vhs tape. rikki tikki tavi. a short cartoon based off a story from the jungle book series. the only reason i have that is because of the sentimental value, and its not available on dvd.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by AlexKx

I had some sales guy at at either HG Gregg or Best Buy I can't remember who was telling me reasons why people may not adopt Blu-Ray is because people are still buying loads of VCR PLAYERS! Oh well, huh? It has truely come to my attention that there are literally millions of people in the U.S. who are (financially speaking) are in the lower poverty line who are frankly being left behind by civilization. I don't know if they are the ones buying VCRs or if it's old people or what the deal is. Is something wrong with me?!

Standalone VHS, S-VHS, and D-VHS machines went out of production on March 1st 2007 by every company that was still making standalone VHS, S-VHS, and D-VHS machines. The only VHS machines that are being manufactured are cheap combo units bundled with a DVD player and sometimes a TV. What is a shame is no one makes combo S-VHS or D-VHS machines. If manufactories are going to make a few low quality VHS/DVD combo units for a while I wish they would make some HDTV D-VHS machines also but they are not. Since standalone Blu-ray recorders are not going to be released until sometime in 2008 it would have been nice if JVC would have continued to make a D-VHS machines to record 1080I programs on. Until standalone Blu-ray recorders arrive the only other option to record HDTV is on a DVR hard drive which is temp storage for most people. Of course those that own a computer can purchase a Blu-ray recorder for their computer with an ATSC/QAM tuner card.

[boweyang]

my friend still has his reel 2 reel player, is he hip?

[jrchisholm]

Originally Posted by buckshot

i own 1 vhs tape. rikki tikki tavi. a short cartoon based off a story from the jungle book series. the only reason i have that is because of the sentimental value, and its not available on dvd.

I believe Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is available on DVD for under $10.00. It has a bonus cartoon Yankee Doodle Cricket also. Just thought I would let you know.

[PS3Maniac]

Originally Posted by Heavens Downfall

Whats a VCR?

It's what a pirate uses to compress his HD movies...

[DavePS3]

VHS??? Man, that's just wrong! Everyone knows it's SuperBetaHi-Fi all the way... Woo!

Mr. Lost In The 70's,
3268 Old Fart Lane,
Technically Dated, Manitoba Canada
HuH WuT

[GrimZy]

D-VHS records 1080 and I like to use them to record TV, it is linear and simple.

[Rainman]

LOL, reading this all I could think of was Borat.


And this is my VCR....Record.

[jw]

I had a guy at WM try to talk me into the new 6 head VCR? I was like WTF, I was trying to look at the DVR. He said these things are great, you can record DVDs to VHS.......I laughed and moved on

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by AlexKx

I had some sales guy at at either HG Gregg or Best Buy I can't remember who was telling me reasons why people may not adopt Blu-Ray is because people are still buying loads of VCR PLAYERS! Oh well, huh? It has truely come to my attention that there are literally millions of people in the U.S. who are (financially speaking) are in the lower poverty line who are frankly being left behind by civilization. I don't know if they are the ones buying VCRs or if it's old people or what the deal is. Is something wrong with me?!

Rats! I knew this was too good to be true! I will miss you blu-ray! Helloooooo VHS!!!

[navyman]

Originally Posted by PS3Maniac

It's what a pirate uses to compress his HD movies...

My Gosh that is funny. I almost fell off my chair. I hope that didn't fly over anyone's head.