Where have all the VHS gone?

[tron3]

Simple scientific curiosity, that's all. Multiple choice poll.

I sold a couple, gave some away. Even "recycled" some as movie tapes. Can't bring myself to just trash them.

[Ferris]

Oh I sold mine years ago. Though my mother seems to have a ton of VHS tapes still. Yikes....

[bhampton]

It's easily been 10 years since I've had any.

Hmmm... well,.. almost. I remember in 1999 I had a monaural VCR and wanted a Stereo VCR to watch rented movies (I don't think I ever owned VHS tapes) but Fry's had a multi-media kit for PC's with a DVD Drive and hardware decoder board so I got that instead. I don't remember ever watching a VHS tape after that day.

--Brian

p.s. Was tempted to get into HDVHS or D-Theater just before HD on Optical disc became available.

[scott87]

god mine are long gone

i have this limited edition friends one but that is only because i want to see if ican some money for it one day..but im highly doubting that now

[Moefiz]

Got rid of all of them...except one.

[stockstar1138]

i got one of these:

bought some $99 thing that cracked the security on the movies from Israel and transfered all my VHS to DVD.

PS3 upscales my old VHSs great!

[Marquoz]

Copied a couple VHS tapes to DVD, and threw the rest away.

[hc666]

I have many old school 80s horror movies on VHS that never made their way to DVD or blu ray.

[Galley]

I never owned more than a dozen because I knew it was a crap format.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Gave away some, sold some, trashed some.

[Deadset]

Kept some that didn't make it to DVD. The rest went to the pawn shop many many years ago.

[groovyone]

Still have my old Star Wars and Bond box sets.

[big-bleu]

Originally Posted by Marquoz

Copied a couple VHS tapes to DVD, and threw the rest away.

thats what i did at least the ones that where still in excellent condition
i hated when the video got distorted

[EvolutionCherry]

All are gone. Some given away, sold, or stolen.

[Teabaggins]

I have an old Sony Wega 32 inch CRT(about 10 years old, still a pretty good picture for what it is) in one of the other rooms and it's sitting on a trunk that has all my VHS tapes in it. the TV is so heavy that the tapes will never see the light of day again unless I get rid of the tv

[dadkins]

Still have and use a Sony(shocker) VHS VCR in the living room.
It records Robot Chicken for me every Sunday night.

Still works like new(another shocker).
Remote still has the original batteries in it and they work fine.
Movies, yeah!
Have a bunch, newest is Eddie Murphy in Doctor Dolittle.
ALL KINDS of older VHS tapes, store bought and self recorded.

[Beta Man]

I never owned any..... started buying DVDs in 1997 or early 1998..... Only rented until DVD came out, and when I saw the AMAZING PQ that DVD had (it's still good, but I can't believe how "wowed" I was 10 years ago!) I started buying them.

[My_Two_Cents]

I've kept in storage all of the classic Disney movies, several versions of Star Wars IV-VI and a copy of Star Trek II autographed by George Takei. The rest were sold at garage sales long ago.

[Teabaggins]

Originally Posted by dadkins

Still have and use a Sony(shocker) VHS VCR in the living room.
It records Robot Chicken for me every Sunday night.
.

have you considered a dvr? they are like $5 a month from most cable companies

[groovyone]

Originally Posted by dadkins

Still have and use a Sony(shocker) VHS VCR in the living room.
It records Robot Chicken for me every Sunday night.

Still works like new(another shocker).
Remote still has the original batteries in it and they work fine.
Movies, yeah!
Have a bunch, newest is Eddie Murphy in Doctor Dolittle.
ALL KINDS of older VHS tapes, store bought and self recorded.

I was recording RC, but then they started loading full episodes on the AdultSwim.com website.