Something I never quite understood about VHS tapes

[thrillmygorilla]

I wonder if VHS will have a resurgence like vinyl records did.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by thrillmygorilla

I wonder if VHS will have a resurgence like vinyl records did.

Is rather have a resurgence in LaserDisc with better technology so the whole movie can be on one side, and less bit rot occurrences.

Nice big discs that can display great cover art, similar to vinyl records.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Is rather have a resurgence in LaserDisc with better technology so the whole movie can be on one side, and less bit rot occurrences.

Nice big discs that can display great cover art, similar to vinyl records.

Like ... just put a DVD or Blu into a big sleeve ...

[bhampton]

The only hoarders episode I saw was about a guy with a house full of VHS and many of them were soaking wet.... It was so bad in every possible way.

[xander]

Originally Posted by thrillmygorilla

I wonder if VHS will have a resurgence like vinyl records did.

Doubtful because vinyl is still a superior audio format as part of the allure, where as VHS is pretty poor. That said, there's a couple niche labels like Alamo Drafthouse who have offered a VHS release recently as a nostalgia piece when they have put out the blu's.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by thrillmygorilla

I wonder if VHS will have a resurgence like vinyl records did.

If anything gets a resurgence the way vinyls did, it ought to be having actual projectors with actual reels of 35mm film. Then you'd get that same true-to-source analogue quality just like with records.

Not sure about anybody else, but I'm not that film-crazy to invest in that kind of stuff. I'm perfectly happy with Blu-Rays on my 55" screen (VHSes have always sucked in my experience).

[Patient-X]

Originally Posted by thrillmygorilla

I wonder if VHS will have a resurgence like vinyl records did.

A resurgence in vinyl records? Yes, as they sound better. A resurgence in VHS? No, they were crap then and they're just as much crap now.

[AnamorphicWidescreen]

I got rid of my VHS player in 1996, and never looked back. The format was execrable. I would rather not watch a film at all than watch it on a VHS tape....

I didn't have any home video after that for years, until I got my first DVD player in the early 200X's.