Are you holding on to your VHS tapes? (1 Viewer)

[Mark Zimmer]

Unfortunately, most of my VHS collection is stuff that has yet to be released on DVD---Bogart, Cagney, etc. I have been disposing of VHS as I replace them with DVD, though. My little nephew is the beneficiary of many Disney videos in this manner.

 

[Ron-P]

Are you holding on to your VHS tapes?

Except for some kids Disney movies that are not on DVD yet all my other VHS tapes are gone. I sold them at a garage sale many months ago.
Peace Out~

 

[Jesse Skeen]

I don't have too many VHS tapes, but I'm keeping all the ones I have. I have a collection of about 1200 CED videodiscs though!

 

[Patrick McCart]

I won't get rid of a VHS until I have the DVD.

I'm going to give my high school library my tapes of Citizen Kane, Jurassic Park, Amadeus (LBX), and 2001: A Space Odyssey (LBX) since I have the much better DVDs.

 

[Jeff Pryor]

I'm slowly replacing my VHS tapes with DVDs, but I can't bring myself to sell or throw away any of the tapes. I was a big VHS widescreen fan in the 90's, and although I have fully embraced DVD for years now, my tapes kinda feel like old vinyl.

 

[Jeff_HR]

I have a collection of about 1200 CED videodiscs though!

You're the first person that I've ever heard of who owned one of those players. At 1200 disks, you must have supported the medium all by yourself.

 

[Juan C Toro]

What is a VHS tape?
Jeff: Of course I was kidding.... What do you think the "C" in my name stands for? Caustic of course!

 

[Jeff_HR]

Are you kidding Mr Toro?
:rolleyes

 

[Jesse Skeen]

I've only been collecting CEDs for about 10 years, long after they were already dead. There's a guy in Oregon who claims to have every title ever made (which I'm trying to do myself), he runs the CED website at www.cedmagic.com
I'd probably hate the format if it were still being made today, since the skipping is annoying, but I'm compelled to collect it since it's a dead format! (I have 15 DIVX discs too but nothing to play those on!)

 

[Steve Phillips]

I didn't even know that 1500 titles were released on CED!

I've still got about 250 VHS tapes, all TV shows or movies not on DVD. I'm slowly making DVDs from them though, so the number keeps dropping. I'll never get rid of some of them. Still got some laserdsics also.

 

[Ricky Hustle]

I eBay-ed what I could. I promptly threw the rest in the trash. If it's not out on DVD yet, it will be eventually. And I can wait, I'm a patient man.

 

[Steve Christou]

After I buy the DVD I usually give away my old VHS copy to friends and relatives.

But I still have hundreds and hundreds of irreplacable documentaries and tv stuff on VHS (since 1980), such as the launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981, taped on the day, I filled up a 3hour tape of the launch and other reports of the mission, when DVD recording becomes affordable I will transfer everything onto digital disc.

I also have many classic films that are still unavailable on dvd...
So VHS is still important to me.

 

[Jeff_HR]

If it's not out on DVD yet, it will be eventually. And I can wait, I'm a patient man

I beg to differ. But let's hope we're both around long enough to find out.

 

[DeathStar1]

I never bought a lot of VHS tapes at all>>
Same here. Most of my stuff is TV Taped. I must have had about 30 or so VHS tapes. Over the past ten years, I started to self edit my tapes by cutting and litterally taping together the peices I've wanted to keep, and throwing miles of tape out in the garbage. Garbage man must have thought I went on a tape killing spree ...
After narrowing it down to about 15 tapes, I'm converting most of 'em to DVD. Some I'll keep for sentimental reasons, like my first Bought official tape (of a Popeye video), but the rest will probably be thrown out.