The End of an Era

[King Kamala]

I know this is a week old but I haven't seen it anywhere else here (and I'm not going to wade through a bunch CTDWAT pages)

 

The Last Standalone VCR rolls off the assembly line

 

'Tis is a sad day. I believe the VCR played as pivotal of a role in the end of The Cold War as Regan and Gorbachev. Once The Russians saw our sweet way of life through bootleg VHS copies of Porky's, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Teen Wolf, they couldn't put up with communism for much longer.

[RepoMan]

I actually need to get around to purchasing a new (for me at least) VCR for all the movies I don't feel like buying again and all the old stuff I taped off of TV.

[Jingus]

Once The Russians saw our sweet way of life through bootleg VHS copies of Porky's, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Teen Wolf, they couldn't put up with communism for much longer.

That was the main one. "Holy SHIT, did you see how many of our troops that American guy killed?!"

 

I still do have a fuckload of VHS tapes, mostly wrestling stuff but also a lot of movies. I do need to get myself a new VCR sometime before they stop selling the damn things, the ones I have are a bit old and tired.

[King Kamala]

Fun fact: Last major studio movie to be released on VHS? A History of Violence

[CanadianGuitarist]

It's hard to believe, isnt it? I know it's been dwindling to a halt for about six or seven years, but I'd say, when I was at Wal*Mart, I sold about three VCR's a week, and probably a dozen combo units per week.

[cabbageboy]

Yeah I would always buy a combo unit since I still have all sorts of old tapes that I might want to play. Or a combo DVD/VHS recorder so I can convert stuff over to disc.

[2GOLD]

 

Of those that record VHS to DVD, how much can you get on one DVD? Cause I have a LOT of MST3Ks I have got to transfer before time runs out.

 

Plus it'll probably return like the record player did. Blank VHS tapes won't but I'm sure the VCR will show his ugly head again.

[Jebus]

Of those that record VHS to DVD, how much can you get on one DVD? Cause I have a LOT of MST3Ks I have got to transfer before time runs out.

 

Depending on the speed, I can record either 1, 2, 4 or 6 hours per DVD.

I tend to stick to 2 hours (SP mode) because the picture gets too pixellated after that.

6 hour mode looks like shit and I use 4 hour mode only when transferring old 3 hour wrestling PPV's.

 

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS!]

If you are so inclined you can compress over 20 hours onto a dual layer disc. I have the entire season of on 24 on one disc that a friend of mine bought while he was stationed in Afghanistan, and, yes, the quality is as horrible as you would think.

[ohnobadboi]

I wonde ri fAny of my old VHS tapes still have that good ol' blur from where I paused them alot... either nudie scenes, or like wrestlers i like. I am an artist/writer (OR i try to be) so I will pause wresltinh PPVs and get the picture i want So i can draw it, like Big Show chokeslam Brock, or Benoit doing the Crossface (I made a cool Benooit print the day he died with "We will mniss you chris" but then I learned the (supposed) truth!)

[BruteSquad_BRODY]

I have a number of tapes frpm 1995 that are very worn with lines during Sunny Segments. Odd.

[Dandy]

I wonde ri fAny of my old VHS tapes still have that good ol' blur from where I paused them alot... either nudie scenes, or like wrestlers i like. I am an artist/writer (OR i try to be) so I will pause wresltinh PPVs and get the picture i want So i can draw it, like Big Show chokeslam Brock, or Benoit doing the Crossface (I made a cool Benooit print the day he died with "We will mniss you chris" but then I learned the (supposed) truth!)

Remember, kids: Don't Do Drugs.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Good riddance. Magnetic tape is the worst shit ever.