R.I.P. VHS

[JamesMike]

Use a small screwdriver. Remove all the screws, then depress any plastic tabs or buttons required to release the lid.This usually requires a small screwdriver. Remove all the screws, then depress any plastic tabs or buttons required to release the lid. Gently unwind the dial on the motor that releases the cassette. When it lifts up off of the spools, remove it from the machine, then replace the VCR cover.
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Well you will laugh over this one: It is not a Hitachi. I guess the Hitachi caught an early flight to the next level... so okay, it's a Zenith, a VRA423.

It says across the face of the tape input slot speak-ez voice directed operating system

tbh I don't remember squat about this machine. Whatever I last said to it, it took offense.

 

[Arran]

Funny thread. I digitized all my old VHS tapes back in the mid 2000's and then dumped the hardware. Mostly the kids' Pingu videos. I then painstakingly put them in iTunes and added the metadata by hand.

iTunes playcounts are still showing '0'! That's Zero with a capital zee

Guess I'll keep them for the grandkids?

 

[ActionableMango]

Spendy!

Two years later, these VCRs are now going for $1000 instead of $500.

Apparently I should have bought a bunch of these VCRs to help diversify my retirement fund.

 

[D.T.]

Two years later, these VCRs are now going for $1000 instead of $500.

Apparently I should have bought a bunch of these VCRs to help diversify my retirement fund.

Picked up four of them, and four copies of several movies, have them linked so they output a single 4K signal ...

 

[max2]

Two years later, these VCRs are now going for $1000 instead of $500.

Apparently I should have bought a bunch of these VCRs to help diversify my retirement fund.

Wow I have about 8 just sitting here.

 

[dogslobber]

Had to google what this is. Seems like some type of pre-DVD format that your mom's mom might have used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS

 

[ActionableMango]

Had to google what this is. Seems like some type of pre-DVD format that your mom's mom might have used.

Get off my lawn!

 

[smetvid]

Please be kind...REWIND!

Anyone have a Blu ray rewinder?

Just spin it backwards.

 

[ActionableMango]

Just spin it backwards.

If you do that with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", he ages normally but everyone else is weird.

 

[ctrlzone]

LaserDisc has clearly superior video and audio clarity. Tape is for losers.

since tape is analog it has a way better resolution than any digital medium will ever have

 

[Huntn]

LaserDisc has clearly superior video and audio clarity. Tape is for losers.

What about digital tape? I’ll concede that the disk format is less susceptible to wear and tear than tape.
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since tape is analog it has a way better resolution than any digital medium will ever have

Tape is not always analog.