Poll: Do you still own a VHS?

[Versipellis]

I still have a VCR, and VHS tapes. I gave away a whole bin full of my old Disney movies and stuff to charity, but I kept a few favorites. Like Disney's Prince and the Pauper, and The Carnival of the Animals, Looney Tunes style. Can't get those on DVD, to my knowledge.

 

[Phoenix Arrow]

I like the video quality that you get from a VHS. It is simply awesome.

My god. You're clearly too young to REALLLY remember VHS players if you think that. When if you had plans, the only way to watch it later was Video+. When any time you wanted to watch a video, you had to put up with grain all over the screen and had to tune it yourself to find the best picture. If you paused it for to long, it would damage the tape, if you used play and rewind or fastforward at the same time, it would damage the tape. If you looked at your VHS player the wrong way, would eat the tape out of spite and you'd lose both the player and the tape. I gave myself so many shocks trying to get the remnants of broken tapes of the spinny bit.

But I remember when I was younger. We had one TV and I was never allowed to watch things when anyone else was, being the youngest. I was 5 I think. But I used to get my mum to record the Crystal Maze on the TV and I'd watch it when I got home from school. I had like 3 episodes to a tape and I'd sit and watch all of them back to back while builing towers with building blocks until I got turfed out of the living room. I remember we had one tape which was half Crystal Maze then the other half was the old Willy Wonka film with Gene Wilder. Ahh. Good times.

But yes, I still have one. Still have all my episodes of the Crystal Maze too. Not to mention all the school plays from primary school and all the late 80's/early 90's Disney films, all on VHS.

 

[crypt-creature]

Yes, in fact I'm watching a tape full of Animaniacs recordings.

I would love DVD's more if they were harder to scratch.
No, I'm not careless with my DVD's. I just find that certain DVD's, depending on how they were recorded, play better than others and the slightest scratch can make a huge difference.
Tis very annoying at times.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

I've kept one so I can transfer old videos to DVD, to archive them for future generations

(Mainly 80s and 90s comedy that will never ever end up getting released on DVD!)

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

It's probably sitting in the basement collecting dust. I did have another one until recently, but we just used that for the surround sound.

 

[Commander Jack Rankin]

Yes, it's part of combo DVD/VHS player. I used to watch my old tapes quite a bit, but now the damn thing keeps screwing up the tapes.

 

[iamnotincompliance]

Sorry, but the way it was intended to be seen does not matter. Lucas made the changes that he wanted to the franchise and those are what will stand as cannon from not until people forget about Star Wars. It does not matter what I want, what you want or the rest of the world cares about.

Anyway, I got my original set on DVD a few months ago. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Harrison-Ford/dp/B001EN71DG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1261277064&sr=8-1

It has 6 discs, three the way Lucas wants the story to be told (special editions), and 3 the way the fanboys remember it (original theatrical releases).

I know. It's just so rarely I decide to rile the fanboys of anything, and that was as good an opportunity as any, so I'll elaborate. I have the original laser disc releases, I have the... 1994?... re-released laser discs that were color corrected to "the way they were intended", I have the... 1997-ish?... theatrical re-release DVDs with the added scenes and whatnot, and I have the latest color-corrected but no added scene DVDs that you mentioned. Whatever the hell Lucas wants to call canon, he can bring it, I am prepared.

However, given the '97ish add-on release and those movies that dared to be called Episodes I through III (plus Indy IV), I do have to question whether or not George Lucas is out of his fucking mind, but that's for another topic.

So, before this is derailed further... umm... VHS! Woo woo!

 

[DarkPanda XIII]

Mine broke, and I really just didn't bring myself to collect another one.

 

[quiet_samurai]

Yup, it's one of those built in VCR TV thingys. I've had it since I was in high school. Never use it though. Partially because I don't own any VHS tape any more, but mostly because I dropped it once and Waynes World 2 is forever lodged inside it.

 

[malestrithe]

Of course, how else could I watch my Star Wars Collection?

DVD.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EN71DG/ref=s9_simp_gw_s0_p74_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1V4E1ZBT23TR9MWZH01A&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

Remember last year when geek culture exploded because Fox was producing a run of original trilogy DVD's? Well, Fox did and even though it comes with the special edition stuff. The box set is still available.

The original collection is exactly how the fanboys remember it. No scene with Jabba and Solo, Han fired first, the titles was not changed to A New Hope.

I still do not see the problem. You are still acting like whiney little kids because George Lucas did not ask any of if it was alright to change his legacy. I am sorry but he does not need your permission to change things.

It does not matter what the fans want. People in the future will see the Special editions as the definitive versions because the original author re did them. Much like they will see the 20th anniversary version of ET as the definitive version also.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

I do, and I used to use it quite frequently to record TV shows and stuff until about a year ago when I got DVR. Now it doesn't really do much.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Be careful! You do not want to buy the digitally enhanced DVD's of Star Wars. Why? Because:

Han Solo doesn't shoot first!

Also, Hayden Christensen is in the end of Return of the Jedi

Digitally enhanced?! Of course not, I'm not suicidal!

 

[Gmano]

no, don't want one, and I am beginning to think DVD is obsolete
the machine marches on!

This confuses me. How is the DVD format becoming obsolete? There's not enough of a visual difference between DVD and Blu-ray to actually constitute buying a blu-ray player that isn't also a PS3, and there's no other selling point besides the visual difference. Am I missing something, or are you talking about digital distribution of movies?

The blu-rays can store a lot more data, sacrificing read time (this is why the ps3 needs to do the whole installing thing). a single hd-dvd or 2 dvds can do just as well as a blu-ray (due to the fact that the blu-ray needs less compression to keep the time down). It is also more prone to mechanical error and scratching. TBH there isn't really a huge difference, and any movie I need to see in HD i can stream.

There really is no reason to buy a BD player, just stick with your dvd. You could get a PS3, or, if you got a lot of blu-rays for and do not want to ask for receipts your could get an el-cheapo one...

 

[KP Shadow]

Yes, and a TV with a built in VCR... from after VCRs and VHS became obsolete. Neither of them work, though.

 

[Cherry Cola]

I like the video quality that you get from a VHS. It is simply awesome.

My god. You're clearly too young to REALLLY remember VHS players if you think that. When if you had plans, the only way to watch it later was Video+. When any time you wanted to watch a video, you had to put up with grain all over the screen and had to tune it yourself to find the best picture. If you paused it for to long, it would damage the tape, if you used play and rewind or fastforward at the same time, it would damage the tape. If you looked at your VHS player the wrong way, would eat the tape out of spite and you'd lose both the player and the tape. I gave myself so many shocks trying to get the remnants of broken tapes of the spinny bit.

But I remember when I was younger. We had one TV and I was never allowed to watch things when anyone else was, being the youngest. I was 5 I think. But I used to get my mum to record the Crystal Maze on the TV and I'd watch it when I got home from school. I had like 3 episodes to a tape and I'd sit and watch all of them back to back while builing towers with building blocks until I got turfed out of the living room. I remember we had one tape which was half Crystal Maze then the other half was the old Willy Wonka film with Gene Wilder. Ahh. Good times.

But yes, I still have one. Still have all my episodes of the Crystal Maze too. Not to mention all the school plays from primary school and all the late 80's/early 90's Disney films, all on VHS.

But I like the grain on the screen. Makes me think of my childhood when we watched old Swedish classics on the VHS.

 

[likalaruku]

We're too cheap to "upgrade" our videos to DVD. So long as the tapes still work, all 5 VHS players will remain hooked up. We get all our NEW stuff on DVD, unless it's widescreen-only. I hate those f**king black bars. & we have 3 cassete boomboxes, a record player, a sewing machine from the 1800s, a Sega Genesis, a tape walkman, & these things called "books" that force you to turn the page manually & use your imagination.

 

[XJ-0461]

There's a VCR downstairs, though it hardly gets used, and never by me.

There might be another one in the loft (attic for all you Americans out there) as well.

 

[Aunel]

no, don't want one, and I am beginning to think DVD is obsolete
the machine marches on!

This confuses me. How is the DVD format becoming obsolete? There's not enough of a visual difference between DVD and Blu-ray to actually constitute buying a blu-ray player that isn't also a PS3, and there's no other selling point besides the visual difference. Am I missing something, or are you talking about digital distribution of movies?

I was aiming for digital distribution like the new Xbox Live service thing.