tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7907532475958006882..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Don't Ditch that VHS Player Yetmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-90142001395821278592016-09-15T00:51:29.451-05:002016-09-15T00:51:29.451-05:00Old B&W movies shot in the 4:3 aspect ratio lo...Old B&W movies shot in the 4:3 aspect ratio look fine on VHS.Thomas Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-62502406238888699712016-09-12T02:28:39.410-05:002016-09-12T02:28:39.410-05:00I replaced the few VHS movies I had that are timel...I replaced the few VHS movies I had that are timeless with DVD's. The rest I was ready to let go of, and I cut all the family videos I shot over to DVD long ago. Nevertheless, I keep a VCR for one reason only - The Master. I have a collection of Hitchcock films on VHS I like to watch every couple of years which I haven't shelled out for on DVD (if they're all out there?). If the tapes hold up, I'll probably go to my grave owning a VCR, just for Hitch!<br /><br />RHovey, CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06538956266834299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-41864548416023636652016-09-11T18:50:38.627-05:002016-09-11T18:50:38.627-05:00Sadly, most of my old Saturday Matinee serials are...Sadly, most of my old Saturday Matinee serials are still on VHS tapes, though I've been buying some on DVD lately. I still have a working VCR, and I'm sure VCRs will remain available on the Internet, just like 8-Tracks (G).Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-12570559339020765802016-09-11T10:04:26.361-05:002016-09-11T10:04:26.361-05:00And why Brooklyn? As the article notes, there are...And why Brooklyn? As the article notes, there are some older, second-tier products that Disney released on VHS in the '80s, mostly live-action shows and films that ran on the Disney TV show from the 1960s to '80s, like a 1985, filmed-in-Europe remake of THE BLACK ARROW with Oliver Reed. They've never made it to commercial DVD or Blu-ray, and probably never will. You can sometimes find them as gray market DVD-R discs on eBay or iOffer that someone burned at home from an old tape.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15734382593394412267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-46256397771722861632016-09-11T09:14:44.458-05:002016-09-11T09:14:44.458-05:00We still have a working VCR because we have so man...We still have a working VCR because we have so many things we taped from tv that we haven't bought (or can't find) on DVD, including seasons-worth of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes. I know one of these days we'll have to bid them farewell, but for right now I'm keeping them.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-61823230720261790332016-09-11T08:19:27.402-05:002016-09-11T08:19:27.402-05:00Too late. I already ditched mine.
“It has gotten...Too late. I already ditched mine.<br /><br /><i>“It has gotten increasingly difficult to find stuff now that more people know there is a market for it, especially in Brooklyn."</i><br /><br />Another reason to hate hipsters. Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.com