A few decades?

Just go find the nearest guy driving an Iroc Camaro. Guarantee he'll have one.

What's wrong with VHS, there's tons of good movies only available on VHS. I've never seen ghoulies 2 or RAD on blu ray....gotta have VHS.

I don't even think I've touched a VHS tape in 10 years.

They are meant to degrade and go to shit after around 7 years.

Did the item description contain the word "tape" and have a photo of a VHS box?

They aren't designed to disintegrate or self-destruct after 7 years.

However, with excessive use, a tape will slowly wear out.

On the other hand, I've had 25-year-old tapes which worked fine. They can easily last longer than 7 years, so long as they aren't kept in extreme environments or aren't attacked by a swarm of angry magnets.

what? you was exspecting beta?

VHS was kicking when some of you were in diapers or not even thought of. Still works today even if you dont own a IROC crapwagon...................

Oh man, I remember when my dad bought a VHS player/recorder when they first came out and I was in awe!
I also remember when "On TV" came out and it was just a dial on a box.....you simply switched it from left to right and this was the beginning of cable television.

The key with VHS tapes is to store them stacked vertically instead of horizontally. This keeps the tape from shifting, which throws off the tracking. Humidity and temp is also a factor. Either way, weird to get TOP on VHS as the copies I bought 8 years ago came on DVD.

I have 30 year old VHS tapes that still play good.

But, did you build the pirate ONTV box?

Unless you've got them on Laserdisc.

I haven't seen one in years. I remember Titanic tho with 2 of them lol

I still have a VHS that works great. Don't really use it, but works great. However, I still have record players and rock to Zeppelin, Doors, The Who, etc... The one player is a 1955 Voice of Music suitcase style, cant shake the house with it, but sounds great for it's era. Kinda was the first portable audio device as long as you have an outlet plug.

I used to have one of these but a later version. I loved that thing.

I own an entire VHS collection (mostly Disney VHS tapes but a couple of others).

On a sidenote does anyone remember the "Feature Presentation" bumpers that preceded every Disney VHS besides me? During my childhood I looked forward to the films not only because of how epic they were but because of this bumper.

And then the better, with real action after 10 pm, IT tv box; How else were we going to learn how 555 timer chips functioned?

If I had to guess... perhaps not all TOP videos were remastered on DVD.

The most popular ones surely were, but maybe not that one?

It IS strange there are still many VHS collectors out there. I just licensed 2 of my film for VHS release!

If I remember correctly, they drilled the ONTV knob right into your television. Or was that "IT" tv? My mother worked for ONTV for a time and I remember having it. Basically, from what I remember, and I was really young was that you got a couple of movies (HBO?) from like 8-10 at night.

Ha.....I have a Camaro....and I still have my sony VCR....but I did get rid of the mullet awhile back... .....Joey

The mullet is on the verge of a huge comeback...mark my words

I think the only VHS you see these days are boxes of adult movies.

I have a GRIP of VHS tapes that I'm wanting to get rid of. Should I just buy a VCR for my kids when they're a little older and have them go to town without effing up my PS3? I know they're going to love Danzig Live and Caddyshack II.

Whenever I see a post like this on pinside I am amused by the irony

Was she working at the Rankin Rd. Place in Troy, MI?

VHS/DVD players are still available and they're not usually too hard to find; everyone should have one for just such situations-you'd be amazed at the good stuff on VHS that's still around. Be sure to get a machine that's VHS/DVD-R/RW capable-that way you can dub (transfer) tapes to DVD and DVD's to tape.

Yes...I transfered a bunch of my VHS tapes to DVD or Blu-Ray. There are many TV Specials I recorded that never made it to DVD. There are a bunch of VHS and laser Discs that sell for crazy money because the supplemental material (interviews, etc) never transferred to the DVD or Blu-Ray. Some of the Bond films for example...

Agreed, the description should have said VHS to avoid any kind of confusion.

ha! Danzig 1&2 and a few other out of print music videos are the only reason I keep my VHS around.

How did you make the transfers compatible for all NTSC players?

I can't find a good player to guarantee this.

Do you have one of those VHS tape rewinding machines?

Back in the day, I used an analog capture device from Pinnacle for about $60, and capture the footage with video editing software (I'm pretty sure it was with the software that Pinnacle provided with the device, though it may have been an old copy of Adobe Premiere).

I took a quick look around, but it looks like Pinnacle stopped making them. It looks like it was superseded by this: http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/products/dazzle/dvd-recorder-hd/

I certainly had one of those back in the day, lol

Sony combo units tended to have a high failure rate when I was working with them. I would avoid those. Samsung combo units with the upconverting feature were much more reliable, though in the $75-$100 range.

Don't know. My friend told me the machine to buy, I bought it and he hooked it up and made the transfers. I didn't test them on a bunch of machines. They worked on all of mine though....

Okayyyyyyyy, so what is the name brand and model of the machine?

I would like to do some homework on it, thanks!

You can PM me if you don't want to keep bumping this thread.

Go to any walmart, it's like it never left...

Just making a comment on what I've heard on media threads and thought it was a decent enough and true enough comment on this thread that the tape is meant to degrade over time. One significant reason why that technology was put out to pasture. If your going to throw a negative on someone's post maybe give a reason why.

VHS was never "designed" to degrade or become obsolete. At the time, VHS was cheaper, more reliable, and easier to use over older film technology (8mm/super-8). VHS got pushed to the wayside as a playback media because newer technology (ie, DVD) offered better quality, was more reliable, and the price point became competitive. As for home recording media, it went from VHS to MiniDV to flash memory simply because the technology kept improving along the way, got cheaper, smaller, and easier to use.

Another great music vid only on VHS is Journeys "Fronters" tour vid. The best tour doc. out there.

I still have a top of the line "new in box" Mitsubishi Super VHS VCR; anybody interested.

Not me....I still have 5 of them from back when I had a 20 deck dup set up.

In 1987 I bought NEC Hi-Fi VCR it was $800. It recently it crapped out. I replaced with a Sony 4 head Hi Fi VCR for $90. I also have a L.D. player. The DVD and Blue Ray machines have also been added. So many formats, trying not to have the same movie on more than one format can be challenging. I am sure that something else will be soon, other than downloads. As people like to actually have a movie in their hand.

"BE KIND REWIND"

Kids so easily scratch the dvd. Atleast the VHS outside housing could take way more abuse than a minor scratch to mess up the dvd or blue ray. It could be worse if it shipped on High Definition disc as those players are hard to find. VCR's are everywhere!

You should buy the TOP videos directly from the source.
http://www.pinrepair.com/top
We haven't sold any TOP video on VHS in years. and i mean a lot of years!
They are only $9 including shipping on DVD.

I moved about 6 months ago and had a stack of old VHS TOP versions i had been saving, just in case someone asked. They all hit the garbage can. No one has asked for a VHS version for like 5 years...

I was really young, so I'm not sure. I'll have to ask her.