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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 31, 2017 3:48:07 GMT
I mean VHS during the 1970s/1980s/1990s. Obviously, by today's standards it was very poor, but I want to know whether you give it yea/nay/meh from a 1970s/1980s/1990s perspective.
I give it a yea. It proved useful to me, being able to tape films and shows to watch later.
How about you?
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Dec 31, 2017 3:50:51 GMT
It was an important innovation.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 31, 2017 4:32:16 GMT
Owning a copy of a movie that you could watch any time you wanted without having to order an 8mm copy from Blackhawk and setting up a screen and projector ?
Ummmm.... let me think.... YEA !
PLUS you could record off'n the tv and watch shows later. Whoa ! Unheard of !
BUT
I had guessed that the Betamax was the way to go and had bought a top of the line, bells and whistles model and then VHS took over.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Dec 31, 2017 14:35:51 GMT
Actually, VHS was an important factor for watching the second season of Babylon 5. None of the local stations picked it up, so a fellow in a market which did carry the show taped it and sent tapes out as a public service. He was even nice enough to edit out the commercials.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 1, 2018 2:48:24 GMT
I mean, it was the bees knees during the 90's. Hindsight, it was probably nice that DVD was such a step up. I still buy some titles on DVD instead of Blu because if I wanna hate watch Transformers sequels, I'm not spending the extra $8.
I probably had 12-20 episodes each Simpsons & Seinfeld on VHS taped, among others. Can't say the same for dvd/digital which have paywalls all over the map for downloads.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 25, 2018 9:45:26 GMT
Yea
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