Current Events > I hate it when VHS tapes get stuck in the VCR >_>

(+) Yeah! (+)

Then when you manage to get the tape out, the tape is damaged
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On the plus side, they never got around to creating unskippable ads on those old tapes.

...God, I havent seen a VHS in so long

I miss VHS. It had a certain charm that DVDs/Blurays can't replicate.
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Tape becomes damaged only when removed incorrectly.
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I only got a tape stuck in the vcr once. I was 4
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one time I was at a friend's house watching Aliens. and we tried to take the tape out and it seemed stuck and we were worried we had broken something. then his dad came home and was able to get it out.

UncleBourbon33 posted...

I miss VHS. It had a certain charm that DVDs/Blurays can't replicate.

There was something about the combination of the fidelity of the TVs of the time, plus the "tracking" overlay in the corner that disappeared after ten seconds or so, plus the FBI warning screen before your movie started, and if you paused it the image could be all weird and janky. And the feel of the machine taking the VHS when you fed it in.
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This is literally the story of my life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT8Oho2plic

Oh god I hate when this happens
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I remember all those assholes at West Coast Video who didn't rewind the tape.
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Verdekal posted...

I remember all those assholes at West Coast Video who didn't rewind the tape.

Be kind, please rewind.
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VHS's can go to hell and never come back. One retro thing Ill never go back to. Im big on nostalgia but VHS is just unacceptable by todays standards
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Hexenherz posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

I miss VHS. It had a certain charm that DVDs/Blurays can't replicate.

There was something about the combination of the fidelity of the TVs of the time, plus the "tracking" overlay in the corner that disappeared after ten seconds or so, plus the FBI warning screen before your movie started, and if you paused it the image could be all weird and janky. And the feel of the machine taking the VHS when you fed it in.

oooh yeahh

There was something so satisfying about putting a VHS in a VCR. That mechanical feel and everything.

Putting a disc in isn't very satisfying in that way.
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This one VCR I had back then was kinda fucked up some how so I had to take off the top part of a VHS that flips up anytime I wanted to watch a tape
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You kids and your VHS tapes. Back in my day, we had Betamax, and no one complained about the 5 movies we got to choose from.
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I still own like 600 VHS tapes but don't have a functional VHS player.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

I still own like 600 VHS tapes but don't have a functional VHS player.

a box of VHS tapes are in storage. though those were the days back in the 90's.
it was all about renting tapes.
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008Zulu posted...

You kids and your VHS tapes. Back in my day, we had Betamax, and no one complained about the 5 movies we got to choose from.

Oh don't remind me.

How many times have I brought a VHS tape to a friend's house only for him to be like "oh sorry we only have beta"

Those Beta elitists were truly something else >_>
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frozenshock posted...

008Zulu posted...

You kids and your VHS tapes. Back in my day, we had Betamax, and no one complained about the 5 movies we got to choose from.

Oh don't remind me.

How many times have I brought a VHS tape to a friend's house only for him to be like "oh sorry we only have beta"

Those Beta elitists were truly something else >_>

Betamax was the higher quality format if you were a home theater cinephile in that time. The players were just more expensive and they could hold less video if used at the highest quality setting. They also recorded TV in superior quality to the VHS. If it wasn't for the fact that a Betamax player cost 3x what's a VCR cost then everyone would've gone Betamax.
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