My last purchase was the movie "AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" (Havent seen that movie in years)

I am quite picky when i find VHS movies.. I only get ones that HAVE NOT BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED IN ANYWAY!! (Digitally Mastered,Digitally Recorded,Dolby Digital,etc) it takes away from the good quality of the movie...... They dont look/sound anywhere near as good with digital crap in them....... (In my opinion)


What was your last purchase?? (Either hardware or movie,whatever :))

My last VHS hardware purchase was my Panasonic PV-4022 VCR, back in 2002. Still have it, and it still works, :yes: but I don't use it often these days since getting a DVD player. The only reason I bought it was to replace another Panasonic machine, with VCR Plus, that had eaten a tape; I had to practically wreck the VCR to get the cassette out. To make matters worse, I had just recorded a TV movie on that cassette a short time before the VCR ruined it. Never got a chance to see any of the film. :no: I wish I could remember the title of the film I lost; if I knew it, I'd try to find it on DVD. ...... Oh, well.

I never bought pre-recorded VHS (or Beta) tapes at all, except for a few music-video ones. Tape recorders (video or audio) were always for making your OWN recordings to me; discs (laser, vinyl, or others) were the way to buy movies and music, no comparison.

My last VHS purchase was a brand-new Panasonic Hi-Fi VCR that I gave my mother for Christmas in 2004. That machine cost maybe $60 or $70 new, and it set EVERYTHING by itself (antenna versus cable, scan for channels, self-set clock from over-the-air signal) when I first plugged it in, without even going into any menus if I remember right.

My last purchase was the movie "THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN" Which wasnt recorded in SP mode sadly (It was in LP which is almost as good) and thus didnt sound QUITE AS GOOD as it could of....

I don't recall ever buying any new pre-recorded tapes; however, I recorded a lot of stuff off of cable.

My last new VCR purchase was a "last gasp" Funai-built Emerson from around '06. Something happened to whatever VCR I had at the time and I wanted to record something; so, I ran to China-Mart and handed them the $39 for the Emerson. As you probably expect, it was the worst VCR I've ever owned. The silver plastic blob weighed maybe two pounds and it wasn't long before it started suddenly stopping on it's own. The final straw was when it ate one of my tapes and that's when I cut off the power cord and tossed the rest. Shortly after, my neighbor died and I ended up buying his late '90's Sharp VCR; which, still works fine.

I think that cheap China-Mart VCR was one of the last ones they had and it wasn't long before the equally crappy DVD/VCR combinations came out that didn't even have a tuner built into them.

A couple of years ago, I ended up purchasing a used VHS copy of "The Competition" with Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving, after my 25+ year old copy (off of HBO) was lost. This movie has not been issued on DVD. :(

About 5 years ago I purchased what is likely my last new VHS player, a Panasonic DMR-EZ47V which is a combo unit that records and plays *both* VHS and DVDs. The Panasonic seems to be a fairly high quality, solid unit and contains a NTSC and ATSC tuner for recording off the air, as well as cable channel capability.

jr

Last purchase was 2 boxes 10 ea. of Fµji H471S S-VHS tapes about 10 years ago. About the same time I looked around at the nearly 1,000 tapes on shelves and boxed up I had already recorded over 20 years and never watched, and stopped recording stuff off the air and satellite. Still have not opened a box yet. What a waste. But I broke my habit.

I bought a box of 25 railroad-themed VHS tapes for $10 at a train show in Baltimore at this time a year ago...

I last got the movie MARKED MAN and i love it! (No digital compromise)

The last VCR I got was from our local tip (dump to you guys in the USA) and paid £2 for it. It's an Aiwa machine, HIFI stereo playback with NICAM digital sound for recording. The NICAM feature now being useless since we lost analogue TV nearly 6 months ago, however it will record stereo from a satellite box etc. I had to buy a remote (cheap off the 'bay) and it works well.

Around here they don't encourage buying items for reuse.
I guess if you approach the right the person, it can be done. The so-called recyclers only pay by the pound. That's weight, not Pound Sterling. :D

Last thing i got was 2 movies

MOVING
The Abyss

2 good movies :)

Just bought a portable Quasar VA546QA from that place. Full working and a remote for $10. Got it to power my collection of 10-pin cameras of the era. RCA CC-001, CC-002, CC-030 with the Indextron viewfinder, GBC CTC-5X (twin of the CC-002), Sharp XX (little cam with the tube in the handle), and an unknown RCA BW CC-XXX.

The last big retail deck I bought was a RCA VMT-400 HQ Digital deck from 1987. $700. Has early DRAM digital tricks. Freeze frame, posterization, mosaic and PIP but a noisy bearing somewhere. BPCVHS since then and they are gone.

My last purchase was the movie THE TOY (1982)

I have this but its recorded in SLP mode and not the best quality :(


EXCELLENT MOVIE!


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I just got the movie "Beverly Hills Cop" :)

Last VCR was Mitsubishi HS-U446. Last VHS I bough were copies of The Mind's Eye and beyond the Mind's Eye. Last movie rented was Dr. Zhivago, as they did not have it on DVD.

I look back now and wonder how we ever tolerated VHS. :p

A friend just asked me about the hundreds of video tape copies of movies, she got from her uncle.
I replied that the quality probably wouldn't be that good. I seems to me that, the longer the tapes are kept after being recorded, the picture quality diminishes. Especially, when recorded in the SLP speed.
Factory made pre-recorded tapes, held up much better. :yes:

Yep those skinny 19 micron-wide tracks at SLP just don't retain as much magnetic flux as the 58 micron-wide tracks laid down on the tape by dedicated duplicating machines. SP tapes recorded on a 4 head machine should do as well as pre-recorded tapes though. Plus SLP (EP) 19 micron tracks require more precise tape path alignment for decent interchange between different playback VCRs.

I last got these movies yesterday

1) You only live twice (1967) -- EXCELLENT MOVIE!!
2) Enemy Territory - (1987) -- OK MOVIE
3) The Chase (1994)

This movie is an example of a transfer they didnt do right..... @ the very top its a different colour thru most of the movie.. (They must have had other equiptment TOO CLOSE to the unit while they were copying it (Like when you place a magnet too close to the screen)) -- Its sad they didnt notice this!! (If they did maybe they could have re-done it) -- It was OK,not that good though....... (Just a car chase thru the whole movie)

4) Its a wonderful life (1946?)-- I had a 1999 release of this movie by ARTISAN i got a couple months ago and it was aweful!! (Flat,etc) -- I couldnt watch it,it obviously had been altered..... I got rid of it!

Yesterday i found a 1993 release from REPUBLIC PICTURES and its 1000% better! (The original recording) I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!

Last NEW title bought on VHS? That's easy.

PINK FLAMINGOS by John Waters. I bought it on the day it was released around 1999 or so.

Such a twisted movie.

I've given away to thrift stores most of my VHS collection around 900 tapes. I've still got several hundred keeper recordings, and 4 or 5 nice low-mileage machines to play them on.

Still got some Beta stuff, too, and 3 really nice machines for them, too.

I thought pink flamingos was older than 99.. I saw it, and yea, that's a seriously messed up movie.

It was made in 1972. This was the release with outtakes.

Divine was my favorite.

I think my last VHS purchase was a blank to record MST3K's on. It was quite a while ago.

My last purchase was today: TANGO AND CASH!! (I got a bunch of tapes for christmas and this was one of them but sadly it was "DIGITALLY MASTERED" -- This one i found today IS THANKFULLY NOT!!)

Good movie!!

Blake's 7 with the last two episodes Warlord and Blake , i have the series on vhs from pbs in the 80's but couldn't find the last two episodes ( i think the taped was tossed on me ) so i bought it from ebay , all these including the vhs tape were bounced to discs .

shortly before that i bought a JVC used hi fi player from ebay with sqpb , HS-A51U , these are great for sharp image playback and even svhs looks good although not as good as when played on a svhs vcr.

btw i have that its a wonderful life vhs , it might even be newer , looks nice but when i got the recent remastered dvd i must say its even more wonderful , you get the colorized one too and its a joke , i can't sit through it , less contrast , less clarity.

Mike

I got these movies today

Friday the 13th (1980)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1985)
Deadly Friend (1986)
Police Academy (1984) -- It was a treat finding this today!! (Before today all i could find was a "DIGITALLY MASTERED" copy of this movie which i didnt want!)

Police Academy Part 1 is incidently THE BEST MOVIE in that series!!

A month or 2 ago I purchased "The Charmkins" on VHS from a thrift, which is a children's cartoon from 1983

Very nice!!!

I last got a Star Trek episode today (#6 - The MAN Trap)

It says this episode was THE FIRST ONE TO AIR which i find strange.... DIDNT #1-5 AIR ON TV?????? (I know #1 did -- I SAW IT!!!!!! (The one with Chris Pike as Captain))


I would love getting every episode of Star Trek (The original series) on VHS .. everything about them is awesome!!

I still have a load of the VHS tapes from when they were first released in the 1980's.

The pilot starred Jeff Hunter. It was made into a 2-parter show... (#16-1, and #16-2) the show where Spock is being tried in court.

I ran 16mm prints of the original series on TV for alot of years.

Man trap was the first to air on nbc because it was a planet episode with colorful scenes , funny because its one of the few monster episodes and it was a show being promoted as the first adult space drama and not a monster of the week show.

i have some of those trek tapes if your interested , i'm not going to hold onto them

mike

I ordered the whole set the other day but THANK YOU VERY MUCH for offering!

I just got "A view to a Kill" today (Original recording (CBS/FOX release - 1985))


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Im posting this slightly out of order but I just got my ORIGINAL STAR WARS VHS tape today that i ordered last week.....

http://swonvideo.com/vhs/vvhsanh1982us2tape.htm

Thankfully it is NOT DIGITALLY MASTERED and is exactly like i remember it before they changed it :)


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I last bought a MR ROGERS episode ("Mr Rogers talks about Parents being away") -- It is 66 Mins which is strange because most of the shows he did are 30 mins! (This must be a special HOME VIDEO show cause @ the end he doesnt say "Its good to that Ill be back when the day is new and ill have more ideas for you......." he says "Its good to know im your friend")

I used to love that show,i feel sad that fred Passed away...I feel his show means MORE than the garbage on PBS now!

I think His show is still on PBS on sat mornings (It used to be) but im not sure........ Its really sad,good programming replaced with crap!


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I just got Short Circuit 2 and Halloween (1978) :)


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I just got For your eyes only (I hadnt seen it in many years,it was quite awesome seeing it again,excellent movie)

I just bought some new VHS OLD stock tapes from eBay last week . You cant get any Hollywood hits on VHS anymore . But what I bought sounds very good .You can find brand new tapes on eBay and amazon.com for about 2.00 to 5.00 buck . I managed to find some good movies like The aviator 2004 Movie on VHS I thought was never realesed on tape .

I got 2 movies today @ salvation army :)

1) Jaws - 1975
2) Miracle on 34th street - 1947 (Im glad to have a copy of this :))

At a Salvation Army, a movie made in the early 90's about a bunch of kids getting out of school in 1976. Has a Zepplin song for the title. Can't remember it right now. Anyway, paid 50 cents for it.

Also scored a box of VHS movies free from a buddy when I went to pick up a 19 inch 1983 MCA/Mitsubishi TV from him, also free.

Al

I just picked up nine Clint Eastwood VHS tapes off ebay. Three are still sealed.

That great movie would be "Dazed and Confused", 1993. A bargain at that price:music:.

Last VHS I got was the movie RUTHLESS PEOPLE - 1986

Love this movie :)

Last vhs i picked up was Fat Albert (2004). About a month ago.

Picked these up at a second hand store two week-ends ago.

Young Frankenstein
The Lost World Jurassic Park
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Haunted Honeymoon
About Schmidt
The Addams Family 5 tapes with two episodes each.

$2.00 for all of them. That brings the tape collection to about 550.

550 -- Good for you :)


NON-DIGITAL IS AWESOME!!!

It was Arnold day at the thrifts yesterday. Twins, True Lies, and Junior. Never saw Junior before and the premise kind of wierds me out but I'm an Arnold fan so...


Al