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02-05-2010, 07:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bronx, nyc | | | crazy! what to do with old vhs tapes
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so
do I donate these?
throw them away?
copy to dvd first? worth the time to even do that?
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02-05-2010, 07:36 AM
| | | | take them apart, tape the reel to your car, drive away and marvel at the pretty black streamers.
or
you can hide your w33d in it. (SNL)
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02-05-2010, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rokkitt 
so
do I donate these?
throw them away?
copy to dvd first? worth the time to even do that?
discuss----- | depends whats on 'em......if it's stuff you want,and can tolerate the 4:3 ratio keep or copy to disc.....a lot of movies got edited when they went to dvd and every format change has seen movies i want disappear off the radar....
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02-05-2010, 07:43 AM
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02-05-2010, 07:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bronx, nyc | | | so, now I need an adat recorder! hahahahha have to google that
yeah, one tape has hanz and franz from snl--- the band was kickin back then!
remember when danny devito hosted....awesome
and, some of my skydives, and my friends jumps
other than that, some goofy movies I guess..... jim carey, pet detective?
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02-05-2010, 07:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bronx, nyc | | | now I went to tweak headz dot com
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02-05-2010, 08:02 AM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | | The ones I wanted to keep I bought on DVD. Other stuff I had a friend dump them to DVD for me. The rest I just chucked in the trash. There might be some charities that would take them, but when I checked around here, there weren't. DVD players are ridiculously cheap now. |
02-05-2010, 09:14 AM
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02-05-2010, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | | transfer to dvd |
02-05-2010, 12:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | | or you can buy one of those combo dvd vhs player and keep on watching them |
02-05-2010, 12:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | I'll take any VHS movies you might want to get rid of. You can keep the home video stuff. I still have 2 functioning VCRs, and a good amount of VHS. My gf's movie collection is primarily VHS and I just fixed her broken VCR with my magic touch.
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02-05-2010, 01:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Pick up a Pinnacle Dazzle (Ebay) with both their Studio and Direct to DVD software, and a VHS deck with an S-video out (pawn shop/Ebay).
Use the Dazzle to transfer the video directly to your computer's DVD drive/burner. Using the S-video output, the result will be about the same res as the native VHS format. At this point, you have a DVD that's viewable on a TV.
Use Handbrake, then Any Video Converter, to capture the DVD and reduce it to a size that will play on your iPod or Blackberry. On a screen that size, the grainy res of the DVD becomes very sharp and visually pleasing.
BT-DT. Most of my old VHS library is converted to DVD and I can move it to a mobile device for viewing.
Then you can donate the tapes to a charitable organization or recycle them.
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02-05-2010, 01:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas, Tx | | Use 'em for an art project.  |
02-05-2010, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim Then you can donate the tapes to a charitable organization or recycle them. | Or give them to me.
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02-05-2010, 02:14 PM
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02-05-2010, 02:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA State | | | I took two big boxes of them to the dump. DVR's are sooooo much nicer.
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02-05-2010, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Solarmist I took two big boxes of them to the dump. DVR's are sooooo much nicer. | Blasphemy! Thats like throwing out boxes of food in front of some starving 3rd world children! There are still osme VHS enthusiasts out there!
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02-05-2010, 02:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Beijing, PRC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MatticusMania There are still osme VHS enthusiasts out there! | What a thing to be an enthusiast of. I wracked my brain, and the only reason I could think that a person would want a VHS tape over a DVD of the same film is either
A) The film hasn't been released yet on DVD
B) the VHS tape is cheap or free (or they already own it)
C) They flee from the light.
So did I miss one, Matticus? |
02-05-2010, 02:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | No, I think you got 'em all. B is the biggest reason. I'd also rather won a DVD copy over a VHS copy. Though there are still alot of movies out there that I love and have yet to own. I'll gladly take anyone's unwanted VHS off their hands. A lot of these movies can be had for $1 or less.
And also, light bothers me.
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02-05-2010, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania A lot of these movies can be had for $1 or less.
And also, light bothers me. | A perfectly sensible answer from a sensible fellow. Truly, then, today is a golden age for you  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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