Yesterday I got 2 movies :)

1) The Island - 1980
2) Friday the 13th Part 3 - 1982

Yesterday I got these :)

1) Fail safe - 1964
2) Mountain family robinson - 1979

Don't remember the last tape I purchased, but right now dubbing "Days Of Wine And Roses", the 1958 TV production with Cliff Robertson and Piper Laurie. The recording was originally made as a kinescope on film, and the artifacts are certainly visible. It adds to the 'charm". Almost as good as a video tape original.
Kevin

I dont know if buying blank VHS tapes for time shifting and recording shows for keepers is legit for this topic but I picked up a batch from Walmart last week which I get them say about two times a month there.

Around the beginning of the year .I got some self recorded tapes from my neighbor with movies and some TV shows on them.

Yup it surely is my friend!!!

Congrats on your blank tape purchase :) (I reckon you will put something on them s00n)

Just picked up:

American Pie (unrated)
Carrie (2002 remake)
Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones

Found this stuff yesterday including a beta head cleaner, and a mini dv blank.

Excellent,you got a GOOD copy of Star wars!!! (Not digitally mastered crap)

I have that also........ I also have part 3 recorded off analogue cable!! (I think HBO) All I need is part 2 now to complete my collection :)

Thats why i picked it up. I had this version awhile back but the box was missing the insert that keeps the tape from going all the way in because the box is bigger than the tape. I already have the THX version and the CED version.

I pick up brand new VHS tapes at the thrifts. They have to still be wrapped in the cellophane. Anywhere from 25 to 50 cents each. :banana:
All my buddies like the movie "Goodfellows" so I pick them up and hand them out.

All six Star Trek movies today at a flea market. #1 is a "longer version" by 12 minutes. 1-4 unopened. Never knew the spine art was continuous. Not sure of the age of this set. $5 for all. Viewing party tonight.

And 10 wrapped Sony T120's at SA for .99 each.

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There is a box for those trek movies.

Yeah, they were continuous with a box and was released sometime in the early 90s.

I last got 2 movies :)

1) Hopscotch (1980) - Original 1981 release
2) Blazing Saddles (1974) -- Im happy I finally found a GOOD copy of this movie! (Not digitally processed)

Just got:

Airplane!
Short Curcuit (original release) now i can get rid of my newer copy
Invaders from Mars
Honey We Shrunk Ourselves
Curly Sue
Bowfinger

Picked these up at a yard sale yesterday:

Next Friday (now i can get rid of my spanish subtitled version)
Me, Myself & Irene

Just picked up today:

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (original release)
Aliens (original release)
The Terminator (original release)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (BETA YEAHHHH!!!!)
3 different Dragonball Z vhs
Double Impact (Van Damme)
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (Chevy Chase)
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Every Which Way But Loose (Clint Eastwood)
Star Trek Generations
Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood)
A View To A Kill (factory sealed)
Moonraker
Nickelodeon Double Dare The Inside Scoop
Gumby's Fun Fling
The Terror (Boris Karloff)
and 5 assorted Star Trek two episodes in one from Columbia House with the special box cases

I just got another 15 Dr. Who VHS tapes. I've been trying to collect all the Dr. Who that was put on VHS. I have probably about 1/3 of it now. I had recorded most of Dr. Who off TV in the late 1980s, but didn't keep the tapes and now regret it, so I thought I would try and pick up a nice set of the pre-recorded ones.

What I don't like about tape is having to put up with the picture bending at the top of the screen. But then many DVDs have those awful retrace lines, so they both have their problems.

They ruined short circuit,IT WAS DIGITALLY RE-RECORDED :(

I even got the FIRST one and the same garbage...... I was quite upset about that.... I WANTED THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MOVIE!!!!!

I did find the first release of SHORT CIRCUIT 2 however...... (They didnt me$$ that up thankfully (Its not as good as part 1 though :())

Just got:
Coming to America (Eddie Murphy)
George of the Jungle (Brendon Fraser)
The Sandlot

I used to have a bunch of Dr. Who a couple years ago that someone had recorded. You could tell they were very old. Wish i had kept them now. They seemed in the way at the time and i tossed them with a bunch of other junk.

What exactly did they "ruin"?
I guess I've never noticed the problem. Although I don't watch very many pre-recorded movie tapes these days.

Well Ed its not the original analog movie on the tape,ITS BEEN 'DIGITALLY' RE-RECORDED -- Doesnt look/sound that good...

I have come to the conclusion long ago I cant get EVERY MOVIE I want in its original analog format and to be quite frank I AM QUITE GRATEFUL WITH WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND!! (With how messed up the world started becoming in the 80s)

I got rid of it..... I had 2 copies of it and both were the same :(

I wonder if this move was released on VIDEODISC,that copy might be the original movie....


I do have some later 90s movies that obviously arent in analog but not many as I dont like how they look...... (The newest movie I have is SAW (2004) which was done incredibly well (For the time It was made))

I dont think it was on CED but here's something even worse. It was released on Blu-ray.

Last VCR I bought was for 5$ at my local Goodwill in August of 2013. What can I say? I'm not just giving all of my childhood tapes away. The last tapes I got were at a yard sale for a buck each last summer: Indiana Jones Last of the Crusades and Running Man. Indiana Jones was a delight as always to watch while I haven't tried out Running Man yet.

Ah man!!

Indiana Jones is always a good find. Just picked up Raiders of the Lost Ark for BETA. Running Man is dam good. Can't go wrong with Schwarzeneggar!

Ask Caroline Kennedy! :D

Just picked up a copy of "Rear Window". An Alfred Hitchcock movie. An old classic from the mid-50's. :thmbsp:

The only Hitchcock film I've (bothered/happened to) seen all the way through.....

I'm still time shifting with my VCRs as long as the VHS tape supply lasts.

I dont trust my DVD recorders since they sometimes make coasters instead of recording my shows.

Walmart still stocks them here in town.

Blank VHS isn't as plentiful as it used to be but they're still around. The DVD format has proved to be junk. The machines are about as reliable as today's vehicles. Work today, gone tomorrow. I have a pioneer that plays what it wants to. Probably needs lens cleaned. Now my Magnavox is starting to act up. Most people dont take care of the discs so buying used is barely even an option. They need to quit making all this junk. VCRs worked just fine. What was so wrong with them?

Bingo.I agree 110 percent.

Blame it on the media on TV , print and online and the idiots that say that DVD will last forever years ago.

Not a purchase but I just curb pickup a full box of pre recorded and home recorded VHS tapes with movie probably recorded from HBO or Showtime .

I got to take inventory to see what I got.So far I see Star Wars ,The Titanic movie and Disney movies which those are collectable.

WOW IM LOOKING FOR SOME STUFF ON VHS recorded from analogue cable If you dont want them.. Here is what im looking for

1) The Goonies - 1985
2) Back to the future II and maybe III (I have the first one recorded off HBO - 4/1/87 (Its recorded in LP mode (Instead of SP) but its still excellent))
3) Poltergeist - 1982
4) Star Wars 2: Empire Strikes Back - 1980 (I have the first (SP) and third (LP) in analogue thankfully :))

If you find any of that please let me know buddy!! (Cannot find these on thier official VHS tapes (In 100% analog))


Congrats on your find - Thank you!!

Just picked up:

Batman & Robin
End of Days
Collateral Damage
Beverly Hills Cop II

Hey Dude111, Does your Back to the Future and Star Wars recordings have the commercials as well? Could you make me copies of those?

No thankfully both were recorded FROM HB0!! (Well Back to the future I know was .. Star wars 3 I dont know what pay channel it came from,most likely HBO)


About copies: The audio always drops on them,havent seen one that the audio is the same level.... I guess I could try PAC.. I have a GO-VIDEO unit I could try to make copies on....

Star Wars 3 would have to be in LP mode as its too long for most tapes.. (I suppose if I had a T-160 it might all fit in SP mode (Star wars 3 is 130Mins))

Ya sure you want them???? -- Most ppl are not like me,these are straight analogue recordings off analog cable in the 80s...... (To me they are gold but not to many others)

Would be interesting. I tend to favor the older "Natural" look and sound of tv from 70's-80's. Also looking for vintage commercials.

I hear ya buddy!!!

Yes analog is beautiful!!!!!!! :)

Im glad you also realise this!!! (And are not afraid to admit it (Most ppl today are re-programmed robots and cannot think for themselves,etc))

Just picked up:



2 Fast 2 Furious (the late Paul Walker)
Lost in Space Episode 1 The Reluctant Stowaway
Lost in Space Episode 3 Island in the Sky
Lost in Space Volume 9 The War of the Robots (from season one 1966)

w0w very nice!!