Late fees! They were sometimes lucky to get'em back. My Grandfather rented Let It Be on VHS and I didn't want it to go back.
The only reason I would buy anything on DVD is if the Bluray doesn't exist. There are plenty of titles out there that for some reason aren't getting reissued or remastered for higher resolution. I even laugh at the folks shopping at thrift stores poring over the DVD racks like dere is treasures in dem dar shelves. Me, I go straight to the LPs in hopes of finding yet another Angel quad in decent shape. If I am lucky it will be a 45rpm version. I even see sealed HD-DVDs but never anything worth buying a player for them. I wonder how long it will be before Bluray players drop DVD support...
There was no Netflix then. It was the only way to see some movies.A salesman at my local FYE dealer [before they closed] told me in the early days of VHS movie sales, he'd have some 'well heeled' customers come in day/date of release and plop down $100 for a new VHS movie title [not widescreen/mono low~fi sound] and sometimes walk out with three .....Now you can't give them away at a tag sale and if you did, you'd be lucky to get 25 cents! Ridiculous.
A salesman at my local FYE dealer [before they closed] told me in the early days of VHS movie sales, he'd have some 'well heeled' customers come in day/date of release and plop down $100 for a new VHS movie title [not widescreen/mono low~fi sound] and sometimes walk out with three .....Now you can't give them away at a tag sale and if you did, you'd be lucky to get 25 cents! Ridiculous.
I remember being in a video store and Star Wars was just released on VHS. If you wanted to buy it, it was $99. No kidding, I remember that distinctively. And you're correct, this was before VHS HiFi, it was just the cropped movie on CBS/FOX I believe, in the gray slip case. And I thought I was bad spending that on a Criterion LD a few years later. Fortunately, I was not inclined to go for the SW tape.
Hey, does anyone else remember when, after VHS sales and rentals started up, the the studios decided that they were no longer going to sell movies to the public, and that they would only release them for RENTAL ONLY!! I remember this didn't last long, probably about as long as that circuit city encrypted DVD deal they did, but the tapes had graphics on them clearly stating RENTAL ONLY, and there were no versions available for sale. I think the idea was that the studios were getting a cut from the rental places on each rental, so they didn't want people buying the,m.
Yep, I clearly remember visiting one of those boutique style VHS specialty shops in an upscale shopping mall back in the day. They had those gorgeous VHS plastic cases with the exciting movie covers displayed behind glass, like a jewelry! I kid you not!!
You could get Goldfinger for only $79.99. And for another $79.99 you could get Thunderball. And for another $79.99 you could get The Man with the Golden Gun. WOW!! For only $239.97 (plus tax), you could have 3 amazing Bond flicks in low grade video! What a deal!!
The perfect accessory to go with my dual cassette BOOM BOX and Calvin Klein’s. Ooh très chic!!!And Brett, if you were so inclined, you could actually wear those clunky low grade miracles around your neck as if wearing expensive jewelry and be in 007 HEAVEN!
Had one!!! I loved the loooooong extension cord with the pause switch remote. A wonderfully Hi-tech way of editing out those pesky commercials.And how could be EVER forget those first clunky VHS tank~like player/recorders from Japan with roughly 240 lines of resolution for $1,000!
Had one!!! I loved the loooooong extension cord with the pause switch remote. A wonderfully Hi-tech way of editing out those pesky commercials.
The perfect accessory to go with my dual cassette BOOM BOX and Calvin Klein’s. Ooh très chic!!!
I remember something similar at school. We had a top loading U-Matic at our school, then a Sony Beta machine with one speed and its tuner was built in. The U-Matic had an outboard tuner. In the 70s the Ontario government mandated that all schools have access to recording TV Ontario educational programs for use in classrooms. The 10-15 minute long programs were broadcast daily from 7 to 8 am and the librarian had to come in early and manually record the shows. The pause button on the early machines was a joke. It would eat the oxide off the tape while you watched it on screen. If you pressed fast forward or review while in play mode, it would show weird lines of "static" instead of faster pictures.And how could we EVER forget those first clunky VHS tank~like player/recorders from Japan with roughly 240 lines of resolution for $1,000!
Who’s snickering!!?? LOL!!!Don't snicker, Brett....So Did I? Used to record and meticulously label 'Classic' movies from PBS, etc. in glorious pan/scan and low fi TV sound and buy cases of highest quality blank VHS tape [TDK/MAXELL] in bulk [to save money] and then switched to BETA as it had a higher 'writing' speed, took up less space than VHS tapes and then switched to Hi8 Hi Fi as it had the same resolution as Beta/VHS and then back to SUPER VHS HiFi and then finally settled on Laserdisc as I was tired of having my 'precious' tapes destroyed by their respective gobbly~gooked machines.
Nah, Ralphie. I think would go with some luscious 8-track tape designs with those beauties!What, NO double knit bell bottoms with Brazilian Platform Shoes?
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