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Thread started 07/24/11 10:13am

free2bfreeda

Old Movies and my VHS Player

i've refused to give up my (still working well) VHS player. I'm on my way to my room to my VHS player to watch

Ocean's Eleven (1960) version with:

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Biship and Angie Dickinson.

(this is the best version of the Ocean 11 saga)

Do you still have your VHS player? What movies do you still have?

There is a used record store in my area. their VHS movies range from $1.95 up to $3.95. I go there once in a while to find classic movies that are not on DVD. (I have 2 DVD players)

So anyway, when I finish watching O-11, I plan to watch the 1976 film "Sparkle," starring Philip M. Thomas (from Miami Vice) Irene Cara, and Lonette McKee.

today it's me= couch + popcorn

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Reply #1 posted 07/24/11 10:18am

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i have a couple of vhs players but haven't used them in years. in the last 10 years they've only been used to playback material to convert to dvd

i also have my laserdisc setup for the same reason. i have 2 of them

i also have both versions of o11 on dvd and the new trilogy on hd-dvd. i might have the old one on blueray, same with the manchurian candidate original

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Reply #2 posted 07/24/11 10:26pm

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smile we have a dvd/vcr combo...i gave all our vhs to the salvation army.

My son refuses to get rid of his james bond collection, i told him Id replace them all with dvd's...he says no, hes into vintage shit. he also has a wicked jackie chan collection.

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Reply #3 posted 07/25/11 6:08pm

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I dealt with VHS as a kid because we had to, there was nothing else. But I was always exasperated by the whole rewinding process, so when DVD came out, I was happy as hell and never looked back at VHS.

"I don't think you'd do well in captivity." - random person's comment to me the other day
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Reply #4 posted 07/25/11 6:36pm

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unique said:

i have a couple of vhs players but haven't used them in years. in the last 10 years they've only been used to playback material to convert to dvd

i also have my laserdisc setup for the same reason. i have 2 of them

i also have both versions of o11 on dvd and the new trilogy on hd-dvd. i might have the old one on blueray, same with the manchurian candidate original

Same here. When I bought a DVD recorder, I used the VCR to transfer my tapes onto DVDs. And after I transferred them all, I still keep a VCR for backup when the DVD recorder wants to act a fool. Sometimes, I will put a disc in it, and it will say "bad disc" but it will be perfectly fine in a few hours or sometimes a day or two later. If I really want to record something from the TV and that damn DVD recorder wants to act a fool that day, I be damned if I'm going to miss my chance to record it. I simply record it with the VCR and transfer the tape when that DVD player decides to act right.

They really need to get the flaws out of these DVD recorders. I thought it was just mine but a friend of mine and my sister have one and theirs does the same thing from time to time.

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Reply #5 posted 07/25/11 6:49pm

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free2bfreeda said:

Do you still have your VHS player? What movies do you still have?

My old VCR died this year and I replaced it with a VCR/All region DVD player combo because I still have some music videocassettes that have never been released on DVD.

I sold all my VHS movies on ebay long ago.

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Reply #6 posted 07/25/11 6:52pm

LionsAndTigers

I have a vcr/dvd combo, but I can't even remember the last time I watched something on vhs hmmm I barely watch dvds as well. I tend to just pick stuff off of the netflix instant smile

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