Could VHS make a comeback?
09-10-2021, 17:57
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Could VHS make a comeback?
I always felt that VHS was a good format. It worked well. However, the DVD and the PC has seen VHS all-but disappear and I believe that VHS machines are not longer being produced.
Other analogue formats have made a comeback so could VHS return?
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09-10-2021, 18:45
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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09-10-2021, 19:40
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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Originally Posted by Rillington
I always felt that VHS was a good format. It worked well. However, the DVD and the PC has seen VHS all-but disappear and I believe that VHS machines are not longer being produced.
Other analogue formats have made a comeback so could VHS return?
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You’re on your own with that one, Rillington. Why on Earth would anyone want to go back to VHS tapes?
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09-10-2021, 20:15
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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You’re on your own with that one, Rillington. Why on Earth would anyone want to go back to VHS tapes?
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Not quite, almost certainly another fan stateside 
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09-10-2021, 21:41
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
Landfillled VHS tapes are the only thing keeping London above sea level - fact.
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09-10-2021, 22:15
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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Originally Posted by Rillington
I always felt that VHS was a good format. It worked well. However, the DVD and the PC has seen VHS all-but disappear and I believe that VHS machines are not longer being produced.
Other analogue formats have made a comeback so could VHS return?
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Considering betamax was better than VHS why would anyone want it to return?
Bit like your rediculous cassette return thread. Neither will happen.
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10-10-2021, 02:14
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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Originally Posted by Rillington
I always felt that VHS was a good format.
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It wasnt, it just happened to become the most popular.
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10-10-2021, 06:17
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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Shame as I have loads of VHS tape
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10-10-2021, 08:14
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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It wasnt, it just happened to become the most popular.
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Indeed. The Philips LP VCR format had a much superior picture and sound but the concentric cassette design was unfriendly for high speed duplication so lost out.
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10-10-2021, 18:54
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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Bit like your rediculous cassette return thread. Neither will happen.
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Why is my cassette tape thread ridiculous?
---------- Post added at 18:52 ---------- Previous post was at 18:52 ----------
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Originally Posted by Ken W
Shame as I have loads of VHS tape
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as have many others.
---------- Post added at 18:54 ---------- Previous post was at 18:52 ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by pip08456
Considering betamax was better than VHS why would anyone want it to return?
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As you say, Betamax was seen as the superior format but VHS won the battle of the format wars.
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10-10-2021, 21:11
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You’re on your own with that one, Rillington. Why on Earth would anyone want to go back to VHS tapes?
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I love my VHS tapes!!!!
I love analogue so when there is a movie I want and I want it in unmolested analogue,I look for the earliest copy I can get of it.... These are a few I have
1) Wizard of OZ (1939) - 1980 release
2) Casablanca (1942) - 1981 release
3) African Queen (1951) - 1979 release (FIRST RELEASE)
4) 48 Hrs (1982) - 1983 release (First release - Newer ones look horrible)
5) BUS STOP (1955 I think) - 1978 release
6) Assault on precinct 13 (1976) - 1978 release
Alot of this depends on if the person took care of the tape. People are 1/2 responsible!
You dont find a VHS tape from that early in good condition very often.. (Especially if it was a rental)
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11-10-2021, 08:51
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
Why on earth would people want VHS back?
- Everytime the tape goes over the heads it is destroying the tape. Quality gets worse.
- Who wants to wait for the tapes to rewind, fast forward.
- They werent designed for HD TV, more lines than pixels.
- They took up way too much space to store. I'd rather have files on my PC.
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11-10-2021, 10:07
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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Originally Posted by Dude111
I love my VHS tapes!!!!
I love analogue so when there is a movie I want and I want it in unmolested analogue,I look for the earliest copy I can get of it.... These are a few I have
1) Wizard of OZ (1939) - 1980 release
2) Casablanca (1942) - 1981 release
3) African Queen (1951) - 1979 release (FIRST RELEASE)
4) 48 Hrs (1982) - 1983 release (First release - Newer ones look horrible)
5) BUS STOP (1955 I think) - 1978 release
6) Assault on precinct 13 (1976) - 1978 release
Alot of this depends on if the person took care of the tape. People are 1/2 responsible!
You dont find a VHS tape from that early in good condition very often.. (Especially if it was a rental)
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Well, exactly. Why would you prefer an inferior system like analogue to the much better quality digital system?
Ah, well, each to their own!
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11-10-2021, 12:12
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
TBH I feel the VHS is better quality than some VM SD channels
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11-10-2021, 12:55
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Re: Could VHS make a comeback?
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TBH I feel the VHS is better quality than some VM SD channels
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Output is only as good as the input though.
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