I have quite a collection, and love the format. Are there any others who still watch favorite films on this format? What does your preferred VHS rig consist of?
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I have quite a collection, and love the format. Are there any others who still watch favorite films on this format? What does your preferred VHS rig consist of?
oh god yes
i have well over 300 vhs tapes
my whole star trek tos and tng series all 10 seasons combined are retail vhs tapes
i prefer tos and tng on vhs because they help rather then hinder the special effects they just seem at home on vhs
i dont really have a specialised set up just 2 ratty old vcr's stacked on top of each other and connected to a tv just like before all this dvd shenanigans
Yeah, I'm a fan. Love the box art on most tapes.
I've still got a SVHS player hooked to the svideo input of my monitor. I've got TONS of VHS tapes, including this:
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I've never PLAYED the tapes in it... that's what the regular VHS tapes are for. I keep the Box set in pristine condition on the chance I may sell it one day. It's signed and numbered and in perfect condition. :cool:
I thank the electronics gods for finally releasing me from the pain of having to rewind my movies after watching them.
Not a fan of VHS or cassette tape.
You obviously have not viewed TNG on bluray. While this might be a reasonable claim for TOS with their sub par low tech effects of their day, it is absolutely 100% false for TNG. The special effects in TNG were far ahead of their time and were greatly diminished by contemporary video quality. The new bluray releases show them in all their original (unlike TOS which was "enhanced") glory, as they were meant to be seen, and cannot be matched. However, do not watch the fake upscaled HD episodes they show on TV. They are crap. The blurays are completely remastered from the original film and are beautiful - showing detail nowhere near apparent on VHS.Quote:
Originally Posted by KitsuneNight
yeah yeah yeah
i just prefer tos and tng on vhs
cant i just bloody like and prefer a show on a "inferior" format ?
tos is helped not hinderd by vhs's fuzziness it also hides the wobbely sets and shonky special effects
I like VHS for it's authenticity to the older movies but more often than not I watch the Blu-Ray or DVD.
VHS is great for recording shows. It's the only format I know of that can be recorded then stored for later. If there's anything else please let me know.
I dont watch movies anymore, like ever. And I dont miss VHS, or audio cassettes or vinyls for that matter. Good riddance :p
This being said I have fond memories of watching my Johnny 5 movie VHS as a kid. That was like my favourite movie.
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i remember that movie
i remember 2 as well it wasnt as good but still okay
2 was good but sad. Both were really good.
Johnny 5 is alive!
i havent seen either in years
but i remember more from 2 then from 1
I have a DVHS deck. Love it to death.
Just love VHS :), watching gritty or even cheesy scifi on DVD just isn't the same as watching them on VHS.
Stuff like:
Hardware,
Nemesis,
Screamers,
Death Machine,
Robot Jox,
Robot Wars,
Eliminators,
Runaway,
Demon Seed,
Silent Running,
Arena,
Johny Mnemonic and
Chopping Mall just NEEDS to be seen on VHS :)
I threw most of my retail VHS away, and gave the rest to Goodwill, who probably threw them away. I kept our home videos of course, and anything I thought was cool that I recorded. When I saw that most of that could be found on YouTube in better quality, I tossed those too.