Posted by beckola on 01/12/16 11:38

NFord wrote:
> <beckola@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:1138521343.905125.76540@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >I guess they will keep making them as long as people keep buying them,
> > but I was
> > wondering how long that will be.
> >
> > I have hundreds of videos I watch on and off. I'm not really interested
> > in replacing them
> > with DVDs. I have titles like Alien, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, etc. I
> > still like watching them
> > but I've seen them so many times, I don't feel like buying them on DVD.
> >
> > Just wondering how long the manufactures will be making the dual
> > players, DVD/VCRs.
>
> They still make turntables...
>
> But if you like a movie well enough to watch
> a relatively low-quality, "full-frame" version
> of it again and again, then you like it enough
> to pop for the movie on DVD and *really*
> enjoy it.

Thanks for the responses. It seems ironical because I didn't really
have a
large VHS collection until DVD became mainstream.

I was at a garage sale where a guy was asking 50 cents to $1.00 for his
videos. I asked how much for all them (300+ movies) and he said $100.00
for the lot. I've been buying them as a "hobby" ever since.

It's hard to explain, but its become addictive. Probably because you
can
buy videos for less than it use to cost to rent them.

I wasn't aware that you can still buy turntables. Most likely this will
be the
case with VCRs many years from now.

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