VHS Is Dead

[Yavin4]

The days of being charged an extra $.50 for not rewinding are over.

Bye bye VHS.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953955.html?categoryid=20&cs=1

[Fuzz]

1. I was just talking about this with a friend of mine who was over

this evening. I was looking for a PS2 game and ran across an old birthdy gift, the Ken Burns Baseball Series, on VHS. I said, look at that, I got this whole series, and not one VCR to play it on. :(

[Dukkha]

2. DIVX was a crib death

so now we wait to see who will be killed; Blu-Ray or HD-DVD

some lesser known killings:

DAT
SACD
DVD-A
DTS-CD
DCC

[Lautremont]

3. Sez You!

Well, sez you and Variety, which I suppose is a fairly authoritative source. But I have a large collection of oddball VHS movies, which will last forever! or until they thin out and bust on me, whichever comes first.

Boy, if I could post a picture of my VHS collection, you'd be amazed, and likely bow down before me.

[Yavin4]

6. OKay Old Timer

Do you have albums as well?

[Fuzz]

7. I have albums that haven't seen a needle in decades

:(

[Lautremont]

8. Get out of my yard!

Lots of albums! But in MY day, we called 'em "vinyl." And we wore onions on our belts.

[Robb]

19. Dickety. nt

[huskerlaw]

4. Thank god I bought my mom a DVD player

for her birthday 2 months ago.

Seriously. She's only in her 50s. I couldn't believe she still used the VCR.

[LSdemocrat]

5. It's quite useful when you need to record 2 different shows while watching another

I suppose someday my cable company may offer a 3 tuner DVR, but that day isn't here yet.

[RoyGBiv]

9. Yes, yes ...

That 50 cent rewinding fee is gone, replaced by hidden, but far more expensive licensing fees, limited term licensing, draconian enforcement strategies for licensing and a further erosion of our rights as consumers.

VHS is dead. Long live VHS, or at least life before the DMCA. :-)

[BarenakedLady]

10. Oh yes

It is.

buh-bye

[Hubert H. Hubert]

11. Analog tape is teh sux0r

I have tapes that are barely 5 years old that no longer track, no matter how much I fiddle with the adjustment.

I've always hated analog with a passion. I'll take MPEG compression artifacts over noise, time base error and head wear any day.

So long, VHS. And take those ****ing audio cassettes with you!

[ChoralScholar]

13. Welcome to DU HHH!

:toast:

[Hubert H. Hubert]

15. Thanks!

Glad I finally worked up the nerve to register after approximately 2.5833333333333333333333333333333 years of lurking.

:hide:

[buddhamama]

17. Welcome to DU, Hubert H. Hubert !

Enjoy and enlighten ! :toast: :hi:

[michreject]

18. Welcome to DU, Hubert H. Hubert

Agree on the cassette thing. Analog sucks

[MoseyWalker]

12. Not in my house

I have over 100 dvd movies, but over 500 vhs movies, and a number of vcr players.

vhs will never die, its crappy colors will just slowly fade away!

[Tyo]

14. VHS?

Those tape things?

[mockmonkey]

16. Should I mention

That I'm still using my Betamax that I bought in 1983? Does this mean Beta won?