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Tossed VHS and all tapes. Going DVD for image, anyone else?

Posted by Elizabeth on August 6, 2001 at 09:35:54

I tossed out hundreds of VHS (gave them away at work) when my JVC ultra S-VHS player developed a problem. Instead of fixing the player I decided the format was not worth keeping. I would tape stuff just to tape.. then never watch it!!!! When Blockbuster rented LD, I taped at least a hundred of 'em... And rewatched maybe TEN! What a waste. With DVD the picture is so razor sharp and so filmlike... Now VHS is just for timeshifting TV programs... And I never did that anyway. (Even LD is now only a poor stepchild of DVD. I have a large LD collection and a Pioneer3070 player and even an Elite S2 I picked up for a song. Some of the LD discs are gems, like the museum discs... irreplaceable. But any LDs I can find on DVD in an anamorphic or enhanced for 16:9... The LD is replaced.) So... how do YOU "view" (pun intended) the old video formats? As landfill fodder? or...?

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