What to do with your VHS that you don't watch anymore?

Post by **skyknight** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:00 pm

OK,

I did a search in the forum in regards with VHS, there was a thread earlier, but not in the same direction that I was looking for.

SO, after a decade that I got my PS2, which was also the first DVD player in my house, I stumble upon a bunch of VHS tapes. Man, my family stopped buying VHS (entirely!) just a year after getting the PS2, and now I just found the last VCR we bought stored inside a box that was in the basement!

Now what can I do with the VHS tapes, which I am definitely sure no one in my family will ever watch again? Are there charities that will take in, such as for military servicemen?

Just to be clear, no one in my family is planning to keep the VCR and VHS tapes, we all just want to move on with the current technology.

Post by **classicgamer5** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:01 pm

I still use mine, but mostly for old home videos and older movies I dont have on DVD or Blu Ray

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:07 pm

http://www.ehow.com/about_5210016_can-r ... apes_.html

Or.. Rent a bulldozer/roller and wreak havoc upon them poor old tapes!

If all else fails.. There's always the Cathode Ray Mission!

Post by **BigTinz** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:09 pm

shoot them with a gun

Website · Post by **Hobie-wan** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:10 pm

I need to get rid of mine. They're just taking up space and the VCR side of my old DVD/VCR unit wasn't even working properly last time I used it a long time ago anyway. I might list some on here for cheap if anyone is interested, or might unload on Craigslist/Freecycle/Goodwill/whatnot.

Post by **noiseredux** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:10 pm

sell them on half.com

Post by **Scooter** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:31 pm

Why don't you donate them to a homeless shelter or a retirement home?

Post by **Octopod** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:36 pm

I only keep and buy VHS that have not had a DVD release. Noone ever really wants them unless they are rare genre films.

Website · Post by **Hobie-wan** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:38 pm

Scooter wrote:Why don't you donate them to a homeless shelter or a retirement home?

In my case, a lot of the originals probably won't be to terribly useful to either place, though there's a lot of recorded TV that I'd need to give as a 'used tape'. Tiny Toons - How I Spent My Summer Vacation could be good for a homeless shelter with kids, but Naked Lunch and a documentary about Salvador Dali, not so much.

Post by **Hatta** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:40 pm

A VCR is still the easiest way to convert RF out to composite. I still use my VCRs to run my Ataris and Colecovision. Dunno what to do with the media though. Maybe in 20 years there will be a resurgence in VHS because it looks "warmer" than DVDs.

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