Looking for a VCR/DVD player - tips?

[BoneSnapDeez]

I am somewhat surprised so many still have and use VCRs. I don't think I have had a VHS tape or VCR in years. I would have trouble going back.

Flea markets around here tend to have cheap anime VHS tapes, which is why I'm considering a nice VCR.

[Luke]

Who here, without the aid of a search engine, knows what VHS and VCR are acronyms for?

[jinx]

Who here, without the aid of a search engine, knows what VHS and VCR are acronyms for?

I knew VCR, but had to Google search VHS

[Ziggy]

I am somewhat surprised so many still have and use VCRs. I don't think I have had a VHS tape or VCR in years. I would have trouble going back.

I mean, we're on a retro gaming forum. Is it really surprising that we do other retro things besides gaming? Maybe half of us have a CRT in addition to an HDTV for the purpose of retro gaming. I don't think it's such a shocker to have a VCR hooked up to that CRT, especially if you still have your dozens or even hundreds of VHS tapes.

I watched a VHS movie on my HDTV recently, and it wasn't bad at all. Don't get me wrong, blurry as hell compared to a BD or even a DVD, but still very watchable. Not nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be. I wanted to watch the first X-Files movie because I've been watching the series on NetFlix. NetFlix didn't have the movie on streaming, and I didn't wanna wait for the DVD in the mail, but I've owned it on VHS since it came out. I just had to deal with pan and scan (which is much better than dealing with letterbox on a widescreen IMO) but no big deal.

[Jmustang1968]

I am somewhat surprised so many still have and use VCRs. I don't think I have had a VHS tape or VCR in years. I would have trouble going back.

I mean, we're on a retro gaming forum. Is it really surprising that we do other retro things besides gaming? Maybe half of us have a CRT in addition to an HDTV for the purpose of retro gaming. I don't think it's such a shocker to have a VCR hooked up to that CRT, especially if you still have your dozens or even hundreds of VHS tapes.

I watched a VHS movie on my HDTV recently, and it wasn't bad at all. Don't get me wrong, blurry as hell compared to a BD or even a DVD, but still very watchable. Not nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be. I wanted to watch the first X-Files movie because I've been watching the series on NetFlix. NetFlix didn't have the movie on streaming, and I didn't wanna wait for the DVD in the mail, but I've owned it on VHS since it came out. I just had to deal with pan and scan (which is much better than dealing with letterbox on a widescreen IMO) but no big deal.

Haha a bit defensive over your VHS. I was just surprised.

I would say retro gaming and retro video formats are 2 different beasts. I can still enjoy retro games. I cannot really enjoy VHS any more. The same movie in an inferior format. Its not like DVDs are expensive any more.

But I won't knock anyone who wants to enjoy their tape collection, I was just surprised.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I still use cassettes, VHS tapes, and floppy disks.

[Jmustang1968]

I still use cassettes, VHS tapes, and floppy disks.

I think it has been atleast 7 or 8 years since I have used any of those. Floppies being the last. I haven't had a floppy drive on my PC in that long. It has probably been 10 years or more for a cassette or vhs.

[Luke]

I converted all my VHS cassettes to DVD, listen to tapes once in a while, but haven't used a floppy since I used one as a joke.

[jinx]

I'm thinking about buying some MiniDiscs and a player for nostalgia.
I haven't had a VHS tape since Katrina and keep all my media in digital format (aside from games). That sort of thing seems kind of taboo on these sorts of forums...

EDIT:
I've used floppies more recently to boot and repair old servers, but still haven't used one in quite a while.

[Ziggy]

Haha a bit defensive over your VHS.

Nope. I was just chatting.

I would say retro gaming and retro video formats are 2 different beasts. I can still enjoy retro games. I cannot really enjoy VHS any more. The same movie in an inferior format. Its not like DVDs are expensive any more.

But that's like saying why play SMB3 on the NES when you can play it on the SNES. Same game, inferior graphics.

Don't get me wrong, 99.9% of the time I watch a movie it's on DVD or BD. Maybe even a tad more than that.