Do you still use a VCR and VHS tapes?

I still have my VCR! But I don't use it anymore though.

 

There are some HDMI to composite converters around for less than $130. The thing is, with the ones I've bought anyway, they crap out after like six-ish months. But maybe with a little luck you could do better than I did? I know, like anytime you buy cheap, it is a crapshoot. I found one at Fry's, and then I found two on Amazon. In the neighborhood of $30ish dollars each iirc.

 

I tried one of those converters and found the video quality to be so poor it was unwatchable.

So I do still have a functioning VHS player and a whole lot of tapes, but sadly no way to use/watch them.

 

Yep, I still have a VCR and lots of VHS tapes. I wish I could record shows with it though, but I have over the air digital, and the process to do that would be so convoluted and involve buying more hardware.

 

God, no.

 

I got rid of all my pre-recorded VHS tapes in early 2000 when I got my first DVD player, and my VCR in 2005 when I got my first DVR. I couldn't fathom using a VCR today, especially in the world of HD.

 

Stopped regularly using VCR in 2009 when I got my first DVR. However, I do occasionally use a VCR for digitizing old programs I recorded that are not available in any other format.

 

mainly for converting the tapes to digital format.
I just today put a 34 year old VHS by The Jam [trans global express video] through the DVD recorder which I don't think has been officially released on DVD.
it looks pretty good still.

 

Still have a VHS player stored away somewhere and a few tapes but no desire to reconnect it again. VHS on a modern TV is laughably bad as far as the picture quality is concerned. The sound quality can be quite good though.

 

I have one working VCR in the house and haven't used it in years. I have a few personal video recordings I've never transfered to DVD, the film Let It Be, and a TV performance of Ozzy with Randy Rhoads which are the only reasons I'd ever need to use the VCR. But I haven't in quite a while.

 

Yes, I have several working ones. I still like to hit the thrift stores and buy sealed vhs tapes for a buck!

 

Yes, not much but still use it.

 

I have not owned a vcr in years. Once dvd came out I never looked back.

 

My family came over recently and we put on the VHS of their great grandparents they never met along with how their mom's looked when they were 12.
It was a nice evening and frankly it didn't bother me that it was on VHS.
I got a kick asking the 10 year olds what they thought this tape was (They knew)

 

Not for 20 years or so.

 

I should dig out my VCR and re-watch some of my movies that still aren't available on DVD....

- Godzilla 1985
- Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder
- From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
- The Lawnmower Man (director's cut).

 

I have one in storage. Since I don't have anything on VHS that hasn't been released on another format, I'm not sure when I'll use it again, but I'm a bit of a pack rat, so I like knowing it's around.

 

What is a VCR or a VHS? Just kidding ... No throwing tomatoes at the newbie (that's me in case you didn't know.) LOL

 

I will be soon as I want to go through some old tapes of gigs I played back in the 90's and transfer them to DVD - hope they're still playable...

 

Of course, I have quite a VHS music collection including concerts broadcast in the 80's.

 

I have a few VHS tapes & a working VCR, so YES.

Darryl

 

Every now and then. I have a good few only Brit horror films I recorded on vhs.
I have 2 VCRs as well, one is a backup.

 

Every now and then. I have a good few only Brit horror films I recorded on vhs.
I have 2 VCRs as well, one is a backup.

 

Every now and then. I have a good few only Brit horror films I recorded on vhs.
I have 2 VCRs as well, ones a backup.

 

Same here...