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Be kind to your elders
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I still own a VCR and a vast collection of VHS tapes. I mean, I also pay for streaming services, but without the old 90s commercials for Disney World and previews for movies that were released in 1995, the movies just don’t hit the same.
I don't have a machine, but can't throw away some classics. Sometime in the future, someone will watch 'Videodrome' as God and nature intended.
How are the VHS cassettes holding up? 30+ years I think is past the average lifespan, do they jam/tear/etc more than they used to?
I convert them to USB for people as a side line. Quite rare to find one that won't play. Even the ones where the spools are white with mold still play ok.
I haven’t had any tears. Hard to say whether it’s my VCR or the tapes doing the jamming. I’m not very tech savvy, and I was a kid when these were all in use so I haven’t learned how to fix these things. When something doesn’t work right, I usually just take the top off the VCR and wiggle a part, and all goes smoothly after that.