VHS Tape Nostalgia

The cluster discusses personal experiences and anecdotes about VHS tapes, including issues like tapes getting chewed by VCRs, rewinding annoyances, Betamax vs VHS format wars, and nostalgia for retro video technology.

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amelius Nov 20, 2022 View on HN

Reminds me of people who used VHS to make backups.

burritas Dec 5, 2022 View on HN

What's the significance of VHS tapes?

WillyF Jan 11, 2011 View on HN

You never had your VCR eat a VHS tape? Definitely happened to me a few times. And the whole having to rewind thing was kind of annoying too. I'd take a DVD over a VHS any day, even if the picture quality was the same.

nikolay May 26, 2022 View on HN

The classical Betamax vs VHS question?

joubert May 21, 2010 View on HN

they were showing video cassettes?

layer8 Mar 3, 2023 View on HN

You mean like Betamax vs. VHS? ;)

masteryupa_ Feb 1, 2016 View on HN

Perhaps an early vhs vs betamax episode.

Evbn Nov 23, 2012 View on HN

Why would you imagine it is VHS and not hard drive?

pantulis Apr 19, 2022 View on HN

A solid point. This reminds me the old days when I carefully programmed my VHS video to record Blade Runner from a public broadcast on TV. How happy I was. "Now I will be able to watch Blade Runner whenever I want!" I even remember having purchased a more expensive VHS tape just for that, I didnt want to have no image quality issues in the future.

anthony_barker Feb 19, 2015 View on HN

Or a VCR that plays BETAMAX? (maybe a better analogy)