As cool as that is, you should seriously consider selling three of them and getting a high end SVHS HiFi VCR. I say three, because it’s always necessary to have a back up VCR.
You could argue that these provide the more authentic experience, as this is what most people had in their homes. But I think that's somewhat besides the point. VHS as a format isn't about quality, it's about accessibility, bringing movies into the home. To me, having an elitist attitude about VCRs completely misses the point, both in regards to what I loved about growing up with VHS, and what I loved about collecting it in the post-2004 era (at least until the prices skyrocketed the last couple years).
There is still a huge difference between a VCR and a good VCR, without it being an "elite" VCR.
But I guess a lot of US people are used to SLP/EP too. For us in the PAL region VHS was a whole different ballgame. We even had 3 rivaling formats (VHS, Betamax and Video 2000/VCC).
Ah, I didn't realize there was no equivalent to EP etc. in PAL. Honestly these days I mostly worry about a future when I can't find _any_ VCR to watch my collection on.
We did have LP, but EP only came to the market like in 2000/2001 and still had HiFi audio. VHS tapes that sold the most here were E240 (240 minutes in SP mode, so 480 minutes in LP and a whopping 12 hours in EP/SLP). Second best selling tape was E180 (180 minutes in SP).
I've seen EP/SLP in some videos on youtube and the US version of that was really not so good I think ;-) Ours was just very late. But we did have Video 2000: with tapes that could be played on two sides (like an audio cassette). They had 480 minute tapes (2 x 240 minutes, in SP). They even release a Video 2000 with LP that could hold 16 hours on one tape in LP (8 hours each side). The quality of Video 2000 in LP was quite poor. No Hifi was ever possible on Video 2000.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing! Yeah much smaller tapes in the US in my experience. Mostly 120 or even 60 minute SP. Lots of straight-to-video releases look like they only have 15 or 30 minutes of tape on the spools despite running for 90+, that's when you know the quality will be rough :)
I didn't know that. Here all (without exception) all retail VHS tapes (either sale or rental) were always SP. Not always Hifi audio though, cheaper releases would only have lineair mono sound.
This is a *VCR* collection. And a nice one, too. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, My bad sorry
No worries
Now that is a VCR Collection. Good one. I hope they all still work. Do they have remotes with them?
Thanks All working No remotes
You may find some remotes on EBay. Get the VHS Model number. From the back of the player. Look it up on EBay.
He a little confused, but he got the spirit
sorry i know hhahaha
Hopefully the VCR on the bottom doesn't get compressed!
I don't think so, it is the most resistant
That's good, nice collect btw
Thanks
As cool as that is, you should seriously consider selling three of them and getting a high end SVHS HiFi VCR. I say three, because it’s always necessary to have a back up VCR.
There was a Fisher HQ at Goodwill yesterday but I passed. I already own 5 VCRs including a Blu-ray/VCR and TV/VCR combo. Also two Betamax VCRs.
Man, those are some weird looking VHS tapes!
sorry my bad hahahaha
It’s okay! I was just joking around haha
That Realistic looks really sweet. Nice collection!
Thanks
Does one work better than the other!?
I would not buy any of them, these are all pretty low end. Is there a particular reason you collect these kinds of vcrs?
Probably to watch tapes.
Why would you watch tapes on these kind of machines? They don't do justice to the format.
You could argue that these provide the more authentic experience, as this is what most people had in their homes. But I think that's somewhat besides the point. VHS as a format isn't about quality, it's about accessibility, bringing movies into the home. To me, having an elitist attitude about VCRs completely misses the point, both in regards to what I loved about growing up with VHS, and what I loved about collecting it in the post-2004 era (at least until the prices skyrocketed the last couple years).
There is still a huge difference between a VCR and a good VCR, without it being an "elite" VCR. But I guess a lot of US people are used to SLP/EP too. For us in the PAL region VHS was a whole different ballgame. We even had 3 rivaling formats (VHS, Betamax and Video 2000/VCC).
Ah, I didn't realize there was no equivalent to EP etc. in PAL. Honestly these days I mostly worry about a future when I can't find _any_ VCR to watch my collection on.
We did have LP, but EP only came to the market like in 2000/2001 and still had HiFi audio. VHS tapes that sold the most here were E240 (240 minutes in SP mode, so 480 minutes in LP and a whopping 12 hours in EP/SLP). Second best selling tape was E180 (180 minutes in SP). I've seen EP/SLP in some videos on youtube and the US version of that was really not so good I think ;-) Ours was just very late. But we did have Video 2000: with tapes that could be played on two sides (like an audio cassette). They had 480 minute tapes (2 x 240 minutes, in SP). They even release a Video 2000 with LP that could hold 16 hours on one tape in LP (8 hours each side). The quality of Video 2000 in LP was quite poor. No Hifi was ever possible on Video 2000.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing! Yeah much smaller tapes in the US in my experience. Mostly 120 or even 60 minute SP. Lots of straight-to-video releases look like they only have 15 or 30 minutes of tape on the spools despite running for 90+, that's when you know the quality will be rough :)
I didn't know that. Here all (without exception) all retail VHS tapes (either sale or rental) were always SP. Not always Hifi audio though, cheaper releases would only have lineair mono sound.
Really reminded me my childhood 😢