Videotapes - Does anybody still collect them?

[MarcMorris]

Am I the only person here who still buys tapes? Admittedly it has to be something that's not available on DVD for me - and it's amazing that there is still heaps of stuff not yet on DVD. And of course there's that lovely artwork too ;)

[Ade]

I don't buy them. I love all those pre-cert covers but generally the thought of suffering through panned/scanned video picture quality is depressing. What key favourite titles do you have that aren't available on DVD?

[Jonny Rojo]

Yep, I still buy them but like Marc it has to be something not on DVD or an Italian crime film, which I'll buy even if it is on DVD because I collect them for the cover art. :)

[Wayne]

Got to be honest, stopped collecting them. I don't even have my VCR coupled up any more. Its stuck in the cupboard.

[Jonny Rojo]

My vcr is in the cupboard too. I only ever get it out when I get a new tape and want to transfer it to DVD-R.

[MarcMorris]

I have a rack of 4 x VCRs (PAL and Multi-System - PAL, SECAM, NTSC), a Sony Hi-Fi Betamax deck and a laserdisc player, plus heaps of Mac based video and DVD software.

Oh, and one of these (http://www.gthelectronics.com/controlc.htm) and one of these (http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC300/index.php).

I can pretty much convert anything to DVD-R ;) If anybody needs anything doing, I'm yer man.

I won't do anything that's available in the shops though! Only ancient tapes that need archiving.

[Wayne]

I can pretty much convert anything to DVD-R ;) If anybody needs anything doing, I'm yer man.

You might just regret saying that :D

[MarcMorris]

I'll do it for a small fee of course. Some tapes can be a lot of hassle though, but I always do my best.

[LoungeLizard]

I still buy videotapes on a pretty regular basis.

[Wayne]

When I finally get round to getting "Dancin thru the Dark" on tape, I shall be in touch by PM then Marc.

Thanks.

[MarcMorris]

I'm still respectable. I won't copy anything that's easily available.

[reaper72]

Recieved original Warner LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES vhs today,but it's only to chop out the nice artwork for my dvd.....;)

[reaper72]

Yep,had a few crackers off this man,including an excellent LADY STAY DEAD....;)

[Jonny Rojo]

Recieved original Warner LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES vhs today,but it's only to chop out the nice artwork for my dvd.....;)

Don't cut the sleeve up! :eek:

Make a hi-res scan and get someone to make you a custom cover. Such a shame to destroy the original sleeve.

[reaper72]

Bit technical for me mate.....:o:p

[Jonny Rojo]

Bit technical for me mate.....:o:p

Get sic to do it, hell I'll even do it for you if you get stuck.

[reaper72]

Your right mate it IS such a shame to destroy it....it's a cracker.....will make some enquiries.....;)Cheers.....

[Jonny Rojo]

It'll take 5 or 10 minutes to scan and re-size the cover so it fits into a DVD case. Print it out on nice glossy paper :cool:

You get the best of both that way. Like I said if you get stuck let me know.

[reaper72]

It'll take 5 or 10 minutes to scan and re-size the cover so it fits into a DVD case. Print it out on nice glossy paper :cool:

You get the best of both that way. Like I said if you get stuck let me know.

Thanks mate.....:cool:

[cloud]

I do yes but I've cut down a lot. Prior to moving to Mexico I was buying them at a steady pace mainly targeting pre-certs. While away I bought very few and since I've come home I've bought one rare video. If I still used eBay then I'd probably give in to temptation and buy them regularly again but with so many DVDs going OOP now and so cheap too I've put all of that on hold and am buying as many DVDs as possible.

[cloud]

I'll do it for a small fee of course. Some tapes can be a lot of hassle though, but I always do my best.

If anybody here has any Strange But True? episodes (apart from the Hitchhiker episode) then could you either sell me the tape or record it onto DVD-r for me and I'll sort out a fee with you. I especially want/crave Stocksbridge Bypass/Angels.

[gax]

i only buy horror videos everything else i get on dvd.horror dose not look right polished and remastered

[MarcMorris]

That's usually how it was originally seen at the cinema though, unless the print was battered and worn. But it would have started out looking pristine.

[D'Amato lives!]

I haven't bought a single pre-recorded tape since I got a DVD player. Still record stuff on VHS though, and have plenty of (mostly pro wrestling) tapes that still fill up a shelf or two.

[tall dude]

I've only bought a handful of tapes since i started collecting dvds back in 2001.Some stand up comedy stuff,grave misdemeanours and night of the creeps.Thats about it!

[Count Yorga]

I have sold all my taped except two ex rentals of the Incubus and Piranha, just for nostalgia. I still enjoy watching the trailers on the tapes. Anyone remember that Warner Home Video song? :)

/Y

[reaper72]

What song was that mate?

[djbuggenhagen]

I sold most of my video collection a good while ago, made a bit of cash because dvd still hadn't taken off properly (was probably the end of '98/start of '99 when I let them go.) I still keep hold of a few old pre-certs which probably aren't worth anything but have excellent/crazy artwork - I don't actually own a vhs player now so I can't watch them.

Hadn't picked up a tape for years but was in a rural charity shop the other day and couldn't resist picking up a couple of pre-certs with great covers - Small Town Massacre and Blackout. Haven't had a chance to watch them at a mates yet but they look pretty stinking. Blackout has one of the funniest warnings that I've seen on the front... something like "WARNING: This film is about psychotic killers, loose on the rampage." How could I pass that up?

[AndyBlade]

Is Blackout the 1985 movie starring Richard Widmark and one of the Carradines? The cover is a guy in a leather gimp mask holding a knife....I've wanted to see that again for years but never been able to find a copy...

I remember the Small Town Massacre cover from my days spent in video stores way back when. I've never seen the film, but I remember the cover was the guy holding the Stanley knife dripping with blood.

[Someone Weird]

Small Town Massacre...Haven't had a chance to watch them at a mates yet but they look pretty stinking.

I saw this being sold at a car boot sale years ago in a cardboard case. There was another title with it, that looked really gory but I can't remember the title. My parents wouldn't buy them for me as I was too young though. 'Small Town Massacre' is actually pretty decent - you can get it on DVD as Strange Behaviour aka 'Dead Kids'.

[Wynter]

Is this the film that features a fancy dress party where a dance number suddenly breaks out?

[Someone Weird]

Ha ha, yes that's the one. Lightening Strikes the teeny boppers!

[Wynter]

I love that. The rest of the film is okay but that scene is pure gold.

[Silent Voice]

Is Blackout the 1985 movie starring Richard Widmark and one of the Carradines? The cover is a guy in a leather gimp mask holding a knife....I've wanted to see that again for years but never been able to find a copy...


There is a film called Blackout as you descibed above and was available on the Polygram/Spectrum video label,great film and well worth tracking down.

[djbuggenhagen]

Is this the film that features a fancy dress party where a dance number suddenly breaks out?

****... Sounds awesome! Think I'll have to give it a watch for that scene alone. I see that the new release of Strange Behaviour was trimmed by the BBFC for immitable suicide shots. Oh, and yeah, the cover does have a guy with a blood drenched stanley knife.

AndyBlade - It's not that Blackout, but it does have a Carradine in it - Robert Carradine. The cover is a pretty distinctive black and yellow design with 3 bad guys looming over a screaming woman, a guy firing a gun and a police car. The back sleeve has a guy gagging a woman.

I really miss the days of such great sleeve art - standing in the video shop as a wee guy in the early 80's was mindbending stuff :)