Ha. I have a VCR. I don’t think it has been plugged into power at any point in the kids’ lives. It’s just been there at the bottom of the entertainment cabinet, dark and mysterious and ignored.
The only tapes I still have are Star Wars remastered (Han still shoots first) and 1997 editions. Widescreen versions.
I should put them on one day. In this day and age of streaming and Bly Rays, VHS will be an experience.
Clean the heads, but please don’t use a head clean tape ( in the bizzare offchance you find one) those things were sandpaper, you want a light solvent.
Copying movies from the telly. You could buy blank tapes and record from a camcorder or copy from a telly, either by cable or just pointing the camera at the screen.
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Hey. Those “old people” tapes may contain some risque stuff. Be careful.
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With the tracking transition 🤣
Ha. I have a VCR. I don’t think it has been plugged into power at any point in the kids’ lives. It’s just been there at the bottom of the entertainment cabinet, dark and mysterious and ignored.
The only tapes I still have are Star Wars remastered (Han still shoots first) and 1997 editions. Widescreen versions.
I should put them on one day. In this day and age of streaming and Bly Rays, VHS will be an experience.
If they taped shows or movies off the telly there will be old ads
( first show I saw on tape was Blake 7 , I borrowed a player from the library at school, it was 1978. )
You might also need to use a tape head cleaner first .
Clean the heads, but please don’t use a head clean tape ( in the bizzare offchance you find one) those things were sandpaper, you want a light solvent.
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Copying movies from the telly. You could buy blank tapes and record from a camcorder or copy from a telly, either by cable or just pointing the camera at the screen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_head_cleaner