Any "Tape Heads" or "Spinners?" (VHS or Laserdisc Collectors?)

yep standard RCA situation

Yes, RCA. Yellow video and two audio Red and White. Plays best, (in my opinion), on original CRT intent... but I'm old school.

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Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life through an adventure of perception. How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'Green'?

-Stan Brakhage

Awww. Dude. Sorry to hear that man. But it's never too late! Films never die/go away! I'm sure you can start a-new.

Took to watching this tonight, Hunger... kinda surprised that it made it to a Laserdisc transfer... seems more of a VHS vignette kinda deal. It felt like a student film. If your going to cover your bases here, narratively it was "meh," as far as aesthetically and through innovation it had "moments," but they were better covered in the French New Wave, and a technical stand point it didn't pave any new ground. So curious. Curious as to "why" it made this format? And two, since it "did" it certainly adjusts my eyes on the "range" of the Laserdisc format. Very interesting.

It is I used to find all my films at car boots and charity shops.. now all you see is .. Independence Day and Err Braveheart I had obscure movies, you just don’t see them anymore

I am taking all the tapes at my mom's house and I bought a Sanyo VCR from Goodwill for $8.99+tax. I also acquired a backup VCR for free. One of the blue line Panasonics.

So yes, my analog brother, we are the same.

I’ll trade you a Sony Wega for one of them there vcrs.

what makes you think i don’t already have one?

Knowing you, one is never enough.
Shall we talk about flashlights?

mine is only a 20” so yes, this is true.

my man, I can talk flashlights all day

@doubledenim i'll tell you what i'm on the hunt for now: a high end A/V receiver with analog inputs. preferably s-video and component inputs

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"This is that human freedom, which all boast that they possess, and which consists solely in the fact, that men are conscious of their own desire, but are ignorant of the causes whereby that desire has been determined." -Baruch Spinoza

i've been watching movies way more than i was before i got the VCR. naturally, it's all shit i've seen 100 times, but there's just something about popping in a tape and watching beginning to end. it's a chore to navigate, so you just gotta ride it out. and rewinding to watch a scene again isn't worth the hassle, so you really gotta pay attention.

damnit, i wish i had been collecting these when they were all over the place. now they are harder to find than a virgin 80 year old.

i've turned to eBay, but the prices have limited me being VERY choosey about what i buy. will post pics when my 2 latest orders come in.

favorite part of VHS, though, is all these open matte transfers. YUM!

My favorite copy of ALIEN is on an old commercial VHS.

4:3 makes the world feel more cramped, heightening the terror. We're pushed in just a little closer on the scene and our actors.

The colors are muted into a beautiful patina, like bluing metal on antique gun metal or oil on an old painting. It feels like an artifact.

480p doth hide many sins...

There is the lurking thrill of terror that the auto-self-destruct may "eat the tape" as the God of Tapeheads randomly decides whether today is the day that it munches a favorite video (The Sword of Damocles ain't got s**t on the heads of a VHS player) much as the Nostromo's destruct sequence could not be aborted...

i was looking at picking up Alien and Aliens on VHS but funds are limited. next payday maybe. it's too bad i can't find any place around here that sells tapes. gonna try my luck at some estates sales because there's gotta be an old person library somewhere to make me quake.

i wonder what ever happened to @Dog Star Man

hope they're alright. it's lonely in here

I still have working VHS and laserdisc players

but are you using them?

Mine should still work, though I haven't actually played a VHS or LD in quite a while.

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

I will always watch whichever version is available with the highest resolution

an unplayed VCR is like a tree falling in the woods when no one is around. does it make a sound? i’d hope so but no guarantees!