Comments on: Bye Bye, VHS – The Last Distributor Gives Up the Ghost

By: David (aka daveosaurus)

David (aka daveosaurus) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:59:19 +0000

Videotape’s demise is sad to see but it eventually had to happen. Remember when VCR’s were first introduced? Wired remotes and manually tuning in television channels were all features back in those early days. It’s been interesting watching the technology evolve but now it’s all but dead.

The new king is DVD with the young prince, Blu-ray, waiting to take over the throne. But both of these formats may have a relatively short lifespan as we move toward digital distribution via the internet.

The King is dead. Long live the King.

By: sbushfan11

sbushfan11 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:47:59 +0000

The quality of VHS Tape video is so bad that I can’t stand watching it. I don’t want to send my tapes to the landfill, so there still taking up good space. Till I figure out what to do with them. They will not be missed.

By: Ron Knights

Ron Knights — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:50:41 +0000

I got my DVD player a few years ago.

Interestingly it was about that time that my unused VHS recorder/Player died. (My ex-wife had stored it in the dingy basement.)

At the time I didn’t have many VHS tapes, except the “original” Star Wars movies that my ex had bought me for Christmas.

I gave her the Star Wars & other VHS tapes, and never looked back.

By: Ninesvnsicks

Ninesvnsicks — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:18:46 +0000

Yeah, my mom told me about this she got some VHS tapes for Christmas from one of my relatives we all told her she needs a DVR or something like that.

By: TxNana

TxNana — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:20:34 +0000

Well i still record onto VSH tapes.I have a lot of old TV shows and home movies on them. I have no clue how to put them on my computer so i could make them into DVD’s. We have DVD players but none of them record. I love new tech but hate to give up the old tech. I just went out and bought a VHS-DVD recorder; so now i need to transfer all the VHS tapes to DVD. Maybe i should have thought ahead sooner.

By: Aaron S

Aaron S — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:10:22 +0000

I still watch VHS tapes. I just did today! I guess my dad will have to get rid of his old video camera that only uses VHS to record. Too bad we don’t have any money for a new one..

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:41:39 +0000

I’m not surprised. I can’t remember the last time I went to a store that had ANY VHS movies for sale. The only place I know you can get old movies, is pawn shops and video rental stores. VHS has been dead for a long time now.

By: Dimitry Nadel

Dimitry Nadel — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:21:56 +0000

Yea I’m Still trying to import all my vhs videos to my computer! Man its going to take long to burn all them on dvds

By: NYCRR98

NYCRR98 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:39:54 +0000

So sad to see the times change. I still have Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on Betamax and VHS. Don’t know if it is still viable (the Beta) but at least there were the memories, time to search out the DVD version.

Time to move on :(

By: kevoc2008

kevoc2008 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:25:09 +0000

Wow, thay was still making VHS tape till now, wow. I still have some VHS tape and player. Simple to record and easy to override.

By: Backlin

Backlin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:14:58 +0000

Good thing this disappointing news was announced on Christmas eve, otherwise I would be having a pretty bad Christmas day!

I still have some home movies that need converting. Good thing my dad learned how to work a DVD player yesterday, now he can play most major flicks for a few years.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:17:43 +0000

Don’t forget people VCR’s are not going anywhere, so you can always go n buy a replacement player if your old one dies… I saw a VCR/DVD combo just yesterday at a large electronics store…. so although RETAIL VHS is dead, watching your VHS tapes for the next 10yrs+ will not be a problem… jusy BUY A NEW VCR if you have 200 or so tapes to convert, that will keep you in VHS heaven for yrs to come while you transfer to your HD (which would be better than DVD since Media Centers (divx etc) is the new ‘DVD’ anyway.

By: kpslover007

kpslover007 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:05:33 +0000

I got rid of most of my VHS tapes a while ago. I have a few and I need to convert them ASAP.

By: Matt Harris

Matt Harris — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:53:25 +0000

We have around 200 VHS tapes at our house that still entertain us. I have been putting off on converting them but I better soon our VHS player is getting old and the tapes are to. It was only a matter of time before this happened and I normally only buy movies on DVD/Blue Ray now. It will take me a long time to convert those tapes I might invest in the DVD/Blue Ray versions of my favorites if they’re available.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:52:03 +0000

I already can see the same post in the future saying that the last load of DVD Players have been shipped.
Ah, the techno-evolution. :D