VHS on the way out...Walmart will no longer sell VCR's

[greenbriar]

we are converting all we have to DVD and our cassette music tapes to CD's .

Looks like we saw it coming


Can't find the link..Hubby saw it on Tech TV last night

They will sell what they have in inventory and then that will be all

[SCDem]

1. I have the VCR/DVD combo

which is good because now you can buy the VHS' for cheap!!

[greenbriar]

2. I am going to get one /combo for my classroom

cause I have sooo many things on VHS that I can probably never replace

[cynatnite]

10. Same here

I like DVDs and still buy VHS movies, too. I found Shrek 2 and Sharktales for under 3 bucks at the store. Gave them to my grandkids.

[lenidog]

3. I also believe I heard that by the end of this month Blockbuster is no

longer going to rent VHS

[greenbriar]

4. I hadn't heard that yet

but I can't remember the last time I rented a VHS movie

[Kingshakabobo]

11. I rent them once in a while because I get tired of renting

scratched or smudged disks.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. VHS is a dinosaur. DVD recorders are going to replace your VHS

machine, the prices are starting to come down.

Then you can transfer the VHS to DVD and ditch those tapes.

[greenbriar]

6. cool

that is what I need, but I will have to wait for a while before I can buy anything.

[Catshrink]

20. I tried to dub my VHS tapes but...

was unable to because they are copywrited. Damn. I don't want to buy DVD versions of the same thing. Why can't I make a copy for my own use?

[Poiuyt]

7. I have close to 700 movies on tape

I guess I'd better get started getting them converted.

[Liberal In Texas]

8. Yeah, it's very time consuming. You have to do it in real time.

I've had a DVD recorder for a couple of years (my business is video production and I need to make DVD's now and then), and I've only converted a small percentage of my old personal tapes. It just takes so much time.

[greenbriar]

9. yea

I am still trying to convert my 300 33 1/2 albums to CD

[Kraklen]

12. I'm surprised it took this long.

It's been a good four or five years since the video stores moved all the VHS out of the way for the DVDs.

[Fridays Child]

13. Hmm. Didn't know they still sold VHS tapes. Never darken their door.

Good idea about transfering everything to disks. :thumbsup:

[earth mom]

14. Anyone recommend a good system to convert VHS to DVD?

I have a ton of kid movies that my kid still watches and don't want to replace them new at about $15 to $20 a piece! TIA! :)

[Liberal In Texas]

16. You'll need a DVD recorder.

Of which there are several good options; Panasonic, Phillips, Pioneer.

There are a range of prices, some have a back-up hard drive, some have a VHS/DVD combo so you can straight dub he tape to the DVD without having to patch another machine in.

It all depends on how much you want to spend. A google search, sometime when you don't have anything better to do, is probably the best way to go.

[earth mom]

18. Thank you!

And I wasn't sure if it was necessary to have a combo unit or not. :)

[Vadem]

15. What is the best VHS/DVD recorder? I want to convert my VHS

tapes to DVD and I am not up to date on the best brand to buy. If anyone has a suggestion, I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Liberal In Texas]

17. Personally, I'm very happy with my Panasonic.

It's DVD RAM (and I'll not even get into the differences in formats). You can also record off the air or cable and reuse the RAM RW discs over and over.

To copy something just once, the cheaper -R are what one uses. Then make sure you FINALIZE it to make it viewable on other machines.

I don't want to go into this too deeply, googling around for a few hours will get you up to speed.

[cynatnite]

19. Mine's a panasonic, too

I love it. It's worked beautifully.