One of Americas last VHS rental stores

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  1. Dude111

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  2. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    Lol, I couldn't imagine the quality of a VHS now. :p horrible probably.
     
  3. Dude111

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    VHS is goregous :)
     
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  4. Asmodean

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    A classic situation and good example of the demand and supply principle
     
  5. unfocusedanakin

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    It was an adventure going to Blockbuster as a kid. Like will they have your movie? Will your mom drive you there? There is something cool about holding the film in your hand that Netflix does not have. It's probably just nostalgia for me.
     
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  6. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    Yeah. Every weekend I rented Jaws Revenge and Indiana Jones and the last Crusade.
     
  7. 6-eyed shaman

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    There's still a VHS rental store on the outskirts of my town out in the country. I'll post some pictures of it here later this week.
     
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  8. I'minmyunderwear

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    it was a lot more effort then, so the reward felt greater. plus it was kind of a special event, unlike netflix. like you said, you had to get a ride there, and someone to actually pay for it. then you would take all the time to get there, then browse through a store full of videos, and finally settle on one, then stand in line, then take all the time to get back home. now you just turn on the ps4 and hit a couple buttons and your movie is on. and you can watch netflix movies all day every day, rather than having to wait for a friday night or whenever mom will actually take you to town to rent something, so it's not special anymore. plus, now there's the internet and advanced video games and such that are honestly more interesting than a movie anyway. back in those days a movie was pretty much the pinnacle of entertainment.

    and of course, everything feels more epic when you're a kid, so that factors in to how we remember renting movies too.
     
  9. scratcho

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    I was a collector and the fuckers switched to DVD on me. I have probably 600 tapes.
     
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    600??

    Excellent :)
     
  11. Driftrue

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    My VHS tapes went mouldy. Never yet had a DVD go mouldy.
     
  12. Dude111

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    Ya.. Ya gotta be careful with them..........
     
  13. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    There are still a few stores in the Boston area that sell VHS but they're disappearing fast

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  15. Porn looked better on VHS.
     
  16. I'minmyunderwear

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    is that the queer section off to the right?
     
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    There is something else not quite right about Netflix

    Everything feels like its half way between a TV movie and a feature film

    Netflix quality certainly better than made for TV or straight to DVD movies from times of yor....but neither do they ever get everything quite right to get to the quality of cinema

    Netflix have been around long enough now for it to be noticeable, and not just to me, all the memes, where the netflix adaption is half the size of whatever

    Their formula seems to be, cast one single previously established hollywood actress, get the rest of the cast straight from drama school, find about 50 McDonalds staff to be the film crew
     
  18. I'minmyunderwear

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    i can't disagree with this, but on the other hand i could say pretty much the same thing about a lot of the old VHS movies i rented as a kid too, which at the time were all feature films.
     
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    Seems to be a noticeable differrence in the number of action movies too

    80s/90s you had all those Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Van Damne ones etc etc

    This decade just seems to be comic book movies

    No martial arts ones anymore
     
  20. GLENGLEN

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    Given Time VHS Will Make A Big Come Back.....Just Like "Vinyl" Has.....With Vinyl..... Peeps Realised

    The Sound Was Miles More Natural Than "Sanitised" Digital......Eventually Peeps Will Realise VHS

    Pic's Have A Softer And More Realistic Appearance To Them.......I Much Prefer A Good Quality

    Pic On A "Tube TV"......Than The "Ultra HD" Of Today's Flat Screens......:smilecat:



    Cheers Glen.
     
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