The Decline in Blank Video Tapes.

[TheProf]

Have you noticed the decline in VHS blank video tapes-surely everyone hasn't bought a DVD recorder?

[Jacques]

I think there just isn't any profit in them anymore and therefore not worth manufacturing. Plus also that there isn't really anything worth recording on TV anymore.

[Porn crackers]

I have just thrown a black bin bag full of 3 and 4 hr VHS tapes away. It seemed a shame as they were perfectly OK but no one wanted them. Once you have seen the light and used a DVD+HDD recorder, you never want to go back.

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[steve56]

the shops ought to reduce them down a bit.

[steve56]

no i dont buy blanks now i look around the flat for stuff i now have clearer on dvd eg old 60s tv shows then erase them.

[one eyed jack]

Bout time too...bloody cumbersome things. Video is becoming a relic of a bygone age. DVD is the way forward and think how much space you save in ratio to video tapes...We wont even go into the occasional tracking problems.....

[Red vee]

The local price is a quid a piece, though in the past I bought seconds in bulk and paid ?10 for 50 tapes, and made 40 good ones out of them.

[TheProf]

I still cannot believe overnight the nation has thrown away Video Recorders by the gross,in favour of a DVD recorder.They cannot master the Video machine yet... let alone read the instruction book.

...and you are right in what you say,the price of a VHS tape is increasing daily....that's if you can find one?.

I agree the best reproduction is from a DVD.

[steve56]

i buy videos off amazon rare 60s films the quality is good.TheProf wrote:

> I still cannot believe overnight the nation has thrown away
> Video Recorders by the gross,in favour of a DVD recorder.They
> cannot master the Video machine yet... let alone read the
> instruction book.
>
> ...and you are right in what you say,the price of a VHS tape is
> increasing daily....that's if you can find one?.
>
> I agree the best reproduction is from a DVD.