Is VHS dying out already?

[Gibson486]

Man, I was at the video store and I noticed that nothign is on VHS now. I wanted to get "Scary Movie 2" on VHS, but I could not find it. I looked online and all they had were DVD to VHS conversions for $100. Is VHS dead?

 

[AreaCode707]

Not so long as my parents are still around. The VHS industry is safe... for a while at least.

 

[SiLEighTy]

I agree..... VHS is SLOWLY dieing..

But the other millions of people that sill have VHS, i dont think it will die out soon.

 

[Gibson486]

The website said that the movie shoudl be released in both DVD and VHS format on Dec. 18. I have yet to see the VHS one:|

 

[Squisher]

Had to rent American History X on VHS a coulple of months ago, it was the first time in a looooong time. However, I'll still say tapes outnumber discs 4 to 1 at my local video rental store.

 

[bcterps]

VHS is dead, at least for me. The only reasons I have a VCR is so I can watch my wedding video. I only buy/rent DVDs, and I have a ReplayTV for recording shows, etc. I guess I would have a VCR if I had a camcorder, but that's the only reason why I would think I would really need one.

--Ben

 

[ILikeSprite]

definitly! I almost never rent VHS tapes. if the DVD is out at blockbuster i usually just don't get the movie. I hate VHS!

EDIT: the only time I actually use VHS is to tape tv shows......

 

[StageLeft]

Hell yeah. I haven't rented one in a long time. I'd only use it for recording, but even then just buy a digital recorder if I really cared. VHS is major sux.

 

[Colt45]

VHS is dead.. it's just a phaseout now.
i'm assuming it is going to take a while though.

 

[Salvador]

You won't see VHS die out until there is another cheap way to tape things. I'm not talking about TIVO because it has a subscription service, but as soon as they come out with a cheap hard drive based recorder like a TIVO that doesn't require the service, you will see the VHS die.

BTW.. Blockbuster is making the move to go with more DVD's. My Blockbuster has already switched it around where the majority is DVD rentals and the minority is VHS.

Sal

 

[Parrotheader]

Once most people get a DVD player they stop renting/buying VHS unless something'sONLY available in that format. However, I don't think VHS is going to die out anytime soon. If you want to take a movie to a friend or relative's house then whether or not they have a DVD player is still an uncertainty. But you practially KNOW most people have a VCR. Also, a LOT of children's video can only be found on VHS. That'll slowly change too, but probably not as quickly.

 

[Howard]

VHS won't die out until JVC stops pushing it. Although I must say that their D-VHS is quite tempting to say the least. A 50GB cartridge holds a few hours of HDTV-quality video.

 

[RossMAN]

VHS won't die significantly for another 10 years, even then the format will never totally "die".

Right now unless you swap tapes, the ONLY way to go is buy a PVR (TiVo or ReplayTV).

 

[Gibson486]

can someone tell me how I can buy Sacry movie 2 on VHS w/o spending $100 on a new one or buying a used one online?

 

[erikiksaz]

I've always thought VHS was already dead.

 

[DaveJ]

I wish VHS would die already! The Blockbuster nearest my house is about half DVD/half VHS, but they've gotten rid of a lot of older titles that I can't find on DVD... sucks when you want to rent something and they don't have it in either format...

Dave

 

[notfred]

<< Is VHS dying out already? >>



Already? it's only like 25 years old.

 

[chibchakan]

<< I agree..... VHS is SLOWLY dieing.. >>



Good riddance. :disgust:

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I hate VHS. I was wanting to rent Evolution a few weeks ago on DVD and it was out, but they still had 1 VHS copy. I decided it was better than nothing and I almost couldn't stand the poor quality of VHS.

 

[Jerboy]

I only have JVC S-VHS in my room.. Still the best technology for video taping.

 

[brxndxn]

I think DVD is a flawed technology... I don't think it's good enough to replace VHS. Something tells me that DVD will just be an intermittent technology until something better comes out..


Seriously.. I've never rented a DVD that wasn't scratched up.. so it skips in my DVD player. I think DVDs should have been made with a protective cartridge around it - like minidisks. They're way too delicate.

 

[kami]

<< I think DVD is a flawed technology... I don't think it's good enough to replace VHS. Something tells me that DVD will just be an intermittent technology until something better comes out..


Seriously.. I've never rented a DVD that wasn't scratched up.. so it skips in my DVD player. I think DVDs should have been made with a protective cartridge around it - like minidisks. They're way too delicate. >>


Um nope, you're obviously quite clueless on the subject.

You also probably don't have the technology to fully take advantage of DVD. There's a bottleneck and it's your shoddy equipment.

Your DVD player must also suck cause I've never had a problem with a DVD and I own about 85-90 of them and have rented dozens. IMO, they're no more delicate than a CD.

 

[Atrail]

One our BLockBusters cut out all the old VHS section.
THey are going all DVD with new release on VHS but thats it.
Its on its way out the door as far as I can see.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

<< IMO, they're no more delicate than a CD. >>



Correctomundo. One time my dad decided that he would use one of my DVDs as a coaster for one of the biggie wendy's cokes. A few days later I realized it was my matrix DVD (shiny side up, of course) and sure, it left a few scratches, but it plays fine. It's your player d00d

 

[sgulasch]

i don't know how true this is but i've heard the following things:

Best Buy's Total sales for xmas season: 26million dvd players, (1 million a day, eh?) 750,000 vcrs. ...that's close to 30 to 1. jesus.

Time (which = cost in business.) to produce a vcr tape 200 seconds, time to produce a dvd 2 seconds.

Blockbuster's parent company, viacom own paramount studios, mtv, blah blah blah, is a huge producer of dvds, they are huge enzymes in the dvd accelration. (drunk = bad spelling sorry)

my two cents.