Clicky: Should I keep my old children's vhs tapes?

shoeboxx · March 2011

So, my mom is doing some work on her home and asked what I wanted to do with all the old VHS tapes from my childhood. My first reaction was, I want them, LO can watch them. After I thought about it, I realized we don't even own a VCR so there would be no point. Here are a few examples of the tapes:

Rainbow Brite

The Lion King

Beauty and the Beast

Fox and the Hound

The Little Mermaid

I'm sure there are others, but those stand out to me. The Lion King is my absolute favorite and I have that on DVD, so that can def go.

This probably a silly post, but I need opinions please. Smile

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mcmann05 · March 2011

I chose "other" because I'm having the exact same dilemma. While my head says trash them, my heart says keep them. :-) I can't part with esp my Disney collection but I don't even own a VCR anymore.

RandiDeeAnn · March 2011

There is a place in our town that will convert old videos to DVD. I'm not for sure that the do copyrighted material, but you could maybe find a place that does the same and ask. I would think that if they destroyed the original they wouldn't be breaking any laws. Maybe not??

Blue1299 · March 2011

Can't you get them transferred to DVD (or Blu Ray - isn't that big now?)? I'm not a techie by any means, but I think you can do that. Or buy a VCR/DVD combo.

BethD76 · March 2011

You don't have a VCR anymore. What are you going to do with them? We have gotten used to the picture on DVD's and bluerays. When I do watch a vcr tape I can't believe how grainy the picture is.

Lion King is my fav too. They don't have it available on DVD right now.

vernab · March 2011

If you don't have a VCR, I wouldn't keep them. You can't even watch them.

vmm0016 · March 2011

I would keep the ones that you don't already have on DVD. You can get a VCR player pretty cheap now.

piccolina09 · March 2011

I said ditch them, if you want to replace them at a good price, go to half.com to get them on dvd. I buy the twins 1-2 dvd's there a month to build their collection. I am able to get most for 5 dollars.

shoeboxx · March 2011

RandiDeeAnn:
There is a place in our town that will convert old videos to DVD. I'm not for sure that the do copyrighted material, but you could maybe find a place that does the same and ask. I would think that if they destroyed the original they wouldn't be breaking any laws. Maybe not??

I'll have to look into that...thanks!

transcriber87 · March 2011

I voted KEEP EM!! LOL!! Believe it or not, there are ppl. out there who collect these and you might be able to get some money selling them, especially The Little Mermaid! My mom kept her VCR just to be able to play all old tapes for Cadance

shoeboxx · March 2011

BethD76:

You don't have a VCR anymore. What are you going to do with them? We have gotten used to the picture on DVD's and bluerays. When I do watch a vcr tape I can't believe how grainy the picture is.

Lion King is my fav too. They don't have it available on DVD right now.

Look at the box and tell LO the story Stick out tongue . I wonder if getting them transferred to DVD will enhance the picture at all. I was thinking about how the picture would look as well...I try to only watch things in HD, I don't even look at the regular def channels. *sigh* decisions decisions.

shoeboxx · March 2011

transcriber87:
I voted KEEP EM!! LOL!! Believe it or not, there are ppl. out there who collect these and you might be able to get some money selling them, especially The Little Mermaid! My mom kept her VCR just to be able to play all old tapes for Cadance

I was thinking about this as well.

Art Teacher · March 2011

I would say to see if you can sell them on Craigslist and if not, then donate them. You can buy the movies you like on dvd and then you'll be able to watch them again.

lcimera · March 2011

I gave my vhs tapes to my kids daycare..they still have vcrs and now they have a bunch new videos to watch during drop off and pickup times.

jjoli · March 2011

We have VHS, w went and bought a new VCR not that long ago just so that we could pay them, then about six months ago we went to GoodWill and bought some more Disney movies on VHS,they were like 99 cents, compared to buying DVDs for $5-$25.. We have a lot of DVDs too, but I figured DD doesn't really care about picture quality and I don't really either so we have them, and we will keep them until we can afford to replace them with DVDs. We probably have 40 or so VHS Disney movies. Also one cool thing about VHSs that I like is DD knows basically how to put them in the VCR and she isn't going to really hurt them. When I was 2 or so my mom said that I knew how to work our VCR and it was a top loader that had a brick on top to keep it closed and I knew how to put in my favorite movie and watch it: Cinderella!

shoeboxx · March 2011

lcimera:
I gave my vhs tapes to my kids daycare..they still have vcrs and now they have a bunch new videos to watch during drop off and pickup times.

I'll ask our dcp about this. She uses Netflicks, but I wonder if she has a vcr.

SassyPanties · March 2011

Why on earth would you keep them??? That doesn't make sense at all.

Tapes degrade over time. There is absolutely no long-term value to these tapes, they won't be playable at all before long.

As for paying to transfer them to DVD, that doesn't make sense either. Just buy the DVD. The quality of tape transferred to DVD is going to be terrible.

hterry85 · March 2011

We kept all of the ones that we intend to replace on DVD, and as we replace them, we get rid of the VHS...but I'll be honest, the VHS only get watched a couple times a year, tops.

shoeboxx · March 2011

Sassy_Panties:

Why on earth would you keep them??? That doesn't make sense at all.

Tapes degrade over time. There is absolutely no long-term value to these tapes, they won't be playable at all before long.

As for paying to transfer them to DVD, that doesn't make sense either. Just buy the DVD. The quality of tape transferred to DVD is going to be terrible.

Well, that's why I am asking for opinions. My heart says to keep them because I loved them as a child, sentimental value, blah blah blah. The reality is, it could cost more to keep them since we'd have to buy a vcr (although cheap). I'm leaning towards maybe donating them, but I'm just not sure at this time.

MarMat · March 2011

My DH would never let me keep them. Just because of the quality. I can't really imagine how bad the image is. We are so in love with the bluerays. Why go back to old stuff?

Specially if you are used to HD, I think the sentimental value might be in the actual movie and not in the VHS tape.

Sell them or donate them.

GL!

shoeboxx · March 2011

MarMat:

My DH would never let me keep them. Just because of the quality. I can't really imagine how bad the image is. We are so in love with the bluerays. Why go back to old stuff?

Specially if you are used to HD, I think the sentimental value might be in the actual movie and not in the VHS tape.

Sell them or donate them.

GL!

Good point...thanks!