[Film] Is it possible to view old VHS tapes withot a video player?

[LlcoolJ]

That's a good idea, I hadn't thought of a charity shop. I'll have a look in town after Christmas, I'd be happy to pay a fiver (assume it still works!!)

Can't comment on other places but at Barnardo's everything is PAT tested and if it doesn't work you get a 14 day guarantee anyway.

 

[GT49er]

Many charity shops can't take electrical goods, but you could try a British Heart Foundation shop. You may not find a VCR player, but you might pick up an old 12 inch 'portable' tele (like the kids might have had in the bedroom) many of which had a slot at the bottom for playing VCRs.

Or one of these might be worth investing fifty quid on:
https://www.pinnaclesys.com/en/prod...MIyZa7n7Cx3wIVzZztCh0BcQTZEAQYAiABEgL8n_D_BwE


Betamax though, and you're almost certainly screwed!

 

[Garage_Doors]

Ive had a bit of a clear out and come across three old VHS tapes that must be at least 25 years old, possibly more.

They look in decent physical condition but I have no idea what can be on them, there's nothing written on the box. They were blank at one time, not prerecorded.

Any idea how I can find out what's on them? Probably it's not something I'd want to keep so I don't want to pay to have them digitalised just to find out they are recordings of Monty Python or something!

But I did do a bit of extra work for TV back then and one just might be a recording of me on Nevermind the Buzzcocks or a few other shows I did.

Any suggestions?

You can buy a player for less than a fiver, boot sale, gumtree, FB etc.

 

[marlowe]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/video-recorders/sanjo-vcr-video-player/1323903468

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I had a VHS tape I titled Brighton v Arsenal. The wife never once put it on.....

I have some CDs in a box labeled 'Reprints, ion channel blockade, 2001-2006' that attract very litte interest.

 

[Cian]

If you or another poster has any quantity of self-recorded stuff they want to digitise, there was a VERY brief period of VCR+DVDR decks which can record from one to the other direct. The JVC ones are actually very good quality DVD players for the era too. Loads on eBay for tiny money now.

The bigger ones are progressive scan, component output, firewire in for camcorder->DVD, SVHS deck etc so are quite dear still as they're still actually useful for a lot of stuff. Mine gets used about once a year but was my main DVD player pre-bluray - the few Superbit DVDs I had looked fantastic over component on them.

 

[Train Spotter]

I’ve still got a VCR, use it ocassionally to transfer to dvd’s.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Many charity shops can't take electrical goods, but you could try a British Heart Foundation shop. You may not find a VCR player, but you might pick up an old 12 inch 'portable' tele (like the kids might have had in the bedroom) many of which had a slot at the bottom for playing VCRs.

Or one of these might be worth investing fifty quid on:
https://www.pinnaclesys.com/en/prod...MIyZa7n7Cx3wIVzZztCh0BcQTZEAQYAiABEgL8n_D_BwE


Betamax though, and you're almost certainly screwed!

Betamax ? - It's the future

 

[Poyningsgull]

I’ve still got a VCR, use it ocassionally to transfer to dvd’s.

Ditto

 

[GT49er]

Betamax ? - It's the future

Yeh, along with the E ......................... nah, I won't say it........................

 

[Winker]

I have a VCR and I have no problem in watching hard-core porn, if that is what you are worried about.....

 

[Gazwag]

That's a good idea, I hadn't thought of a charity shop. I'll have a look in town after Christmas, I'd be happy to pay a fiver (assume it still works!!)

You can spend all day browsing in the 78 charity shops of Bexhill lol.

One place to try is on the corner of Sackville Road and Parkhurst Road where there is a shop selling old cds DVDS, vinal records etc he might have something or know where to get it from

 

[Mr Putdown]

great idea. From an era when they never played them.

VHS was first sold in the UK in 1978, so there’s been nearly a dozen meetings between then and the decline of the format around the turn of the century.

 

[AmexRuislip]

You can spend all day browsing in the 78 charity shops of Bexhill lol.

One place to try is on the corner of Sackville Road and Parkhurst Road where there is a shop selling old cds DVDS, vinal records etc he might have something or know where to get it from

Frequent visitor then?

 

[Gazwag]

Frequent visitor then?

Lots of Christmas presents to get, obviously

 

[AmexRuislip]

Lots of Christmas presents to get, obviously

I think Sackville Road looks quite sad these days, given it used to be thriving yonks ago!

 

[Gazwag]

I think Sackville Road looks quite sad these days, given it used to be thriving yonks ago!

There are a few good restaurants now - Thia Chava is superb and also does a brilliant takeaway

 

[AmexRuislip]

There are a few good restaurants now - Thia Chava is superb and also does a brilliant takeaway

Cheers for that, I see that De Paolos has sold up for refurbishment, always did a great coffee.

 

[Notters]

They're unlikely to work very well if they're 25 years old as the earth's magnetic field gradually wipes them. Anything you recorded yourself is likely to last longer as this type of cassette required a stronger field.

 

[Triggaaar]

Is it possible to view old VHS tapes withot a video player?

Yes it is.

Just put them in a glass display cabinet.