How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own?

dkedvd · 11-03-09, 09:15 AM

Ok we all have plenty of DVDs and are starting out Blu-ray collections and perhaps still own a good amount of HD-DVD. But how many VHS tapes, Beta Tapes, or Laserdiscs do you have in your collection? And what titles? And have they been released on R1 DVD or Blu-ray (unless you are outside the US, then list what hasn't been released in your region)? I got to thinking of this last night when looking at my small VHS collection and wondering what everyone else has.

I do not have any Beta or Lasterdisc but here are my VHS...
- Addams Family Reunion (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Amazing Spider-Man: The Pied Piper Of New York Town (1981) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Angels In The Outfield (1994)
- The Big Green (1995)
- Blank Check (1994)
- Body Story: Crash (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Body Story: Out Of Control (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Brand Spanking New! Doug: Doug's Secret Christmas (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars (1998)
- Camp Cucamonga (1990)
- Culture Club: The First For Years - This Time (1987) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Double Dragon (1994)
- Dr. Dolille (1998)
- An Evening With Robin Williams (1982) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Flying Machines (1990) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Freedom (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Gargoyles: The Movie - The Heroes Awaken (1995) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Great Books: Frankenstein - The Making Of The Monster (1993) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Halloween Tree (1993) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch (1971) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Hot To Trot (1988) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- House Arrest (1996)
- How The Flintstones Saved Christmas (1964) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Hulk Hogan's All Time Champ (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling: Ghost Wrestlers (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling: The Four-Legged Pickpocket (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones (1987) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Jungle Cubs: Cub House Fun (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- A Kid In King Arthur's Court (1995)
- Life With Mikey (1993)
- The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
- Loser (2000)
- Man Of The House (1995)
- The Maxx (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Meatballs III (1986) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Mighty Ducks: The Movie - The First Face-Off (1997) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Mighty Max: Let Sleeping Dragons Lie (1993) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Video Stew (1997) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Money Talks (1997)
- Mr. Magoo (1997)
- The Muppet Babies: Explore With Us (1989-1991) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Muppet Babies: Let's Build (1989-1990) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- MxPx: It Came From Bremerton! (2000) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Neverending Story III: Escape From Fantasia (1994)
- The Night They Saved Christmas (1984) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Out Cold (1989)
- Poison Ivy (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Police Academy: The Series - Volume 3 (1988) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics: Heavens To Hilarity, This Is It, Sports Fans! (1977)
- Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics: Yippee For The Yahooeys! (1977)
- The Scout (1994)
- Seems Like Old Times (1980)
- Sgt. Bilko (1996)
- Snagglepuss And Friends: Express Trained Lion (1961-1964) [(Peter Potamus cartoons) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) (Theatrical Version)
- Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) (Theatrical Version)
- Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983) (Theatrical Version)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Theatrical Version)
- Steel (1997) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- The Tale Of The Bunny Picnic (1986) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Taz Mania: Taz-Tronaut (1991) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Three Fugitives (1989)
- The Tom Green Show: Tonsil Hockey (1999-2000) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Tooth & Nail Presents: Video Collection V.6 (2000) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Walt Disney World: 100 Years Of Magic (2001) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Winnie The Pooh And Christmas Too (1991) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Winnie The Pooh: Boo To You Too! (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Winnie The Pooh: Spookable Pooh (2000)
- Yogi And The Magical Flight Of The Spruce Goose (1987) [Not on DVD/Blu]
- Yogi's First Christmas (1980) [Not on DVD/Blu]

Norm de Plume · 11-03-09, 09:20 AM

About 200 VHSes, mostly grey-market, and about 200 laserdiscs.

clckworang · 11-03-09, 09:21 AM

My VHS tapes are boxed but accessible, and I have a lot of titles on VHS, especially if you count all the ones made by recording from cable. Before there was DVD, I collected VHS. There's no way I could easily list them here.

dkedvd · 11-03-09, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norm de Plume

About 200 VHSes, mostly grey-market, and about 200 laserdiscs.

Wow! That's awesome! More than I expected anyone to say they owned. What are some of your more memorable titles in that collection that have yet to make it to DVD/Blu?

drmar35mm · 11-03-09, 10:42 AM

I still have a few hundred VHS's--movies (which I will still pick up cause they're only costing $1 or 50 cents or 25 cents these days) and stuff taped from TV; and a few dozen Betas. For ten years I couldn't play the Betas, having no machine. But a year ago I grabbed one at a garage sale (a Toshiba that weighs a ton) for $2! Works like a champ. I'm reminded why Beta was the superior format.

KillerCannibal · 11-03-09, 10:54 AM

I probably have around 75 VHS tapes, many of which I've re-bought on DVD but I just didn't want to part with the tape. Damn you, nostalgia!

matome · 11-03-09, 11:40 AM

A few VHS of things that never made it onto form of disc and about 600 laserdiscs.

orangerunner · 11-03-09, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal

I probably have around 75 VHS tapes, many of which I've re-bought on DVD but I just didn't want to part with the tape. Damn you, nostalgia!

I still have about 20 or so titles that I'm keeping for nostalgic reasons.

I still have the first pre-recorded VHS tape I bought, the original rental release of Raiders of the Lost Ark with an ad for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Coming Soon! at the beginning of the tape.

I also held onto Halloween in the origjnal Media Home Video case, Blade Runner from Embassy Home Video with the extra footage and a couple of Warner titles like The Road Warrior and Risky Business that are in their original black "clamshell" cases.

I also have Hallowen II in the CED video disc format.

critterdvd · 11-03-09, 11:49 AM

I have probably about 300 purchased VHS's (used to live near a very cheap used video store) and about 500 recorded VHS. There all boxed up now (save probably 20 rare VHS that arn't on DVD) but easily accessible and labeled. I doubt I'll ever really get rid of them by choice.

RagingBull80 · 11-03-09, 11:59 AM

I have almost no VHS tapes

On Laserdisc I have:
Taxi Driver - Criterion
Blue Collar
T2 Extended
2001
Trainspotting - Criterion

Quote:

Originally Posted by orangerunner

I also have Hallowen II in the CED video disc format.

Yay for Videodiscs!

I have:
Taxi Driver
Blade Runner
Animal House
Blazing Saddles

tofu · 11-03-09, 12:31 PM

Still have one: Fist of Legend

jjcool · 11-03-09, 01:25 PM

Prerecorded: Probably about 75 or so. About 20 I kept because I havent gotten them on disc yet. Probably another dozen are the various iterations of the Original Trilogy. The rest are Disney stuff and the parents small collection.

Probably about 150 tapes we recorded movies and stuff on to save. And about 10 tapes that we were using to record day to day shows on until the digital switch. Havent gone through these in a while, and the onyl reason I still have most of them is because I havent gone through them.

supermike07 · 11-03-09, 01:35 PM

Way too many, well over 1000 probably. Some stuff that can be found on DVD, but I picked it up on VHS for under a buck, which works fine for me so why spend more money just for a disc? The only reason I will "upgrade" a title is if the tape fails to play, which has only happened to a couple of tapes so far.

hasslein · 11-03-09, 03:34 PM

VHS not on DVD
Americathon
Mary Tyler Moore Show Christmas Episode (DVD is edited)
The Police Outlandos to Synchronicities

Laserdisc 100s but some choice ones not on dvd-
THX-1138 org cut
Police Around the World
Revolution org cut
Star Trek the Motion Picture Extended cut
Rudolph Red Nosed Reindeer dif cut
King Kong 33 color
1492
Solid Gold Workout
Godzilla vs Biollante
One Million Years BC long cut
Yellow Submarine org cut
Taking it Off (Kitten Natividad)

Norm de Plume · 11-03-09, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dkedvd

Wow! That's awesome! More than I expected anyone to say they owned. What are some of your more memorable titles in that collection that have yet to make it to DVD/Blu?

Most of my laserdiscs are/were out on DVD, but none of the VHS films. Too many to list.

rw2516 · 11-03-09, 04:35 PM

All I have left are the 3 Stooges not yet released on DVD, Earth Final Conflict season 2 and a box of about 100 tapes of toons, mostly Looney Tunes. Everything else either got a dvd release or I transferred to DVD. Transferring all the toons not on DVD is my winter project.

Mister Peepers · 11-03-09, 04:40 PM

Hundreds. Mostly horror and sci-fi with some kids stuff thrown in. Cleared out a few rental stores that went out of business and bought the stuff that wasn't out on DVD yet.

Ash Ketchum · 11-03-09, 05:02 PM

I have thousands of movies on VHS, a few hundred (maybe more?) on pre-record, the rest taped off broadcast and cable. A huge number of them have never come out on DVD. Many of the ones I've taped have never come out even on VHS. I recently ran across an IMDB entry for a movie I taped off broadcast TV some 23 years ago. (A Technicolor costume adventure from Hollywood in the 1940s.) No one had reviewed it yet on IMDB. I located my tape of it (I have a good numbering system) and I watched the film and submitted my review of it. Wouldn't have been able to do that if I hadn't taped it so long ago. And I've done that frequently with IMDB--found films that no one has reviewed, located them in my collection, and reviewed them. All things impossible to find elsewhere.

I'm teaching a class at a local college and I show film clips on DVD and VHS. Many of the most important clips I show are out of print on VHS (d'uhhh) and not available on DVD at all. My tape copies may be all that's left of some rare and obscure titles.

There's one store nearby that still sells used VHS tapes. I still buy them if it's something I don't have and have wanted to see, but don't want to pay a lot of $ for. These tapes range from $1-$5 each.

danwiz · 11-03-09, 06:14 PM

I have the 3 VHS Tape set of the original "Star Wars Trilogy" before they cut it up and re-made it!! Anybody want to make me an offer on it?! I bought it way back on August 30, 1995 - it had just been released. I also have a few other VHS tapes, but mostly porn!

dkedvd · 11-03-09, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danwiz

I have the 3 VHS Tape set of the original "Star Wars Trilogy" before they cut it up and re-made it!! Anybody want to make me an offer on it?!!

I got them too. But you can pick up the new "Original Trilogy" DVD pack for $25.00 now-a-days. As soon as I get around to buying it, those tapes will be seeing my local pawn shop.
There is a local Goodwill that seams to get in hundreds of tapes a week and they sell them for $0.25 each. So if there is something that I do not have yet on DVD that I want to check out, I get it. I also have bought many blind buys from there as well. Why not? For 25 cents if its sucks I really spent nothing and If I like it I now know to grab it on DVD next time I see if for cheap.

visitor Q · 11-03-09, 07:20 PM

Wow, some of you guys really are film buffs.

I'm in the 25-30 range of pre-recorded VHS tapes, and no laser discs. It was the only way I could get anime and HK action films some time in the mid-90's - unless my friend at the time could copy certain laser disc rentals before DMCA (IIRC).

Still own most but they are in storage.

Remember paying $30-40 for the special edition of Akira with subs, Wicked City, the live action version of Wicked City (not available on disc), Ghost in the Shell with subs, Fox Lorber double release of Hard Boiled and The Killer with slipcover.

Good stuff ...at least back then!

EdTheRipper · 11-03-09, 07:28 PM

Not a one. I had hundreds of VHS tapes as recently as 3 or 4 years ago. I'd always planned on transferring as many as possible to dvd but laziness and apathy got in the way. Eventually, it got to the point where they were an unsightly mess and really just eating up storage space so I boxed them up and gave them to my landlords to sort through and dispose of.

Demonmoon68 · 11-03-09, 07:45 PM

Still own 500 VHS and proudly display them with my DVDs and BDs. Still love them way more then the dvds as well. no school like the old school.

SanityRemoved · 11-03-09, 07:46 PM

Hundreds of Beta and VHS, almost took the laserdisc plunge in 1984 but realized that finding discs while moving around the world was too much of a hassle. First VHS movie I bought was Slapshot, it cost $69, first Beta was music related, I think I bought a couple that day and they weren't cheap either. First Hi-Fi VHS ran me $680 and that was cheap compared to it's price in the States.

JCWBobC · 11-03-09, 09:19 PM

Around 150 laserdiscs and probably around 1,000 VHS tapes left including wrestling, movies, and kids tapes.

I spent 13 years working in video stores so I had over 1,000 tapes with 3-4 movies on each and I would get somewhere between 10-20 screener tapes a month. I threw away a ton of tapes in 1999 because I got tired of having to move them every time I moved. A lot of them haven't been released on DVD so i'm still kicking myself for not storing them in my mom's attic until DVD recorders came out.

11-03-09, 09:15 AM	#1
dkedvd Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Royersford, PA Posts: 534	How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Ok we all have plenty of DVDs and are starting out Blu-ray collections and perhaps still own a good amount of HD-DVD. But how many VHS tapes, Beta Tapes, or Laserdiscs do you have in your collection? And what titles? And have they been released on R1 DVD or Blu-ray (unless you are outside the US, then list what hasn't been released in your region)? I got to thinking of this last night when looking at my small VHS collection and wondering what everyone else has. I do not have any Beta or Lasterdisc but here are my VHS... - Addams Family Reunion (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Amazing Spider-Man: The Pied Piper Of New York Town (1981) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Angels In The Outfield (1994) - The Big Green (1995) - Blank Check (1994) - Body Story: Crash (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Body Story: Out Of Control (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Brand Spanking New! Doug: Doug's Secret Christmas (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars (1998) - Camp Cucamonga (1990) - Culture Club: The First For Years - This Time (1987) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Double Dragon (1994) - Dr. Dolille (1998) - An Evening With Robin Williams (1982) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Flying Machines (1990) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Freedom (1998) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Gargoyles: The Movie - The Heroes Awaken (1995) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Great Books: Frankenstein - The Making Of The Monster (1993) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Halloween Tree (1993) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch (1971) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Hot To Trot (1988) [Not on DVD/Blu] - House Arrest (1996) - How The Flintstones Saved Christmas (1964) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Hulk Hogan's All Time Champ (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling: Ghost Wrestlers (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling: The Four-Legged Pickpocket (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones (1987) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Jungle Cubs: Cub House Fun (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu] - A Kid In King Arthur's Court (1995) - Life With Mikey (1993) - The Long, Long Trailer (1954) - Loser (2000) - Man Of The House (1995) - The Maxx (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Meatballs III (1986) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Mighty Ducks: The Movie - The First Face-Off (1997) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Mighty Max: Let Sleeping Dragons Lie (1993) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Video Stew (1997) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Money Talks (1997) - Mr. Magoo (1997) - The Muppet Babies: Explore With Us (1989-1991) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Muppet Babies: Let's Build (1989-1990) [Not on DVD/Blu] - MxPx: It Came From Bremerton! (2000) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Neverending Story III: Escape From Fantasia (1994) - The Night They Saved Christmas (1984) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Out Cold (1989) - Poison Ivy (1985) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Police Academy: The Series - Volume 3 (1988) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics: Heavens To Hilarity, This Is It, Sports Fans! (1977) - Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics: Yippee For The Yahooeys! (1977) - The Scout (1994) - Seems Like Old Times (1980) - Sgt. Bilko (1996) - Snagglepuss And Friends: Express Trained Lion (1961-1964) [(Peter Potamus cartoons) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) (Theatrical Version) - Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) (Theatrical Version) - Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983) (Theatrical Version) - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Theatrical Version) - Steel (1997) [Not on DVD/Blu] - The Tale Of The Bunny Picnic (1986) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Taz Mania: Taz-Tronaut (1991) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Three Fugitives (1989) - The Tom Green Show: Tonsil Hockey (1999-2000) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Tooth & Nail Presents: Video Collection V.6 (2000) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Walt Disney World: 100 Years Of Magic (2001) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Winnie The Pooh And Christmas Too (1991) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Winnie The Pooh: Boo To You Too! (1996) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Winnie The Pooh: Spookable Pooh (2000) - Yogi And The Magical Flight Of The Spruce Goose (1987) [Not on DVD/Blu] - Yogi's First Christmas (1980) [Not on DVD/Blu] __________________ My Cinematic Media Collection: http://www.dkephotography.com/dkecmc.htm Last edited by dkedvd; 11-06-09 at 09:23 AM.

11-03-09, 09:20 AM	#2
Norm de Plume DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,861	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? About 200 VHSes, mostly grey-market, and about 200 laserdiscs. __________________ "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" -Winston Churchill

11-03-09, 09:21 AM	#3
clckworang DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The toe nail of Texas Posts: 3,407	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? My VHS tapes are boxed but accessible, and I have a lot of titles on VHS, especially if you count all the ones made by recording from cable. Before there was DVD, I collected VHS. There's no way I could easily list them here. __________________ My Wii number: 4646 4487 7678 5646 \| Xbox Live: clckworang My DVD Collection \| 2008, 2009 October Horror Movie Challenge - My Lists

11-03-09, 10:42 AM	#5
drmar35mm Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 96	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? I still have a few hundred VHS's--movies (which I will still pick up cause they're only costing $1 or 50 cents or 25 cents these days) and stuff taped from TV; and a few dozen Betas. For ten years I couldn't play the Betas, having no machine. But a year ago I grabbed one at a garage sale (a Toshiba that weighs a ton) for $2! Works like a champ. I'm reminded why Beta was the superior format.

11-03-09, 10:54 AM	#6
KillerCannibal DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 7,515	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? I probably have around 75 VHS tapes, many of which I've re-bought on DVD but I just didn't want to part with the tape. Damn you, nostalgia! __________________ Top 10 most-wanted BD titles:Blue Velvet/Once Upon A Time in the West/Jaws/Boogie Nights/Prince of Darkness/Videodrome/Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ('74)/Beyond the Valley of the Dolls/Phantasm/Death Wish October Horror Movie Challenge 2009

11-03-09, 11:40 AM	#7
matome DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: NY Posts: 11,871	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? A few VHS of things that never made it onto form of disc and about 600 laserdiscs. __________________ DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD \| Blu-Ray only \| Laserdisc I'm not Blockbuster

11-03-09, 11:49 AM	#9
critterdvd DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 3,310	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? I have probably about 300 purchased VHS's (used to live near a very cheap used video store) and about 500 recorded VHS. There all boxed up now (save probably 20 rare VHS that arn't on DVD) but easily accessible and labeled. I doubt I'll ever really get rid of them by choice. __________________ Isn't the point of television to live out other lives, fantasies, and adventures you would otherwise have never dreamed off?

11-03-09, 12:31 PM	#11
tofu DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 9,505	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Still have one: Fist of Legend

11-03-09, 01:25 PM	#12
jjcool DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: CT Posts: 2,566	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Prerecorded: Probably about 75 or so. About 20 I kept because I havent gotten them on disc yet. Probably another dozen are the various iterations of the Original Trilogy. The rest are Disney stuff and the parents small collection. Probably about 150 tapes we recorded movies and stuff on to save. And about 10 tapes that we were using to record day to day shows on until the digital switch. Havent gone through these in a while, and the onyl reason I still have most of them is because I havent gone through them. __________________ "Bottom shelf has the bond films and the porn."

11-03-09, 01:35 PM	#13
supermike07 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Here, There, and Everywhere Posts: 252	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Way too many, well over 1000 probably. Some stuff that can be found on DVD, but I picked it up on VHS for under a buck, which works fine for me so why spend more money just for a disc? The only reason I will "upgrade" a title is if the tape fails to play, which has only happened to a couple of tapes so far. __________________ DVDAF

11-03-09, 03:34 PM	#14
hasslein Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Van Nuys CA Posts: 805	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? VHS not on DVD Americathon Mary Tyler Moore Show Christmas Episode (DVD is edited) The Police Outlandos to Synchronicities Laserdisc 100s but some choice ones not on dvd- THX-1138 org cut Police Around the World Revolution org cut Star Trek the Motion Picture Extended cut Rudolph Red Nosed Reindeer dif cut King Kong 33 color 1492 Solid Gold Workout Godzilla vs Biollante One Million Years BC long cut Yellow Submarine org cut Taking it Off (Kitten Natividad)

11-03-09, 04:35 PM	#16
rw2516 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,734	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? All I have left are the 3 Stooges not yet released on DVD, Earth Final Conflict season 2 and a box of about 100 tapes of toons, mostly Looney Tunes. Everything else either got a dvd release or I transferred to DVD. Transferring all the toons not on DVD is my winter project.

11-03-09, 04:40 PM	#17
Mister Peepers DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,964	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Hundreds. Mostly horror and sci-fi with some kids stuff thrown in. Cleared out a few rental stores that went out of business and bought the stuff that wasn't out on DVD yet. __________________ Movie Collection - Just hit #8,500 with Saturday Night Live Season 2 (DVD 8/16/09)

11-03-09, 05:02 PM	#18
Ash Ketchum Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 889	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? I have thousands of movies on VHS, a few hundred (maybe more?) on pre-record, the rest taped off broadcast and cable. A huge number of them have never come out on DVD. Many of the ones I've taped have never come out even on VHS. I recently ran across an IMDB entry for a movie I taped off broadcast TV some 23 years ago. (A Technicolor costume adventure from Hollywood in the 1940s.) No one had reviewed it yet on IMDB. I located my tape of it (I have a good numbering system) and I watched the film and submitted my review of it. Wouldn't have been able to do that if I hadn't taped it so long ago. And I've done that frequently with IMDB--found films that no one has reviewed, located them in my collection, and reviewed them. All things impossible to find elsewhere. I'm teaching a class at a local college and I show film clips on DVD and VHS. Many of the most important clips I show are out of print on VHS (d'uhhh) and not available on DVD at all. My tape copies may be all that's left of some rare and obscure titles. There's one store nearby that still sells used VHS tapes. I still buy them if it's something I don't have and have wanted to see, but don't want to pay a lot of $ for. These tapes range from $1-$5 each. Last edited by Ash Ketchum; 11-03-09 at 05:07 PM.

11-03-09, 06:14 PM	#19
danwiz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan Posts: 954	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? I have the 3 VHS Tape set of the original "Star Wars Trilogy" before they cut it up and re-made it!! Anybody want to make me an offer on it?! I bought it way back on August 30, 1995 - it had just been released. I also have a few other VHS tapes, but mostly porn! __________________ My Domain (Pictures of Japan) My DVD Collection (DVD Profiler)

11-03-09, 07:20 PM	#21
visitor Q DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,114	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Wow, some of you guys really are film buffs. I'm in the 25-30 range of pre-recorded VHS tapes, and no laser discs. It was the only way I could get anime and HK action films some time in the mid-90's - unless my friend at the time could copy certain laser disc rentals before DMCA (IIRC). Still own most but they are in storage. Remember paying $30-40 for the special edition of Akira with subs, Wicked City, the live action version of Wicked City (not available on disc), Ghost in the Shell with subs, Fox Lorber double release of Hard Boiled and The Killer with slipcover. Good stuff ...at least back then! __________________ Collection "When it comes to your execution, you can't con ...Con Edison!"

11-03-09, 07:28 PM	#22
EdTheRipper DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 5,392	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Not a one. I had hundreds of VHS tapes as recently as 3 or 4 years ago. I'd always planned on transferring as many as possible to dvd but laziness and apathy got in the way. Eventually, it got to the point where they were an unsightly mess and really just eating up storage space so I boxed them up and gave them to my landlords to sort through and dispose of. __________________ The only time you should care about a woman's age is if she is too young for you and I am not robbing the cradle. If anything I am robbing the grave.

11-03-09, 07:45 PM	#23
Demonmoon68 Cool New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 31	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Still own 500 VHS and proudly display them with my DVDs and BDs. Still love them way more then the dvds as well. no school like the old school.

11-03-09, 07:46 PM	#24
SanityRemoved Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 99	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Hundreds of Beta and VHS, almost took the laserdisc plunge in 1984 but realized that finding discs while moving around the world was too much of a hassle. First VHS movie I bought was Slapshot, it cost $69, first Beta was music related, I think I bought a couple that day and they weren't cheap either. First Hi-Fi VHS ran me $680 and that was cheap compared to it's price in the States.

11-03-09, 09:19 PM	#25
JCWBobC Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 424	Re: How many VHS/Beta/Laserdisc do you own? Around 150 laserdiscs and probably around 1,000 VHS tapes left including wrestling, movies, and kids tapes. I spent 13 years working in video stores so I had over 1,000 tapes with 3-4 movies on each and I would get somewhere between 10-20 screener tapes a month. I threw away a ton of tapes in 1999 because I got tired of having to move them every time I moved. A lot of them haven't been released on DVD so i'm still kicking myself for not storing them in my mom's attic until DVD recorders came out.