Steve

Now, THIS is not something I would have expected!!

A machine that plays both Blu-ray discs AND VHS tapes!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15665...ay_player.html

(see last paragraph)

islandclaws

I wouldn't buy one, but that's pretty sweet.

GenPion

If it's around the same price as a regular BD player I may actually want one. I wouldn't under any other circumstances, but if this turns out to be the case pricing wise then it might be something to consider. I don't even own any VHS tapes anymore but some films have never made it to DVD/Blu and may never. Then again, VHS quality isn't too great... but it might be worth having. Hmm....

Gizmo

You're a year late to the party.

MarcinL

Will the VHS picture quality be upscaled to 1080p since it all goes through HDMI?????

GenPion

Interesting. I guess this is old news. I probably wouldn't get one anyway, especially now that I looked up the price... but it's good they have something like this available.

Gizmo

The Panasonic is like $300. Not bad if you have a parent who refuses to dump VHS and wants to rent/buy DVD/Blu-ray.

And if anyone didn't notice, the OPs link is a year old

GenPion

I noticed after the fact.

AmityBoatTours

wow its funny, i was half expecting this thread to be a joke or something, but thats pretty intresting a year ago that they came out with a vhs bluray player.

Mazje

Now I can finally get this:

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Complete-...3099600&sr=8-5

slimdude

Every household, should already have a VCR. And besides, I thought VCRs were becoming obsolete.

obidawsn

I actually wouldn't mind it, except for the higher price and the bulkiness. My wife has a lot of home videos still on VHS and she doesn't like having the VCR installed. She says there are too many components. Of course, when it came Christmas time and she wanted to watch her old Christmas videos from when she was a kid, she wasn't too happy that we couldn't watch them. Other than that, I wouldn't watch VHS (except for the Lost Orientation video if I bought that set).

Alan Smithee

As with all the DVD/VHS machines that are out, this is a stupid idea because the VCR is basic- it SHOULD include S-VHS and hi-def D-Theater playback. Most likely the VCR will wear out within a year if it's used at all.

Gizmo

You could just buy a VHS to DVD converter and make them all DVDs. I did that (little more advanced though with an EyeTV and my Mac).

Steve

OMG!! I just double checked the date. A year old?? Sorry folks!!!!

rexinnih

Sweet. Does it have an input for my 8-track player also?

Michael Corvin

Get real. I haven't had a VHS machine hooked up for almost a decade now. I doubt I'm the only one.

The Cow

Do you have one?