>Boomers used to pay $20 for a cropped fullscreen low resolution home movie VHSThank god we can stream in 4K now
>>221247595a new vhs in the 80s was $90. not even kidding.
>>221247711holy shit
>is that... something people used to do before home technology advanced?? I'M GOING INSANE
>>221247711yep, you used to have to wait for that shit to come on cable and tape it.Or rent an extra VCR from Blockbuster and hope the VHS isn't write protected
>>221247888How bout I butter your nuts like a couple of roast potatoes, 8 boy?
>>221248069oh shit, i didnt realise there was more frame than the bd 3d version. I thought it was shot in anamorphic. I need to go back and watch my VHS set
>>221247595>Thank god we can stream in 4K nowYou have until June 31st to watch it before it leaves your streaming service.
>>221247595You've never streamed anything in 4K, you just fell for the marketing.
>>221247595If you went to pizza hut you get the mummy for free
>>221247913>wait for that shit to come on cable and tape it.That was such an awesome lifehack back in the day.
>>221247595>BUY IT NOW. OWN IT FOREVER.4gay streaming has nothing on this
>>221247711i found that out the hard way when I lost a tape from Blockbuster Video
Difference is I have the copy of it and you dont
>>221247595just put it on your batcard
>>221248483a batcredit card....
>>221248483A BAT
>>221248483CREDIT CARD!!!???
>>221247711This is a big reason why used recorded tapes you find second-hand are usually movies with the commercials and bumpers cut out.Sometimes you'll find families who recorded their kids graduation or birthdays, but there's a staggering amount of recorded movies from HBO or Cinemax with exact time durations if they had multiple recordings on them.Why buy a movie for that price when you were paying for cable to begin with.I'm not an 80s kid but I'm still surprised that Laserdisc didn't become *the* rental format for movies while VHS/Beta would be intended for home recordings.It was just as expensive to have a VCR at the time. Having an LD player and renting the movies would've been less annoying to deal with when it came to worn out tape and deterioration due to subsequent forward and rewinds and constant playback.
We'd all gather around the TV and watch that VHS though. Now it's just depression streaming for the lonely
>>221248483I wish my bank offered custom prints for cards, I would get this done on mine.
>>221247913>hope the VHS isn't write protectedSo are you a zoomer or just retarded?
>>221248577maybe he means Macrovision copy protection?
>>221247595That's 44 dollars in today money.
I have a lot of warm fuzzy feelings and nostalgia over owning VHS movies as a kid, looking at them on catalogs, waiting for them to come to video after seeing them in theater I didn't get that at all with DVDs, I'm not really sure why. Except for the first x-men movie on dvd, that was like the first DVD I ever owned, that was nostalgic as fuck.I think it's mostly just because movies aren't the same as they used to be
I had a Godzilla VHS tape set and rhe spines spelled out Godzilla.The Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla cover had nothing to do with the movie itself, had characters from G vs M 2 on it.Then one day my VHS player ate the tape, RIP.Thanks for reading my blog.
>>221247595Yeah because that was the format at the time for televisions
>>221247711Famous/recent films. But that's also what led to the development of the notorious VHS bargain bin, and the explosion of lower-end studios to serve the bins. And it was very profitable for a while.
>>221247711$89.95 I still remember the tag on the rental case.
The craziest thing where the small screens we used to have. I spent my entire childhood looking at 15'' monitors and tiny ass tvs. Mind boggling.
>>221248483>This week the Batman must foil the Jewker's dastardly plan to destroy his credit rating
