slo’s MONDAY 7/29 poll - Disney VHS Movies

[TiggerTrigger]

We have lots of DVDs, but zero VHS tapes. I believe we got rid of our VCR when we moved in 2006.

 

[soccerdad72]

I'm pretty sure we still have a banker's box filled with Disney VHS movies. No working VHS player (that I can think of). We haven't figure out what to do with the VHS tapes - not sure if they're worth anything or if we should just pitch them at this point.

 

[NYCgrrl]

By the time I could pry the man’s ginormous collection of LPs, 8 tracks, cassette tapes, VHS and other electronic stuff out of his hoarder type hands, it was the mid teens of the 21st century and I was too exhausted to do much saving. Called every resource I could muster and ended the acquisition, cataloging and dusting for all time. Yeah!!!

 

[lovesmurfs]

So as of right now, we have none. We donated all of them (probably 30 or more) when we moved. I bought a new VCR, though, as I want to convert our home movies to digital and my father had a Sony converter. I just need to do it.

 

[fla4fun]

I have two VHS player/recorders. One is built into the tv in the guest room (old tv, of course). The other is part of the surround sound system in the family room (it has a cd/dvd player in it as well). Both are still operational. I still have a lot of tapes, but probably only a dozen Disney movies.

 

[hhisc16]

I have two VCR players and an entire box of only Disney VHS tapes in the garage.

Also have DVD/Blu Ray for many of our favorite Disney movies.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I don't have any VHS Disney. I don't have a VCR anyway. I used to have a dual deck VCR/DVD player, but that was years ago. When I gave that away I gave away the VHS tapes with it.

 

[mumto3girls]

We have a bunch of the Disney movies on VHS still and several VCRs. DH doesn’t like to get rid of things.

 

[disneychrista]

I recently got out my VHS to “display” in my Disney guest room. I even bought a RCA to HDMI adapter to be able to hook theVCR to my TV and it still works.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Maybe 10-12 tapes, hdlf dozen maybe if discs. Combo player still near the TV, not used in many, many years.

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

I didn't end up answering the poll because I can't say off the top of my head how many Disney VHS I have but its a lot.
I have a few VCR's but not sure if any of them would manage to not eat the tape so I would not use them anymore.

I'd like to add another layer into the question.
What are the most used Disney VHS in your house?
For me its a toss up between The Little Mermaid and 101 Dalmatians.
I watched both of those a lot as a child and then my niece was obsessed with 101 Dalmatians and I came to realize it was probably the only Disney movie I can watch on repeat without getting sick of it.

 

[tvguy]

Slightly OT. My wife's stepsister and her husband have a huge collection of movies, several thousand. Likely every Disney movie ever made. However, they are all on BETA. He was stationed in Japan in the Air Force for several years in the 1980s when their kids were young, and Beta far outsold VHS in Japan and movies were much less expensive there. No doubt, Beta video quality is better, but it never caught on here in the U.S. It was a bit of a shock when they returned to the U.S. and had to buy a new Beta deck, very hard to find one in the 1990s.

 

[disneychrista]

What are the most used Disney VHS in your house?

In my house it was the sing along songs tapes. I think we have all of them. My kids loved these and so did I.

 

[OKW8297]

None anymore. I had all of them but we downsized and moved 2 years ago.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

We have no Disney VHS movies... In fact we have nothing on VHS. We do not have a VHS player. We DO have a couple BluRay players and a handful of Disney DVDs.

In fact, I do not think any of our TVs would enable us to hook up a VCR.

 

[HopperFan]

Have you priced out a VHS player???

 

[tvguy]

In fact, I do not think any of our TVs would enable us to hook up a VCR.

I suspect they do. Even the cheapest TVs still have composite jacks.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I suspect they do. Even the cheapest TVs still have composite jacks.

I dunno... you might underestimate the cheapness of our Black Friday TV's

 

[tvguy]

I dunno... you might underestimate the cheapness of our Black Friday TV's

Actually saw a story last year that one major retailers Black Friday special TV only had composite imputs, no HDMI!

 

[disneychrista]

I suspect they do. Even the cheapest TVs still have composite jacks.

My new 4K TV does not have RCA inputs. Had to buy an RCA to HDMI adapter.