Do you ever watch movies on VHS anymore?

I remember an article a few years ago that said the final manufacturer who was still producing new VCRs (in the form of a VCR/DVD combo unit) was ending production. So I believe today there may be a few unsold units that you can still buy new, but they are the last of their breed unless someone comes along later to produce new ones. (Perhaps because a vinyl-like resurgence in interest in the format?)

Honestly, I am surprised the plug has already been pulled. There are still a ton of VHS tapes in existence, and hell, you can still buy players for audio cassettes, a format I think of as much more dead than VHS.

I guess I'm lucky because I bought a VCR about 10 years ago and have barely used it. Hopefully it still has a couple of decades of life in it before it dies.

You can get used VCRs cheap. I picked one up for $10 and hooked it up to my 4k TV. Just be careful with any irreplaceable tapes, like family videos you do t want aN old VCR to eat it. Anything important get transferred.

Sounds pretty dumb about your acquaintance. Hell, the fact that it was only available on VHS would make me MORE interested in watching it, and watching it on that format.

What's he got against VHS?

I have one particular VHS tape I may never be able to replace. It's an old B&W recording of the Charles Mingus Sextet.
The guys just sit there and play, there's nothing else going on, but it's a document of one band during one session, so it's pretty unique.

VHS obviously can't stand up to later formats in terms of picture quality, but I think sometimes it's just fun to watch things like we used to, and honestly if you have a clean tape that's not worn out VHS doesn't look nearly as bad as some people act like it does.

I was born into the VHS era and lived in a world where it was the dominant home video format for about 18 years of my life. I have a deep love in my soul for VHS.

The ka-chunk as a tape goes into a VCR, the subtle background hiss of the soundtrack, the faint fuzziness of the image, the sound the tape makes when being rewound or fast forwarded . . . all of that is part of the experience and it's very nostalgic for me.

I definitely feel an affection for VHS that does not exist even for DVD. Just hearing the letters V-H-S makes me think of bygone days of recording movies to tape off of TV and of perusing the video store on Friday nights.

I transfered all my home videos tapes to a DVR recorder...Tapes we’re getting worn off...

Every movies I love is on DVD

Speaking of ex-rentals, you'll notice that in the OP I mentioned that I occasionally pick up old VHS tapes from this local place that sells them for 50 cents a pop. They have huge stacks of them to sift through.

You'd be surprised--or maybe you wouldn't--at how many of them have old Hollywood Video or Be Kind, Rewind or other old stickers on them that betray the fact that they once were rental tapes. Man, you gotta wonder about the history of some of these tapes. How many people checked them out? Who were they? How much did they enjoy the movie when they watched it?

You know those tapes had a very long journey before ending up in my living room in 2018.

You need to find yourself a new television program.

If you like watching old VHS stuff "just for the fun of it," you really should see if you can find somewhere local that sells old movies on the format. It's only a ritual that I perform maybe once or twice a year, but it can be a lot of fun to drop by such a place, grab a stack of movies, and then watch them like the old days.

I guess there's no way to do it legally, but I would love it if someone would transfer new movies to VHS and make it look official with cool box art. I would love to watch a film like Tron: Legacy or Blade Runner: 2049 or Jurassic World on VHS and have copies of such films sitting on my shelf. That just seems badass.

Hook those VCRs up!

Mine assumes a place of prominence in my entertainment center.

As for "rarely having anyone to share them with," I almost always watch mine alone. It's still fun for me. The nostalgia factor is still present and it brings back a lot of memories to simply load a tape up and watch it, and take in all the little details that make up the VHS experience.

In fact, tonight I intend to watch my recently-acquired copy of Fellowship of the Ring. It will be interesting to see how well a film that is so visual goes over on the VHS format.