Trusty old VHS recorder finally died R.I.P.

[zizo911]

Good to hear!

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Is it worth fixing up a old vhs machine?
Or better to just get a DVD recorder nowadays?

 

[backstreetboy]

Is it worth fixing up a old vhs machine?
Or better to just get a DVD recorder nowadays?

Depends on what medium your collection is?

 

[joevan]

Is it worth fixing up a old vhs machine?
Or better to just get a DVD recorder nowadays?

As the previous poster commented, depends on what all your media is on. I actually got my VHS semi working again, after a few hours of "fiddling" but found that it was very tape dependent, some worked, others not, and this even applied to tapes that have been safely stored for a few years.
Reminded me of a project I did about three years ago when I started copying my vast collection of 4-track music tapes onto a HDD drive. The degradation on some of those tapes made recovery impossible. That is the problem in the long term, tapes degrade!!

 

[upup]

You cant be serious? Please do NOT scrap that old VHS. The tech inside that thing will astound you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGx-3t8CJ-k

Where did you find this video, or how did you.

 

[WaxLyrical]

You cant be serious? Please do NOT scrap that old VHS. The tech inside that thing will astound you!

:Wtf:

 

[skeptic_SA]

Where did you find this video, or how did you.

Saw it on FB a while back. Been buying broken and cheap VHS from Cash Converters/Crusaders ever since. Been making BANK!!! Anybody wanna by an iPod? Portable DVD player?

 

[Drifter]

Sweet!! Happy recording

Dave will not approve of this.