I remember when we got a Beta from some relatives who were upgrading to a VCR. They gave us the dozen or so movies they had bought. They’d had the thing awhile and the color quality wasn’t very good. It went from clear color to mottled, to black and white, sometimes all in the same ...
I was watching an old Kristi McNichol movie and figured I would check out Little Darlings online. Now I’ve never seen the movie before, in fact I didn’t watch it I had to go to bed to get up for work in the morning. But I was astounded at the prices it was going for ...
Perhaps you’re sitting in a room with shelves full of home movies recorded with a video camera. Or maybe you have a stack of favorite TV episodes, movies, and concerts are stored to a VHS tape. Whatever you think to preserve for your children and grandchildren, chances are you – like many of us – ...
When a frog is placed directly into a pot of boiling water, the frog will jump out of the water. If a frog is placed into room temperature water and the temperature of the water is increased gradually, the frog will become comfortable and will not jump out of the water. This “boiled frog” phenomenon ...
VHS left the entertainment scene completely around 2005 after years of waning popularity, leaving millions of people around the country with closets full of the obsolete devices. Six years later, you still find scores of videotapes for cheap at thrift stores, flea markets, and yard rummage sales, oftentimes for 50 cents or even a quarter ...
Disney has released hundreds of animated motion pictures throughout the years. Since technology evolved and DVD disks replaced VHS in the retail stores, it has become increasingly hard to find and buy Disney movies because Disney’s marketing strategy means the newly released DVD versions of most of their movies are only in stores for a ...
As more of us are making the switch from VHS to DVDs, we are left with an ever increasing pile of techno trash. Since most communities don’t have facilities for recycling unwanted media, the option for disposing of these old VHS tapes are pretty limited. There is one on-line company that does collect and recycle ...
Tired of the dusty old collection of VHS movies taking up space in the living room? You may not want to toss them in trash. Here are some ideas for what to do with the VHS tapes. There are more options than you realize. Donate your old VHS tapes to a hospital. Children’s hospitals try ...
