Old VHS tapes

Master_X · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:08

I have been recently helping my dad sort out his attic which is full of junk and I came across a big box of my old VHS tapes. Some are proper movies and some are recorded stuff from TV.

I don’t really want to throw them away but I don’t want to keep then. What the heck do I do with them?

shifty_uk · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:11

Sell on the bay?

MonkeyNews · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:11

If you dont have a VHS player then you might as well chuck the lot, unless of course you find any rare/expensive videos in there then stick them on ebay and make a few quid for you and your old man.

Hequn · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:15

freecycle? charity shop? car boot?

Master_X · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:17

Hequn said:
freecycle? charity shop? car boot?

I was thinking of giving them to a charity shop, do they still stock this kind of stuff?

mac1st3 · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:17

fire? nuke? microwave?

Saundie · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:19

Buy a bow and some arrows, and use them for target practice. Bonus points are awarded for persuading local youths to help you recreate the William Tell legend.

Hequn · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:30

Master_X said:
I was thinking of giving them to a charity shop, do they still stock this kind of stuff?

I've seen a few with them so should do

starfighter · 10 Oct 2009 at 10:46

Keep em. I have almost every Red Dwarf on VHS.

Remember Tiger Tokens? I had a lot.

buckeejit · 10 Oct 2009 at 11:19

get them transferred onto dvd's?

Master_X · 10 Oct 2009 at 11:58

buckeejit said:
get the transferred onto dvd's?

Well i have most on DVD so dont really need to convert. I might convert the recorded ones as they are old school wrestling PPV's

AtreuS · 10 Oct 2009 at 12:03

I recently had to take about 5 dozen good quality tapes to the tip. I tried maybe 5 or 6 charity shops and none take VHS anymore.

I chucked the single tapes into the waste but left the box sets ( black adder,bottom, red dwarf etc ) at the side in case anyone wanted them. I now have everything on DVD or divx anyway

starfighter · 10 Oct 2009 at 12:11

I just cant bear to throw Red Dwarf away, I couldn't so that with bottom or Black adder either. It would feel like a travesty. Even though I also have most on the PC.

Depends on the size of your house. I have a room we don't use that has a wall of book shelves and I have no books.

buckeejit · 10 Oct 2009 at 12:50

I say charity shop.

jas72 · 10 Oct 2009 at 15:01

our local videoshop was giving them away when you rented DVD he said he couldn't even give them away.

Best of luck.

However after reading this thread I didn't know there were value to some VHS tapes. Which ones and I'll see if my DVD shop has them

mame · 10 Oct 2009 at 15:04

They are worthless. Ebay might sell you 1 of 2 for 50p. There was a thread on here recently asking this and someone took a load of VHS tapes to a car boot sale and sold 1 of 2 for 20p I think then binned the rest.

Berserker · 10 Oct 2009 at 15:52

Well remembered...

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Haven't done anything about mine yet, but I'm resigned to the fact almost all of them are worthless.

jp_bl_68 · 10 Oct 2009 at 16:08

You can buy VCRs that record to DVD/HDD.

starfighter · 10 Oct 2009 at 17:25

jp_bl_68 said:
You can buy VCRs that record to DVD/HDD.

The problem is that the quality is usually so poor you could download and make one your self that would be better, and tbh if I owned the VHS I wouldn't feel that guilty. But I suppose if it is rare or something.

My mate spent 2 weeks recording all his vynal to his PC and naming each track.

I get around · 10 Oct 2009 at 17:26

Charity shop, free cycle or ebay?
http://www.cva.co.uk/ - recycle them?