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Kids today only know what a VHS tape is because of horror games (lemmy.myserv.one)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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VHS tapes are a horror trope now.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think you underestimate how many frugal families still own large VHS movie collections, and use their VHS players to watch them

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

In 2024, that's actually a giga chad move that hurts the corpos feels.

These people is like the seed reason why they are working OT to kill physical media. Now they are coming for consoles...

If you support the slop, buy a physical copy otherwise arrr

If they don't sell it, that's a service issue and rather disrespectful to media enjoyers IMHO

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Frugal families sold their tapes, sold their VCRs, and sought their fortunes on the high seas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

ehh while high seas are viable, some people just prefer that physical in similar way a smoker does not just like the smoking but also holding and play around the cigarette

[–] ricdeh 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Then burn your media onto DVD or Blu-Ray or M-Disc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

The Netflix-by-mail thing came in real handy for this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

This would work for me but not for the collector types IMHO

They want the physical release!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

i have the tapes, lots of tapes. all recorded off of tv. vcr quit working years ago, though. but i do have another at the office. used like three times in the last 15 years to digitize old home movies for someone.