The last days of VHS

[Dave James]

Have about 100 pounds of tapes to dump. Any better suggestions than landfill?

I found that an assisted living center for low income people was delighted to get over 100 cassette tapes from me this year. The staff member literally had tears in her eyes as she said that they would set them out next to the boombox in their break room, which is the only source of music for their residents. Maybe something like that would work for VHS tapes.

Hospitals too.

Up over and out.

[Van Basten II]

Don't throw your VCR yet, you may be missing something

http://www.koreus.com/video/recyclage-magnetoscope.html

[Shrdlu]

I love my Panasonic VCR (and it loves me ). It gives an awesome picture (HD ready, big deal!) and the surround is terrific.

I just love the fact that you can stop a tape and resume at the same place, unlike the stupid DVDs - it takes a few mins to track down where you were.

(Not speaking as an old guy - I love cutting edge stuff if it's good. But DVDs leave me cold.)

[rockefeller center]

I just love the fact that you can stop a tape and resume at the same place, unlike the stupid DVDs - it takes a few mins to track down where you were.

False assertion. Though the DVD media itself knows nothing about the resume position the media player does. I have yet to come across a DVD player without resume function.

Probably RTBM?