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TVFactFan · 06-19-2004, 02:43 PM

$700.00. WOW. And a ONE Blank VHS tape was $20.00. I stumbled across a old advertisement in a 1980 TV guide. What a difference 24 years makes.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 06-19-2004, 02:50 PM

Meeeeeeeaangya.

Mijada · 06-19-2004, 02:52 PM

I believe it. It was around that time that one of my neighbors got one. They were the first people I knew that had a VCR. That thing was about the size of a small microwave oven and must have weighed about 50 pounds. They taped Popeye off the tv and we would watch that movie over and over again.

Mrs. Ducky · 06-19-2004, 02:57 PM

Wow! I can get one for 10-20$ now!

Elvis Fonzie Dean · 06-19-2004, 02:57 PM

My parents used to know someone who spent $100 for the movie Dirty Dancing.

TVFactFan · 06-19-2004, 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by Mrs. Ducky
Wow! I can get one for 10-20$ now!

a VCR?

PZelda · 06-19-2004, 03:01 PM

I believe it. Here's an ad for a TV and a VCR from an April 1983 TV Guide...

PZelda · 06-19-2004, 03:04 PM

I remember VCRs of the 80's. My parents got a VCR in 1983 or 1984, and it was HUUUUUUUUUUUGE. It was a top-loading VCR like all the other VCR's back then. It also had a million buttons and dials on it. I remember trying to shove a NES cartridge into the VCR once, when I was about 3 years old.

That VCR eventually died and we got another VCR that we STILL have to this day(!). We got it in 1990, and it looks like a regular VCR (but it's pretty heavy).

Also...in the early 90's, buying stuff on video was still pretty expensive...They cost anywhere from $30 to $45.

James"Thunder"Early · 06-19-2004, 03:10 PM

It's not so surprising. when something is new and innovative the price is going to be high. look at DVD players and other stuff now. back then it was new innovative to be able to record programs

EmoJoe · 06-19-2004, 04:50 PM

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Originally posted by ?MsConanOBrien?
Meeeeeeeaangya.

What does Meangya mean?

EmoJoe · 06-19-2004, 04:50 PM

Wow

dawsongirl · 06-19-2004, 05:30 PM

My parents had to put our first VCR on layaway, it cost so much.

Heck, the VCR I have that I bought new in 1999 cost me $150. Now I can buy the same model on ebay for $15.

Czas na Zywiec · 06-19-2004, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by Rurry007
What does Meangya mean?

Penis

EmoJoe · 06-19-2004, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by Czas na Zywiec
Penis

Seriously, what does it mean?

dawsongirl · 06-19-2004, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by Miss Vicki
I believe it. Here's an ad for a TV and a VCR from an April 1983 TV Guide...

lol...fake wood TVs.

06-19-2004, 02:43 PM	#1
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06-19-2004, 02:52 PM	#3
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	I believe it. It was around that time that one of my neighbors got one. They were the first people I knew that had a VCR. That thing was about the size of a small microwave oven and must have weighed about 50 pounds. They taped Popeye off the tv and we would watch that movie over and over again.

06-19-2004, 03:04 PM	#8
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	I remember VCRs of the 80's. My parents got a VCR in 1983 or 1984, and it was HUUUUUUUUUUUGE. It was a top-loading VCR like all the other VCR's back then. It also had a million buttons and dials on it. I remember trying to shove a NES cartridge into the VCR once, when I was about 3 years old. That VCR eventually died and we got another VCR that we STILL have to this day(!). We got it in 1990, and it looks like a regular VCR (but it's pretty heavy). Also...in the early 90's, buying stuff on video was still pretty expensive...They cost anywhere from $30 to $45.

06-19-2004, 03:10 PM	#9
James"Thunder"Early Whoever's In New England Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 23, 2004 Location: The Apollo Posts: 7,088	It's not so surprising. when something is new and innovative the price is going to be high. look at DVD players and other stuff now. back then it was new innovative to be able to record programs

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EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	Wow

06-19-2004, 05:30 PM	#12
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	My parents had to put our first VCR on layaway, it cost so much. Heck, the VCR I have that I bought new in 1999 cost me $150. Now I can buy the same model on ebay for $15.