What was your VHS collection?

[danderson400]

i had a few movies like "A Christmas Without Snow", some tapes of Jimmy Swaggart in his prime and even disney movies so what was your collection back in the day?

[mets82]

Back in the day is my current day as I still tape stuff. Lets see my collection is:


Super Bowls 3,7,13,14,20,22,23,25,27,30-to present
Monday Night Raws-1999-2008 and a few from 2013 on
Wrestling in general-1985 to the present
Movies
NFL Games
The Simpsons
Beverly Hills 90210
The Honeymooners
The Odd Couple
Dawson's Creek
Happy Days
Melrose Place
NCAA Basketball-specifically Championship Week and the Tournament
NCAA Football-specificallly the Bowl Games


Thats all I could name off the top of my head right now. And none of these are for sale.

[danderson400]

i had the following:
A Christmas Without Snow(bought this on VHS in 1986)
some NFL and NCAA football games(they were taped off my dish)
China Beach(mostly taped off ABC in orginal broadcast or Goodlife in reruns when my cable company had that channel in mid-00s)
some Jimmy Swaggart services(mostly camp meeting and crusade services) also had a few of his music tapes like the ones with the crusade team and the Swaggart video album
some Disney animated films
a few afterschool specials(bought those on VHS)
The "Shockwave" storyline on Sunset Beach.

[tvfan25]

I had a lot of Monday Night Raw and Monday Nitro and Thunder.
Lots of Unhappily Ever After, Walker Texas Ranger & Martial Law

Mostly I just taped movies from television, music videos and concerts. I have the Baywatch episode with Shawn Michaels, old Disney original movies, Shirley Temple movies. Also all of my spring show tapes from high school choir!

[mets82]

TVfan25, Raw, Nitro and Thunder. I like your style.

[Regulus]

I have over 200 movies and about a dozen TV series on VHS, a few of which have not been released on DVD. I have a VHS player to play them on, and even if some of the ones that were released on VHS only were to be released on DVD and/or Blu-Ray I see no reason to replace them. If it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT!

[Coffeecup]

Back in the day mid 1980's I had a Vcr and taped alot of shows. Even bought a camcorder around early 1990's and taped family events, some were just filming out my window. It was so new an experience. Now 25 + years with new technology my VHS tapes sit. I did throw movies out for most I could see again. But I did keep family Camcorder movies. I really don't know if I can't see again. Could spent money to put to new tecnology, but I am the one who would be interested. My parents have passed on and they were in many of my camcorder movies.

[tvfan25]

Originally Posted by mets82

TVfan25, Raw, Nitro and Thunder. I like your style.

Thanks! I love wrestling and still record it! I watch a little New Japan. I was excited to see Shinsuke Nakamura's match with Sami Zayn on NXT.

[danderson400]

i did tape some Wide World Of Sports stuff back in the day though such as:
World Gymnastics Championships from Rotterdam where Romanian Aurelia Dobre upsets teammate Daniela Silivas and Soviet Elena Shoushounova to win the all-around title(1987)
many US Figure skating championships between 1986 and 1995
Trumbull, Conn. upsets Taiwan in the final of the Little League World Series(1989)
Tom Jager shatters the world record for the 50-meter freestyle in a head-to-head battle with Matt Biondi at the U.S. Spring Championships(1990)
Brandy Johnson becomes only the fourth American woman in history to win a medal at the World Gymnastics Championships when she collects the silver in the vault. The star of the show is once again Svetlana Boginskaya(1989).
many horse races between 1986 and 1999
i did tape a lot of Wide World i'm just mentioning those events i do remember

American Gladiators, between 1989 and 93(either taped off the original broadcast, or reruns).

other things i had were the Columbia House tapes of St. Elsewhere- was really impressed to see the episodes uncut.

I had a lot of made for TV movies on VHS(store bought). The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children is one example, A Promise to Keep was another. There was a movie i had starring Mel Harris from Thirtysomething that was set on a yacht during a hurricane.

[pkripper001]

I would say I still have well over 200 video cassettes.
I started out with Beta,and still have all my Beta tapes from the 80's.
These have sponsors from the 80's,like TAB cola,and
Try Chung King for your beautiful body, those 2 were in high rotation.

I still have several Beta recorders,but the belts and/or rubber parts may need
service by now from lack of use.When I got my first VHS VCR,I got it used from a shop that did VCR repairs,they sold it to me for $85. VHS VCR's were too expensive,even used,so I used Beta exclusively for at least four years.

I also have large collection of movie boxes,without the movie.

This is model Sanyo Beta VCR that started me out.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by mets82

Back in the day is my current day as I still tape stuff.

Good for you... VHS is awesome!!

My collection

1) Star trek (All original episodes/movies) Movies 1-6
2) Various Movies I love and have loved all thru my years...... (Im grateful to have them in analogue on thier official VHS tapes (Some recorded from analogue cable))
3) Several Music tapes

a) Bryan Adams: Reckless (1984)
b) AC/DC: Live at donnington (1991)
c) U2: Live at red rocks (Denver - 1983) -- Thier BEST concert!
d) Aerosmith: Texxas Jam 78 (They went downhill after this)
e) Woodstock 69 -- EXCELLENT!! (2 tapes)
f) Woodstock 94 (6hrs (SLP mode (Taped from PPV that day))) - EXCELLENT!
g) The beatles LIVE (1964)
h) Grateful dead LIVE (Oakland) - Recorded from USA network (1/1/86)
i) Iron Madien: Behind the Iron Curtain (4 songs from thier 1984 tour)
j) In excess - Greatest music videos (1980-1990)


I LOVE VHS!!

[bencasey]

I have a few hundred thousand shows and complete runs of almost every show from the mid-80s up.

[mets82]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Good for you... VHS is awesome!!

My collection

1) Star trek (All original episodes/movies) Movies 1-6
2) Various Movies I love and have loved all thru my years...... (Im grateful to have them in analogue on thier official VHS tapes (Some recorded from analogue cable))
3) Several Music tapes

a) Bryan Adams: Reckless (1984)
b) AC/DC: Live at donnington (1991)
c) U2: Live at red rocks (Denver - 1983) -- Thier BEST concert!
d) Aerosmith: Texxas Jam 78 (They went downhill after this)
e) Woodstock 69 -- EXCELLENT!! (2 tapes)
f) Woodstock 94 (6hrs (SLP mode (Taped from PPV that day))) - EXCELLENT!
g) The beatles LIVE (1964)
h) Grateful dead LIVE (Oakland) - Recorded from USA network (1/1/86)
i) Iron Madien: Behind the Iron Curtain (4 songs from thier 1984 tour)
j) In excess - Greatest music videos (1980-1990)


I LOVE VHS!!

Yeah, me too. I dont think I can get used to taping stuff using anything else although I'm probably going to have to eventually.

[JJM]

When I was a kid, i had a few seasons of Full House, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, Step by Step, & a few other random shows i liked back then. I taped them on their original air dates. I loved TGIF back then.

When I got older I discovered classic tv shows which I taped off of TVLand, when it was good. I had the Dick van Dyke show, the Andy Griffith show, Happy Days, MASH, & All in the Family. But I had to get rid of my old VHS because I ran out of room and started to buy DVDs. Thinking they will all become available someday. I wish I had held onto Perfect Strangers & Step by Step. I don't think they will ever be on completely on DVD.

[Nordy]

I don't think I have anything except The Godfather, Titanic, Planes Trains and Automobiles. I do have Chicago sports stuff like Super Bowl XX, Cubs 1984 and 1989 NLCS but that's about it.