Who Still Has Their Old Vhs Video Player/recorder And Their Collection Of Tapes?

[anotheoldgit]

I have, but unfortunately I do not know what I recorded on most of them, but the other day I was asked if I could transfer a friend's home movie tape onto a DVD disk.

Not remembering how to do it, I selected one of my own unknown content tapes so as to practice carrying out this task and I was delighted to discover it contained one of my favourite films, Kirk Douglas and Doris Day in the film 'Young Man with a Horn' later to be called 'Young Man of Music' for UK viewers.

Great trumpet playing dubbed by the great Harry James.

[alavahalf]

Wonder why they changed the title ?

[Mamyalynne]

I don't have any left, the last ones I got rid of were Children's Classics like Peter Pan, Treasure Island and the favourite Tales of the Riverbank.

Glad you discovered an old favourite.

[Arksided]

Yes I do, and far too many tapes to part with and go through, although for the most part at the time I wrote down in two books whats on them.

It was hard and took long enough going through and binning most of my audio tapes 98% I still have a 'Spaceman' walkman which works which I can't part with either but I'm far from being a hoarder.

[Mamyalynne]

Alava

http://www.radiotimes.com/film/nbnfy/young-man-with-a-horn/

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne
Just come across a couple more, Will Hay in The Ghost of St Michaels and Laurel and Hardy in The Chumps at Oxford.

[Mamyalynne]

Interestingly Doris Day described her role in that film as a 'joyless' experience.

[Mamyalynne]

Used to love Will Hay even from watching as a child - hate to ruffle feathers but am not a Laurel & Hardy fan, my younger brother is mad on them.

[chelle7272]

Lovely when you find old treasures. I do still have a video player and tapes, but haven't had a look at any for ages.
You may just have inspired me :)

[anotheoldgit]

chelle7272

You just do that, it has created a renewed interest for me.

I never know why they got rid of cassette tapes, one could record from the radio etc.

Thinking of it I also have a piece of kit so that I can transfer those onto DVD, and also a special turntable to transfer Vinyl onto DVD.

But then thinking about it aren't we back to Vinyl these days?

[jordyboy14]

I gave my video recorder to the local charity shop but kept one tape for sentimental reasons The Story of DR Wassel. Gary Cooper

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

Don't like Laurel and Hardy????

You must be the first person that I have heard of who doesn't find those two clowns funny.

My son, bought the boxed set and him and his neighbour would hold 'Lads' Laurel and Hardy nights, no wives allowed.

Even my two Great-Grand Children find them hugely hilarious.

[Arksided]

Yes I think we are going back to Vinyl, I know for a fact Queen re-issued all their albums that way recently. I have all the originals and many, many other rare vinals too. Took to long to hunt and track them down etc... and yep I do have a working turntable aswell.

[Mamyalynne]

I'm not saying they don't do some funny stuff or that they weren't talented, just not my cup of tea.

I wasn't a Beatles fan either.

[Mamyalynne]

Oh Vinyl has always been one for the purists, it will be a long time before that fades away.

[jno]

no Laurel and Hardy for me either, or Abbot and Costello or the Three Stooges, or Norman Wisdom. They were always on at matinees in my childhood and I'd had enough by the time I was eight. I suppose they were never meant to be watched every Saturday, which was the olden-days equivalent of binge viewing.

[anotheoldgit]

jordyboy14

Then how do you hope to play that tape, when you have sentimental moment coming on.

Come to think of it though, I have a video of the Film Titanic, and it is still unplayed with it's plastic seal cover still intact.

[anotheoldgit]

jno

What about Martin & Lewis?

[chelle7272]

Oh I do have lots of vinyl too, and a turntable :) Those I play. Yes it is making a comback, but I have read that most young people buying vinyl albums buy them as artty decorations and don't always even listen to them!

[Prudie]

I do but have replaced most of the films with DVD versions however what are priceless is all the family videos, especially of my daughter when she was a baby/toddler and family members no longer around.

[anotheoldgit]

The only trouble with vinyl is that one has to get up so as to change the record.

Ah! anyone remember those auto change radio grams?