Do You Still Own 8 Tracks, Lp's, Casettes, VHS, or Beta Max?

@Rozie37 (15499)
Turkmenistan
May 18, 2007 1:26am CST
Or have you gone totally modern with CD's, DVD's, and Laser disc. Come on don't be ashamed of the fossils you are still holding on to. I still have some cassettes and VHS tapes. I don't know what happened to all my records, but I would have loved to have kept some of the classics. I never owned an 8 track, I think they went out before I got into music. Hey, how about a phonograph or a reel to reel. I remember in grade school we watched films on a projector. My sister had went on a boot ride for a school field trip and I saw the film on the projector. It was so weird seeing my sister on that screen.
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@mahmah (436)
• United States
19 May 07
I still have some 8 tracks (they were my parents I keep them for sentimental sake), I have all of my boyfriends old records (sentimental yet again). I still have most of my cassettes from childhood. I have my parents entire movie collection which are on VHS and Beta (before DVDs were affordable-otherwise my parents would have had tons of DVDs like me-I have almost 500 and have only been collecting for 3 years-I love my movies). I haven't all of them to dvd yet. Someday I might lol. Most of my own movie collection is now on DVD and CD format. I remember watching film strips in school. I think in high school my school district finally upgraded to VHS lol.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
19 May 07
With that kind of a collection you could turn a garage or extra room into a theater and charge admission. Serve snacks and make it a neighborhood party type of thing. If I lived in your area, I would come.
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@mahmah (436)
• United States
21 May 07
My friends joke with me all the time about "the collection" a few of my friends said at the very least I should open a movie rental store. I would love to have my own rental store.
• United States
18 May 07
We still have a ton of VHS tapes, but I am going to be getting rid of most of them soon. We just don't watch it, we don't watch any DVD's either though. We also still have casette tapes, though we never listen to them either. lol I collect 45s, but I don't know where my collection is now. We also have 8 track still, though we have no way to play them. I want a lot of the music from them and then maybe if we can do that we can get rid of them. I imagine we still have some regular records around here somewhere too.
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• United States
18 May 07
Yes and no Some I want to keep others I will get rid of cause we are planning a couple yard sales this summer and have a lot we want to rid ourselves of.
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
18 May 07
Yeah. I still have a lot of cassette tapes and video tapes. I am trying to get them all converted to c.d. or buy them all on dvd and cd
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
I have never thought about getting my VHS and cassettes converted to CD and DVD. In fact, I don't even know if I thought it was even possible. Where would I get this done?
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
18 May 07
My friends had rented something from rent a center to do this with video tapes. Now cassetes I don't know. I have just bought or made my own cd's and bout my own dvd's to replace some of them when I had the money.
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@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
21 Oct 07
I do still own a bunch of VHS in a cabinet here at home. Mom still have some cassettes and VHS ones as well. I have a nice collection, but stick to watching stuff on DVD though. I may convert them in time or just have my VCR along with DVD for them.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
22 Oct 07
I do not know anything about converting the VHS to DVD. I have heard of it, but I do not know how it is done. Can it be done on a DVD VHS combo or does it have to be done professionally? If so, is it expensive?
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
19 May 07
Yes, Rozie37, I am not ashamed to admit that I still have a collection of cassette music and a collection of VCR tapes. I mainly hold on to them because I still have 2 vcr's and my stereo has cassette decks. I will not buy one without cassette decks. I've never burned a DVD or CD in my life, so I just hold onto what I've got. This way I have the best of all worlds.
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
19 May 07
I was just kidding about the being ashamed part. I still have two stereos with double casette players and a whole lot of casettes. I also have a VCR with plenty of videos. Some people can afford to buy everything on DVD or CD, but I will only buy my favorites.
@wolves69 (755)
• United States
18 May 07
I never owned any 8 tracks, but do have some 33, 45 and 78 LPs, plus some old cylinder records (80 yrs old, or so I'm told). I'm trying to convert all of my cassettes to digital. As for my VHS tapes, they were all lost in a super typhoon.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
I have never heard of cylinder records. You say that they are 80 years old. They must be worth quite a bit of money. They are twice as old as I am.
@wolves69 (755)
• United States
19 May 07
For the life of me, I can't remember the term for them. They were made by Edison Records. The last I looked, they were worth about $20 or $30. However, if you had the original sleeves, they'd be worth a little fortune. I don't even know where we got them or who gave them to us, but they sit in the closet. Maybe when I get my own house and can live a more normal life, I'll try to find a player and restore it. Its amazing to show the young'uns what records were. The baby then tries to put a CD on the turn-table!!! That got my Dad rolling with laughter. The oldest got a kick when you put a 45 on the turn-table with the speed of a 78! For the rest of the day, they were sounding like a hoard of chipmunks! Dad had to remind me that I did the same thing...
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
18 May 07
I still have tons of cassettes and I have a fair amount of VHS's AND at my mothers there should still be some of my LP's as well actually but then again who knows about that one....she might have gotten rid of them for all I know..I hope not cause I'd actually like to get them back at some point....As for a reel to reel...we actually have a vintage one and I do remember at one point owning some 8 Tracks as well but I've not seen them in yrs so I really dont know whta happened to them...and last summer I had some phonograph records and was looking for a working Victrola but ended up selling the records instead.... I love the old stuff myself....as much as I love todays technology...I like the older stuff not because it brings back memories for me of certain happy times (which are rare for me) but they also are such a great reminder of what life USED TO be like before we all became antisocial robots and slaves to hi-tech ya know....
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
I know exactly what you mean. we have definitely become anti-social because of new technology and it bothers me sometimes. It seems to me that the more we improve on ways to communicate, the less we are able to communicate.
@jbb316 (1779)
• United States
18 May 07
I still have VHS tapes and I have no idea what to do with them. They are cartoons and movies my brother and I used to watch when we were kids. A lot of them are Disney movies so there is a lot of money invested in them. What do I do with them?
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
Since the cartoons back then were a lot more wholesome than they are now, I feel comfortable with telling you to maybe give them to the children in your family. This is what I do if I buy a Disney movie that I think I may want to keep forever. I always end up giving them away to some of the children in my family. I have eleven nieces and nephews, so I can always find someone who is age appropriate for the movie.
18 May 07
I own only 1 lp which is jennifer rush - the power of love on casette i have take that - everything changes(album) sean mcguire - suddenly (single) kylie minouge - i should be so lucky (album) michael jackson album i think its called dangerous and i have 2 jason donovan albums from years and years ago lol all the rest i have as cds.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
Ha, I use to have the Michael Jackson, "Dangerous" casette, but I believe I sold it or threw it away when I first became a Christian.
@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
18 May 07
I still own a ton of LP's and 45's, as well as casette tapes. And my movie collection is mostly VHS. My parents have some 78 rpm records dating back to the 40's. I have slowly replaced some of those with DVD's and CD's. I had a reel to reel tape recorder from 1970, but it qiut on me so I pitched it a few years back. I didn't own any 8 tracks, but my brother did. I still have a movie slide projector that shows individual slides. I also live in a cave with rabbit ears on my black and white TV...lol.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
On my, I sure hope you are kidding about the cave, and black and white television. I read an article not to long ago about people who lived in caves and were refusing to leave, even though their government had built normal housing for them.
@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
18 May 07
I still kept my collections of cassettes and VHS tapes which include our wedding though I have a plan of converting it to cd or dvd.We still have the Beta Max though it's not working, has some defective parts already. I also experienced watching film in a projector, black & white. It's nice looking at them in a corner because it reminds of how technology had gone far and sometimes I still play my cassette tapes.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
Oh, you must have your wedding converted. Something that important is priceless. I remember that the Beta Max didn't do very well at all. Although quite a few people purchased then, they quickly realized they had gotten a raw deal.
@aaidjs (1149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
21 Oct 07
Hi!!I have numbers of LP,tapes,cassettes and VHS tapes!!I prefer that old technics!!Try to save DVD for more than 35 years like I saved mine LP or VHS!!Regards Silvana
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@singlepixel (2743)
22 May 07
i have vhs, cassette tape. i have the chance to experience phonograph. :)
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• United States
18 May 07
I have only cds and dvds, I did have a ton, like hundreds of cassette tapes until last year when I moved I gave them away, I hadn't listened to them in years and though they hold fond memories I didn;t feel like lugging them tot he new place, so someone came and took them off y hands, hopefully they are now being used rather than neglected
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 May 07
Go for you. I wish I had the discipline that you have for letting go of things.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
19 May 07
I have CDs, DVDs, but not Laser disc. I have lots of cassettes and love them; I can pick them up for next to nothing in thrift shops; I mean classic tapes! I can also pick up VHSs for next to nothing in these charity shops as they are called over here in fair England. I've never owned an 8 track, but I used to tape 8 tracks onto tape way back when. We had a phonograph and a cine-camera and projector when I was a kid. Those were the days!
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@lvap0628 (731)
• Philippines
19 May 07
I still have cassette tapes and a walkman to go with these. Original CDs are quite expensive so I either have the songs burned at an internet cafe or copied in the cassette.
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
22 May 07
I have some cassettes that I'm holding on to until I can replace them. I also have alot of movies on VHS that we are currently working on replacing with DVD's. I wasn't going to replace the VHS but the quality is alot better on DVD's...also with proper care the DVD's should last indefinately. My hubby used to have a big box of albums that we had hauled through 4 moves and finally decided to get rid of. My dad has alot of 8-tracks and still listens to them lol. LOL
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@marababe (2503)
• Philippines
19 May 07
I still have my cassettes and some VHS in my room. I don't really know what to do with them already since my VCDs and DVDs and CDs are all piled up in my rack. The "fossils" that I have are hidden under my bed in a paper bag.
@golfproo (1839)
• Canada
18 May 07
I still have a ton of VHS movies. I never watch them anymore however as it is all DVD now. I am actually going to try and sell my VHS movies on Ebay. cheers,
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@takkea (393)
• United States
20 May 07
I still have VHS tapes of shows that I cannot bring myself to give up. These are of shows that I love so much. I found a tape with some songs that I used to sing but I cant give it up even though I do not have anything to play it in.