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Should I get rid of my VHS collection (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Im torn. On one hand yes everything is available digitally. On the other I like having hard copies and not thinking about backing up 3 hard drives and random hard drive failure and managing an even larger library on a computer...its nice just to have the media exist. And what happens when our ability to own media disappears (which looks to be a very real possibility).

They do take up space. I may keep the ones I really like and get rid of others.

I easily have over 300. Along with dvds, but im keeping those.

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[–] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Of course. VHS is unwatchable on a modern TV. It wasn’t great back in the day on old CRT televisions to begin with. VHS is half the resolution of SDTV. Add to that the quality loss due to age and you basically have a pile of worthless plastic.

[–] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What do you mean? Back in the day it felt like watching 4K on an OLED :P

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Im not a quality snob for video. I regularly play my atari through rf on my crt.

[–] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don’t even watch 1080p content if I can help it. 4k dolby vision and atmos please.

Note that watching that kind of content on a tiny analog CRT is a much better experience than watching it on a modern display with discrete pixels.