[Swan]

The average CRT TV (the big backs, weighs a ton TV's) are going for an average of £60 on ebay, some portables are going for £100.

Video tapes, especially Horror's, and not just Pre-Cert videos (which have always been quite valuable). Child's Play, the original VHS for example is currently on ebay with a £50 bid.

VHS Players, averaging £30/60.

Funny how things we throw out, sometimes pay people to collect for the skip now have a nice few quid value....

Does anyone on here still have any old TV and VHS media?

[arista]

CRT has gone

You are on about Second Hand Stuff

No thanks


I have DVD-R Recorders

[Niamh.]

I think we still have a video player at home somewhere I have a few VHS tapes, mostly of stuff from years ago that I taped off MTV a few home videos as well that I planned to transfer to some other format (but I haven't gotten around to yet

[GoldHeart]

I stopped using VHS years ago and sent pretty much most videos to charity shops. Had to throw away the taped stuff ,but it does seem like alot of old stuff are collectable items now . I guess there's a market for it.

[bitontheslide]

when anything becomes rare, it's value rises, even if it's a pile of useless crap

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

when anything becomes rare, it's value rises, even if it's a pile of useless crap

You can transfer VHS to DVD-R

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

when anything becomes rare, it's value rises, even if it's a pile of useless crap

What about one of those old fashioned Casio hand-held portable TVs ?!

(3cm screen)


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[arista]

Originally Posted by Zizu

What about one of those old fashioned Casio hand-held portable TVs ?!

(3cm screen)

Yes they need did a freeview version

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes they need did a freeview version

Mine can’t get any kind of signal now though ..


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[Swan]

Do you know what i think it is though, people want to step back in time. I remember the days of walking to the local video shop on a Friday after school, being allowed ONE video to rent for the weekend. I would be in this small little video shop for easily an hour, going over the same old videos, looking at the backs of the covers, trying to make the best choice. (luckily the video shop people knew my parents, and baring anything blue, or sexual violence, i could rent anything i liked) Then that was it, you had that ONE film for the weekend. So you watched and enjoyed, even if it was sh!t.

I know times are better in that sense, like if you don't like a film after 20 mins, at the click of a button you have thousands to choose from OD. But there is something "sweet" about how it used to be.

I certainly miss physical media. Tapes, CD's, Videos. Going into town every weekend as a teen, with a tenner in my pocket, and coming home with as much as i could afford. Those were good memories

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Swan

Do you know what i think it is though, people want to step back in time. I remember the days of walking to the local video shop on a Friday after school, being allowed ONE video to rent for the weekend. I would be in this small little video shop for easily an hour, going over the same old videos, looking at the backs of the covers, trying to make the best choice. (luckily the video shop people knew my parents, and baring anything blue, or sexual violence, i could rent anything i liked) Then that was it, you had that ONE film for the weekend. So you watched and enjoyed, even if it was sh!t.

I know times are better in that sense, like if you don't like a film after 20 mins, at the click of a button you have thousands to choose from OD. But there is something "sweet" about how it used to be.

I certainly miss physical media. Tapes, CD's, Videos. Going into town every weekend as a teen, with a tenner in my pocket, and coming home with as much as i could afford. Those were good memories

Awww this is so cute ,but I agree with the whole memories and nostalgia vibes.

[bitontheslide]

I used to spend hours in hippy record stores, they were brilliant

[LeatherTrumpet]

https://www.ranker.com/list/most-val...vhs/jodi-smith

[Swan]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

I used to spend hours in hippy record stores, they were brilliant

You would of loved Criminal Records and Longplayer in the town i moved to as a Kid.

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Awww this is so cute ,but I agree with the whole memories and nostalgia vibes.

Yeah it's great

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

https://www.ranker.com/list/most-val...vhs/jodi-smith

Yeah Pre-Cert horror has always been pretty valuable. Mainly because there are so few of them left, due to the Video Nasties scare in the 80's, most were burnt. The cover artwork is also very unique too.

[Swan]

This was banned, and still is i think, silly money

Some of the prices are insane, however this is nothing new, Pre Cert Horror VHS is very much still desired.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...orror&_sacat=0

But even more common videos like the ones linked below are going for a few quid, stuff you wouldn't think twice about throwing out as "useless"
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314338031658 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285113541313

[LeatherTrumpet]

I remember going to see this as a kid

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175495407...Bk9SR_qJ68W8YQ

[Swan]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I remember going to see this as a kid

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175495407...Bk9SR_qJ68W8YQ

Oh yeah that's up there with the most controversial "nasties" that'll always make good money.

[bitontheslide]

i saw that video too. I was an avid watcher of videos in the 80's and then it came out that they were all actually snuff movies. It was a real shocker

[Swan]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i saw that video too. I was an avid watcher of videos in the 80's and then it came out that they were all actually snuff movies. It was a real shocker

Which ones? It was proved in court that all the Video Nasties that hinted at snuff were mainly fake. Baring weird sh!t like that Faces of Death, which was half real and marketed as a "documentary"

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Swan

Which ones? It was proved in court that all the Video Nasties that hinted at snuff were mainly fake. Baring weird sh!t like that Faces of Death, which was half real and marketed as a "documentary"

oh, i have no idea

At that time though, it put huge doubt in your mind about what you were watching, so i basically stopped watching horror movies unless they were obviously upmarket

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i saw that video too. I was an avid watcher of videos in the 80's and then it came out that they were all actually snuff movies. It was a real shocker

Yes that was the attraction of seeing them, that someone actually died. Now can just look at Kaotic.com every day!

[Swan]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Yes that was the attraction of seeing them, that someone actually died. Now can just look at Kaotic.com every day!

But literally every Video Nasty, barring Faces of Death, never had people actually dying. That's the misconception with Video Nasties. Don't get me wrong, a lot were just plain sh!t. But no one died for real.

The Tories had an agenda and just wanted things they didn;t like banned, or stuff that offended them. It's what the left are doing now.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Swan

But literally every Video Nasty, barring Faces of Death, never had people actually dying. That's the misconception with Video Nasties. Don't get me wrong, a lot were just plain sh!t. But no one died for real.

The Tories had an agenda and just wanted things they didn;t like banned, or stuff that offended them. It's what the left are doing now.

They really were crap. I have watched (or half watched) a lot of the DPP 39 movies and they are really laughable now. A lot were just nasty for the sake of it.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

They really were crap. I have watched (or half watched) a lot of the DP 69 movies and they are really laughable now. A lot were just nasty for the sake of it.

Not Annie watching DP vids

[Swan]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

They really were crap. I have watched (or half watched) a lot of the DPP 39 movies and they are really laughable now. A lot were just nasty for the sake of it.

Yeah i made it a thing of mine to try and see all 39 Section 1 DPP's banned films. And the 42 Section 2. I've seen most of them. Most really are rubbish

Madhouse was ok. Driller Killer is very punk NYC grunge, very atmospheric, not bad at all. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain was crazy, but i kinda liked it. The Cannibal ones never really appealed to me. The Burning shows on the Horror Channel every other week now lol.

But yeah, none are very good really.

Have you seen the Video Nasties Definitive Guide Documentaries? They're really good actually.