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What to do with a bunch of vhs tapes (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Was cleaning out my storage shed and found a bunch of vhs movies (no home movies) in questionable state. Is there anything worth doing or should I dump them (think they can be recycled)? Before it's said, I don't think they're worth digitalizing imo.

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[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah I'll look through them and sort out which are recordings and look online. The majority are just movies without their cases though so I wont hold any hopes. Anyways even if I do miss one, it's looking more and more likely I'll just leave them at a thrift store (if they accept them)

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Most thrift stores around me don't even keep CDs, Books, DVDs, or Vinyl around in the store anymore. I think they just sell them online or wholesale them to people that do. If you leave VHS tapes at a thrift store, chances are they'll just end up in the trash anyway. It would honestly be an expensive waste of shelf space in anything but an antique store at this point. I hope you find something interesting. It's probably mostly junk, but sometimes there's real treasure in junk piles.

[–] phubarr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People even want to make an archive of TV commercials, don't undersell what you have. You might have the only known copy of a particular commercial that somebody wants. Check out sites like my80stv.com to see one of the ways archived old commercials are used.