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I wonder if store sells porn VHS tapes

The gamble: do I open a TinyURL from @YMO on my work computer?

of course i open it even if I probably shouldn't: https://youtu.be/zW8tBLKT_Xw

VHS revival similar to vinyl? nah. The pull of vinyl is more than its physical media, the pull is higher quality. VHS is not and never will be higher quality than DVD. Now, if you want to argue that an old large format film spool is higher quality, then sure. But that's not VHS

only advantage of VHS is when you can't get the movie/tv show on DVD or streaming.

@Vansen... that's why I waited until I left work to open, lol

I don’t understand this either. The recent resurgence of reel-to-reel makes even less sense.

The main advantage of my old VHS collection is lining up the spines to make a picture. Like my 80s Astro Boy set.

Nostalgia—like the notion of progress—is something to be approached with caution. The owner is right that people miss, “Having something to hold, something to own.” But it’s obvious that for some of these people, having some*thing* to hold is a pitiable substitute for having some*one* to hold.

Turntables are wonderful: in terms of combining mechanics and electrics, reel-to-reel leaves them standing. Wonderful, beauteous machines. I guess (it was a long time ago) they should be (potentially) superior in sound quality too.