What does VHS stand for?

Technically it means Vertical Helical Scan, the method by which it records on the tape.

they were awesome at the time

They were easy to use, and kinda 'rugged'.(they WOULD take a bit of abuse). Sure, DVDs DO give a better pic, sound, etc; But it took awhile for Digital recorders & players to be available, affordable, and commonly around. Same as cassettes. For just a quick recording, vid & audio cassettes were great!

MoodyRider40322, the beta max was better smaller cassettes than VHS, classic

Ahh, the days of VHS. When my son came crying to me with the case of Thomas the tank engine and the stretched out tape all the way to the player :)

Luv this game

Patsy, lol, yeah I remember Nelson brothers, I grew up there, they were highway robbers!, charged exorbitant mark ups on everything!

Player #4563538, and complicated, my brother was an electrical tech, and used to fix about anything electronic, but he said the beta max were his least favorite, tedious to fix right, and for them to work consistently for any length of time.

MIB42, SONY wouldnot release beta max for general use thinking they had cornered the market,OOPS!!!

Our first VCR I think in late 70s was $1,000.00. Bought at Nelson Bros in Chicago. No one else we knew had one so friends gathered at our home to watch with us!

I wish VCR's were still being made cuz a lot of my favourite movies are on VHS. I'm hoping they'll bring them back like they did with turntables.

I actually still have a DVD/VHS player/recorder (never even been used btw) that I purchased several (15+, maybe?) years ago (along w/a bunch of DVD-R's) in order to digitize my VHS collection. Didn't realize, at the time, I needed an HDMI cable in order for it to work. Honestly, had no clue what one of those were back then & by the time I did finally learn, converting them to DVD felt pretty pointless since everything was starting to be online. 🤷‍♀️

Very much fun. It helps me to know that I still know something about school.

Player Elf Council, Can’t you get them transferred to disc? Might be more expensive than it’s worth though , except for especially cherished ones

Learning from fellow players too. Thank you all. Sharing is caring

An do I have alot of thaughs types of movie's.

Player #4563538, But had a far inferior marketing strategy

Dave Robb, Ours went dread and you can't buy them here in Oz except for second hand and usually without a control. We're stuck with a load of tapes we can't watch.

Player #3127398, don't be rude

could also mean VERY HOT SISTA!!😄

Player #3127398, OK! BUT. We the people, Do Not want a SOCIALIST for President, trying to make America a Socialist country. VOTE TRUMP IN 2020!!! Please STOP drinking the Koolaid CNN dishes out.

Player #1272420, this is a game. keep your opinions to yourself, please.

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The BetaMax system was better.

I thought it was helical scan, too.