Disney VHS

[Presley Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Presley]

I have a lot of the animated Disney films on VHS. I just can't seem to throw them into the trash. If anyone is interested, let me know.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Oh, shoot. I was hoping you wanted some. Because I have a bunch, too!

I'm looking for Hercules on DVD at garage sales--our VHS tape is totally worn out and my kids still watch it. I broke down and bought Emperor's New Groove on DVD from Amazon b/c they still love that one, too.

[MargeS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MargeS]

I gave all of ours to our church rummage sale.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Our bazaar said no more VHS tapes this year!

[Presley Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Presley]

Our bazaar said no more VHS tapes this year!

Ha! I guess mine will end up in the trash.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

The Salvation Army and Goodwill still take them. And the Vietnam Veterans. And most thrift shops.

[swilshire Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swilshire]

I still buy a few of these at yard and church sales. Disney ones typically sell for $1. Other VHS for 50 cents. There is definitely still a market.

Sheila

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

I heard of a friend with the same issue..

He (allegedly) picked up a VHS to digital converter for around $25 on Woot that allowed him to transfer the videos to disks.. The quality isn't nearly what he was used to for DVDs, but they work fine for his 5 yr old princess!

He had about 75 VHS cassettes from his 15 yr old- so replacing them all would have been a real money burner. He had even (allegedly) purchased a Japanese version of Song of the South (the Japanese subtitles run across the bottom of the screen) cuz he couldn't find a copy released in the US. Even if he wanted to- buying all the films on DVD would not have been possible- so this seemed like a way to preserve the magic of Disney!

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[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

As I understand it (caveat: not a lawyer) converting from one format to another for personal use is generally allowed under fair use. You can't then sell the originals and keep the copies, and you can't make the copies to allow you/family members to watch the same film at the same time in two places. But, for archival purposes, kosher.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

As I understand it (caveat: not a lawyer) converting from one format to another for personal use is generally allowed under fair use. You can't then sell the originals and keep the copies, and you can't make the copies to allow you/family members to watch the same film at the same time in two places. But, for archival purposes, kosher.

As if they could really do something about this.

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

As someone who makes his living entirely off of ideas, I tend to be a stickler about these sorts of things.

[Presley Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Presley]

I actually have some takers on another site. The rest will go to whatever Thrift shop that will take them.