[Crosstour]

Have them changed to CD roms

[stevethepeddler]

Many of the VHS tapes are highly collectible and hard to find. Particularly Disney ones. Check out eBay and search. You might be surprised!

[angellmccann@yahoo.com]

Costco transfers VHS to DVD

[davem4616]

my VHS/DVD player recently 'jammed'....I was able to repair it myself.

That said...they still make VHS/DVD comb units...google it....I saw some for about $300 new

I would have gone that route vs. swopping them over to DVD if I wasn't able to fix it

[Hans53]

costco does a great job transferring them to discs

[noslices1]

You can get another VHS player or a converter at Best Buy that will convert them to DVD’s.

[noslices1]

I seem to remember that you can put a piece of tape over a slot on the original tapes so they can be copied.

[MandoMan]

I had about a couple hundred VHS movies for children. I gave away a hundred Disney VHS videos and similar films to a friend whose grandchildren were visiting for the summer. They were all delighted. I had about fifty of the wonderful Rabbit Ears story videos for children. I sold them in one big box on eBay for $50. (After fees, I made $30 on that.) I had several hundred videos recorded off the tv twenty to thirty years ago at the six hour rate. So grainy! I threw away all of those. All the videos for grown-ups that I had purchased (several hundred more), I took to the university where I taught and let students have them for free. I switched to DVDs fifteen years ago, and I hadn’t watched VHS video in ten years. Last fall I gave away a couple hundred DVDs that I didn’t think I’d ever watch again.

I also had several hundred books on CD, all in the expensive library binding (I bought them on sale for $6 each, unused.) I enjoyed them, then put them up for sale on Amazon for $6 to $8 each, which means I made about $3 per sale. But I only sold on average one per month. I tried to give them all to my local library, but the librarian said he would take them, but only to sell at the annual book sale. I advertised the final 150 of them on Craig’s List and sold them all for $100 to a guy who is on the road a lot and likes to listen to books on CD (as do I). Now they are all gone.

Now I have several thousand hours of recorded books on my iPad, computer, iPhone, iPod. Next step: listening to them. I have several hundred movie DVDs, many of them BlueRay DVDs with high definition. Will I ever watch them? I don’t know.

[Holpat39]

Donate to a thrift store.

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by Marigold

Our VHS player no longer works. What do I do with all the VHS movies? Open to suggestions.

I converted my VHSs to DVDs with a DVD/VHS combo machine that had recording capability (it was expensive back then), but sometimes have issues playing the transferred DVDs on certain machines.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Hans53

costco does a great job transferring them to discs

The OP is referring to "original movies" on VHS. Costco will transfer personal content from VHS tapes to DVD and other digital formats. But, they will not copy original movies or any other copyrighted material. It would be illegal, and their terms of service contain very detailed legal disclaimers regarding what they will and will not copy. Also, most original movies made on VHS tapes are protected by Macrovision, which makes it difficult, but not impossible, to copy them. I purchased a VHS to DVD copy machine when they first came on the market. But, when I tried to copy a VHS movie rented from Blockbuster, it would not copy it, because the machine had a built-in detection system that indentified copyrighted material.

But, why bother? Most old movies are available on a streaming service, at the library, or for purchase on Amazon. If you have VHS movies, I would just buy a VHS player.

[BlackhawksFan]

Originally Posted by Marigold

Our VHS player no longer works. What do I do with all the VHS movies? Open to suggestions.

Paperweights, a homemadeJenga tower, use the tape as ribbon on gifts, a straight edge

[024engine]

Vhs players always available at thrift stores or ebay.

[Carol Nichols]

The Village Neighbors Magazine Editor can help transfer them for you, or Video Vault can too. Buy a used VHS player at thrift stores. If you do not want tapes, donate them to Mark Twain Library behind Paradise Rec Center or Belevedere Library. Goodwill throws away too many donations, even valuable ones, so donate to another thrift store, like Habitat for Humanities, Operation Shoebox, Sheriff's Ranches, Hospital or Hospice, Cancer Thrift store instead.

[jnieman]

You could go on Ebay and buy another one. If you have a ton of movies it might be worth it. New ones cost a fortune on Amazon but used ones on Ebay are around $50. Make sure the seller has great feedback before you purchase so in case it doesn't work you can return it.