Vintage Electronics Articles

DOES S-VIDEO IMPROVE VHS QUALITY? This Sunday, June 7th, is National VCR Day! To celebrate, we wanted to tackle a couple of the most common questions we receive about VCRs: What is S-VHS? Does S-Video make a difference in the...

TAPE TLC! FIVE PERKS OF KEEPING A VHS REWINDER HANDY If you’re still working with VHS, you already know these tapes deserve a little extra care. While it’s easy to rely on your VCR for everything, there’s one small piece...

HI-FI, MONO, COMBO...OH, MY! VCRs tend to carry a lot of misconceptions and negative assumptions: that VHS players are obsolete, that no one has a reason to own one anymore, or that finding a working unit is nearly impossible. That's...

HOW THE VCR SOLVED AN UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM The VHS, a staple of the home movie industry. The VCR, a technological breakthrough that took the world by storm. Together, they ruled over the home movie industry and owned analog video. But...

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIX POPULAR (AND NOT SO POPULAR) VIDEOTAPE FORMATS Thanks to streaming and smart phones, the ability to watch and record videos seems like a given. But when videotapes first hit the market, they revolutionized the home movie...

BEST HEART-WARMING HOLIDAY FILMS THAT YOU WATCHED ON VHS The holiday season is upon us! There are so many beautiful traditions during this time that bring us joy. For those who celebrate Christmas, one of the greatest traditions many of...

UNFORGETTABLE HORROR FILMS THAT ARE BEST TO WATCH ON VHS TAPE There was a particular thrill in watching a horror movie on VHS tape that can’t be replicated by DVD or Blu-ray. Whether it was a personal favorite you owned...

THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BETA TAPES AND VHS TAPES There’s a reason why you have that home video of your grandpa slipping down the stairs or your aunt falling into the pool on VHS tape. By the late 1980s, the...

CLASSIC FILMS WE ALL LOVED TO WATCH ON VHS TAPE VHS revolutionized the way we watch video. When the format first developed, and people could rent or buy newly released movies for the first time, there was an incredible shift...