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Filmmaker2 proudly proclaims (and this is just my two cents):
"VHS is the new vinyl!"
And I really believe it, too. I don't have a lot of tapes, but I do keep a few, because not only have certain films not been released yet on DVD, but sometimes a trashy old VHS tape plays with a certain "character" that can't be duplicated by a digital source. Video noise, dropouts, fuzzy transfers, tape wrinkling, etc., are part of the VHS experience. It's nostalgia now, and feels very similar to putting an old rekkid album on the turntable, plunking that needle down, and dreaming of times past.
Sometimes also, that old tape you have, with its scratchy, faded print transfer, contains an atmosphere that was part of your original experience seeing that film--like "Dawn of the Dead" for example, I have fond memories of renting the murky, orangey tapes at the video store. Nothing compared to that.
When I saw the new digital versions of "Dawn of the Dead," I thought, "Wow--this looks and feels almost like a totally different movie!" It was almost too clear, too bright, too colorful. Now I'm used to it........
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