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I am normally a pretty nostalgic kind of guy, and like to keep all sorts of stuff for their nostalgic value. However VHS tapes are one thing that I have not really felt compelled to keep or collect.
I used to have heaps of tapes, but have kept only about 8, which were either films that can't be had on DVD or have some particular sentimental value.
They take up a lot of space, the image quality is poor (and deteriorates), and they have to be rewound. And big screen TVs only amplify the image quality problems. But I do agree with Bizarre - DVD's with encoding that stops you skipping piracy warnings/trailers, etc really irritate me. One of the beauties of DVD and Blu-ray is that they are random access formats (as opposed to tape that are by nature sequential access). So to have a random access format but prevent random access is downright nasty!
I can see the joy in collecting VHS for the sake of collecting - people collect all sorts of things that are meaningful to them and it is nice to be able to keep a small piece of your childhood. But for watching, I am glad things have moved on.
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