I’m a sucker for physical media, always have been. I grew up still getting to witness VHS tapes and that whole world. Granted it was right at the end of it but I was lucky enough to have that, to have so many memories of shoving tapes into the tv, rewinding, playing the same tape (shout out Scooby doo) on repeat, all of it. And I still have that same old tv in my room, because it holds so many memories, because I wanted to get to keep watching those tapes, and last year I even found loads at a charity shop that I bought home. But, I’ve come to the conclusion that the tv just won’t show the image because despite sometimes working for one or two tapes, it never stays consistent (eg. It worked once and then never again lol). I’ve used a tape to clean the inside but it did absolutely nothing. Part of me really wants to buy a VHS player online but I have no space in my already cramped, full of so much crap, little room to really put a player, especially with the fact I already have the dvd player on top of the tv. And putting it in the living room hooked up to a flatscreen just feels wrong on so many levels. The other option is either getting the tv fixed (which I wouldn’t even know where to start), or getting a new tv that has a player built in that works, but the thought of getting rid of my original one feels like a lot.
