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Re:I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and I don't know w... by actionfromafar on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:57AM (#41668789)
VHS was obsolete, but not everyone grabbed a new camera every year. Before digital VHS-C was the normal home camcorder. The first Digital consumer camcorder came out in 1995ยน. Digital 8 came out in 1999. So people were definitely using a lot VHS up to early 2000s.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_DCR-VX1000

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Re:I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and I don't know w... by Clamchop on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:47AM (#41671987)
Video and Hi 8 enjoyed a significant fraction of the camcorder market as well. They were better in every way than VHS and S-VHS, respectively, but more expensive.
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Re:I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and I don't know w... by actionfromafar on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @05:19AM (#41706234)
Late reply, but I agree, they were better. I had sort of forgotten about these. One drawback was this though: if you wanted your home video library to be on VHS tape (so you could use your VCR, and also more easily show your movie at friends and family), you dubbed from Hi 8 to VHS, with degraded picture as a result.
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